Coldstream Plantation – Mayesville – Sumter County

Basic Information

• Location – Black River, Mayesville, St. Mark's Parish, Sumter County

  Located off of SC 527, Coldstream adjoins the grounds of the Salem Black River Church
  

• Origin of name – Named from a little town in Scotland
  

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1803 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1803 – House built

• c.1950 – House burned

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Captain John B. Anderson, Nancy Witherspoon (1873), Robert and Elizabeth Witherspoon (1813)
  

• "Robert's second wife, Elizabeth McFaddin, inherited land from her father in 1824 that became part of the plantation. The plantation was sold to a cotton farmer in 1911. He cut down the trees and plowed up the gardens for a cotton field. The house was allowed to decay into ruins. (Postcard History Series, South Carolina Postcards, Volume X, Sumter County Howard Woody and Allan D. Thigpen).
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

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Print Resources

• Initial references: 43

Contact Information

• Telephone: ?