Homestead Plantation – Chesterfield County

Basic Information

• Location – Probably near Cheraw, Chesterfield County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• Cicra 1823 – Dr. Thomas Ellerbe Powe returned from medical school to practice medicine in Cheraw and also owned and planted Homestead Plantation (1).
  

• ? – House built

  There may not have been a plantation house at Homestead as Dr. Powe constructed and made his home at Boxwood Hall in Cheraw (2).
  

• 1879 – Dr. Powe passed away (1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 136 in 1860 (1)

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by William Garner from:
   Thomas Poe (Powe)
   

2. Boxwood Hall - SCIWAY's South Carolina Picture Project