Briarwood Plantation – Barnwell County

Basic Information

• Location – Barnwell County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Trotti Place Plantation
  

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1786 – Earliest known date of existence
  

  Gasper Jospeh Trotti was given a land grant of 5,650 acres. He was a surveyor and received the land grant in exchange for his services (Historic Society of Bamberg County).
  

• ? – House built

• 1813 – Gasper Jospeh Trotti died on January 3, 1813. It is believed he left Briarwood to his son, Francis John Andrews Trotti.
  

• ? – At some point, the plantation was subdivided.
  

• ? – The Bessinger family owned the plantation (Historic Society of Bamberg County).
  

• ? – C.S. Ridge purchased Briarwood from Bessinger (Historic Society of Bamberg County).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 5,650 acres in 1786 (Historic Society of Bamberg County).
  

• Primary crop – ?

• The Trotti family cememtery is located on the property (Historic Society of Bamberg County).
  

Owners

• Chronological list – Gasper Jospeh Trotti (1786-1813), Francis John Andrews Trotti (1813-?), Bessinger, C.S. Ridge

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• Historic Society of Bamberg County - see third paragraph
  

Print Resources

• Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
   Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
   Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII