Clinkscales Plantation – Antreville – Abbeville County

Basic Information

• Location – Along the northern fork of Penney Creek, near Antreville, Abbeville County

  Plantation was located near modern day SC Highway 28 (1)
  

• Origin of name – Owned by Francis B. Clinkscales
  

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• Early to mid 1800s – Francis B. Clinkscales owned the plantation (1, p. 121).
  

• ? – House built

  There is known to have been a house on the plantation during the Francis B. Clinkscales ownership (1, p. 121).
  

• 1858 – Francis B. Clinkscales died (1, p. 121).
  

• 1930s – The house was lost in a fire (1, p. 121).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 10,000 in 1820 (1)

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by J William Rogers, II, descendant of Francis B. Clinkscales - including information from:
   
   Abbeville County Historical Society, Abbeville County, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004)