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Basic Information

• Location – Lynchburg, Lee County

  2100 SC 341

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Smith's Grove

• Current status – Private residence
  

Timeline

• 1747 – Earliest known date of existence when Arthur Smith received a land grant from King George II (2).
  

• ? – Original house built by Arthur Smith. The two story cypress log home was lost to fire in the early 1800s (2).
  

• 1830 – Current house built by Arthur's grandson, Rev. William H. Smith (2)

• ? – William's son, U.S. Senator Ellison DuRant "Cotton Ed" Smith, owned Tanglewood (2).
  

• ? – Ellison's daughters Anna S. Smith and Isobel S. Lawton were owners of Tanglewood Plantation (2).
  

• ? – Wellington and Janet Goddin became owners of the plantation (2).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 500 in 1977; 23 in 2012

• Primary crop – Cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Wellington and Janet Goddin; Jenkins; Locklair; Anna S. Smith and Isobel S. Lawton (1977); Arthur Smith (1747-?); Ellison DuRant "Cotton Ed" Smith; Rev. William H. Smith
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• Buildings include plantation house, smoke house, kitchen, one-room school house, tack house, and barn
  

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1975
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. Brief history of Tanglewood Plantation: Click here
   

3. 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society

4. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII