Basic Information

• Location – Enoree, Ninety Six District, Spartanburg County

  Located at the junction of US 221 and SC 92
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – James Nesbit House

• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• 1750 – Earliest known date of existence

  Land grant to James Meador from King George III

• ? – House built

  The house was owned and occupied by the Hill family until 1920.
  

• 1973 – The Irby family left the plantation to the Enoree Methodist Church.
  

• 1975 – Frank Coleman and Martin Meek purchased the property from the church and restoration began.
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Frank Coleman (1975), James Laurens Hill (1878), Leonard Hill (1836), Dr. and Mrs W.H. Irby (1920), Daniel McKee (1817), James Meador (1750), Martin Meek (1975), Carolina Brewton Nesbitt, James Nesbitt, Jr. (1836), James Rhodes (1834), Starling Tucker (1828)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 1979 by Julie Burr - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1