Darby Plantation – Trenton – Edgefield County

— Darby Plantation • National Register of Historic Places, 1974 —

Basic Information

• Location – Trenton, Edgefield County

  Southeast of Edgefield off US 25
  

• Origin of name – Named for the plantation's founding family (2, bk. 1, vol. XI: 42)
  

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1825 – Earliest known date of existence

  The plantation was established by the Darby family (2, bk. 1, vol. XI: 42).
  

• Circa 1845 – House built (2, bk. 1, vol. XI: 42)
  

  Nathan Lipscom Griffin purchased the property from the Darbys and built the plantation house as a wedding present for his daughter Ann Patience Griffin, whom married future governor of South Carolina Milledge Luke Bonham (2, bk. 1, vol. XI: 42).
  

• ? – Darby Plantation was acquired by Susie Miller (4).
  

• ? – Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Wise acquired Darby Plantation. Douglas was the nephew of Susie Miller (2, bk. 1, vol. XI: 42) (3) (4).
  

• ? – Clarice Wise inherited the plantation after the death of her parents. She was owner in 2012 (3) and (4).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Cotton (1, p. 2)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1974
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. 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
   

3. Historical Society to Place Marker at Darby Plantation (The Edgfield Advertiser: October 2012)
   

4. A Cannon Fires: a Marker is Unveiled (The Edgfield Advertiser: November 2012)