Basic Information
- Location – Jasper County
Inverary Plantation was originally in Beaufort County but now lies inside the limits of Jasper County after lines were redrawn in the early 1900s.
- Origin of name – ?
- Other names – Upper Delta
- Current status – Became part of Delta Plantation
Timeline
- ? – Earliest known date of existence
- ? – House built
- 1829 – Langdon Cheves purchased Inverary, which he renamed Upper Delta (Northern Money Southern Land, p. 140).
Land
- Number of acres – 1,250 in 1829
- Primary crop – Rice (Northern Money Southern Land, p. 139)
Owners
- Alphabetical list – Langdon Cheves
Slaves
- Number of slaves – ?
Buildings
Web Resources
Print Resources
- Lawrence S. Rowland, Alexander Moore, and George C. Rodgers, Jr. The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: Volume 1, 1514-1861
(Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1996)
Order The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: Volume 1, 1514-1861 - Robert B. Cuthbert and Stephen G. Hoffius, editors, Northern Money, Southern Land: The Lowcountry Plantation Sketches of Chlotilde R. Martin
(Columbia, SC: The University of South Carolina Press, 2009)
