Moon-Dominick Plantation – Chappells – Newberry County

— Moon-Dominick Plantation © Bill Fitzpatrick, 2012 —
(Do Not Use Without Written Consent)

Basic Information

• Location – Near Chappells, Newberry County

  Newberry County Road 48, approximately 2.5 miles northeast of the intersection with SC Highway 34 (1, p. 1)
  

• Origin of name – For early owners Dr. Peter Moon and John Simpson Dominick (1, p. 1, 7)
  

• Other names – Old Tin House since it is believed to have had the first metal roof in Newberry County (1, p. 1)
  

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1808 – Earliest known date of existence (1, p. 3)
  

  Grant issued to John Satterwhite, Jr. (1, p. 3)
  

• 1817 – John Satterwhite, Jr. died and left the property to his daughter Susan who was married to Dr. Peter Moon (1, p. 3)
  

• Circa 1820 – House built (1, p. 1)

  The Moons built a two-and-one-half story house of heavy-timber, frame construction with a standing seam metal roof which is believed to be first of its kind in Newberry County (1, p. 2).
  

• 1898 – John Simpson Dominick acquired the plantation (1, p. 7).
  

• Prior to 1982 – David Wicker acquired Moon-Dominick Plantation (1, p. 5).
  

• 1982 – The house was under renovation (1, p. 5).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 88 in 1850 (1, p. 3)
  

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1982
   – Photographs, architectural overview