Jack's Plantation – Laurens County

Basic Information

• Location – Laurens County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

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• Primary crop – ?

• Circa 1865 – Sharecroppers farmed the land on or around Jack's Plantation (1).
  

Slaves

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• Laurens Simpson was born a slave on Jacks Plantation circa 1845. His son, Laurens Simpson, Jr., was also born on the plantation (2).
  

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by Beatrice Y. Rice whose grandfather Isaac Rice was a sharecropper on Jack's Plantation.
   

2. Information contributed by Walker Lightfoot whose great-great grandfather and great-grandfather were born as slaves on Jack's Plantation.