Oak Grove Plantation – Brunson – Allendale County

Basic Information

• Location – Near Brunson, Allendale County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1852 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1852 – House built by James Camerson Richardson
  

  The home was a stagecoach stop on the important main route, Augusta to Pocataligo Road, near the intersection of the Orangeburg Road. "One unit of Sherman's Union forces moving from Savannah to Columbia, in the Civil War, spent a night there, but spared the property when the owner displayed a Masonic ring to the commanding officer. An entire corps encamped at Oak Grove Plantation, looting and destroying, several times set fire to the place against orders." (Allendale on the Savannah, Alexania Easterling Lawton)
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Mr. and Mrs. Albert Albecker

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

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Print Resources

• Initial references: 62