Photograph by J. Michele Collier
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Basic Information

• Location – Yemassee, Jasper County

• Origin of name –

• Other names – Spotsylvania

• Current status – Used for timber production and deer hunting
  

Timeline

• Earliest known date of existence –

• House built –

Land

• Number of acres –

• Primary crop – Rice

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Reverend Gourlay, Heyward, Claude W. Kress (President of S.H. Kress & Co.), McPherson

Slaves

• Number of slaves –

Buildings

• Across from the main house are two identical houses which were built for the daughters. They are now used to house hunters. The guides cabins are identical and could have been slave cabins.
  

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Print Resources

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