Basic Information

• Location – Eastover, Richland County

  1992 Congaree Road, across from McEntire Air National Gaurd Base
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Weston House, Weston Home at Grovewood

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence is not certain. Two theories exist.

  Theory one: A circa 1765 one-story house near St. John's Episcopal Church was moved to property around 1835 where it was enlarged (National Register, p. 2).
  

  Theory two: William Weston II built the house about 1800 and his son made several improvements to the house. (National Register, p. 2).
  

• 1765 or 1800 – House built

• 2011 – Grovewood has remained in the Weston family (National Register, p. 2).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 2.5 in 1986 (National Register, p. 2); 22 in 2011

• Primary crop –

Owners

• Chronological list – William Weston II (circa 1800), William Weston, Jr. (1986)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1986
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• 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
  

More about Richland County

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