— Cross Keys Plantation © National Register of Historic Places —

Basic Information

• Location – Cross Keys, Ninety Six District, Union County

  Located at the intersection of SC 49 and Road 22, 10 miles southwest of the City of Union

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Cross Keys House

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1812-1814 – House built by Barrum Bobo (National Register, p. 2).

• 1865 – Jefferson Davis, along with the Confederate cabinet and his military escort, lunched at Cross Keys on April 30th while traveling through the area (South Carolina Historical Marker).

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Chronological list – Barrum Bobo (1812), Mrs. Mary Whitmire Davis (1865), William Claude Wilburn (1971)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• House was constructed with common bond brick in the Georgian Colonial style (National Register, p. 2).

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1971
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

• Click here to read the South Carolina Historical Marker for Cross Keys House

Print Resources

• Allan D. Charles, Narrative History of Union County South Carolina (Greenville, SC: A PRESS Printing Company, 1997)
   Order Narrative History of Union County South Carolina