Calatopia Plantation – Winnsboro – Fairfield County

— Calatopia Plantation in 2010 © Tim Lord —

Basic Information

• Location – Eight miles southwest of Winnsboro, Fairfield County

  4530 Jackson Creek Road
  

• Origin of name – Calatopia means "beautiful place" in Latin

• Other names – Bob Lemmon House, Copeland Place

• Current status – Privately owned

— Driveway of Calatopia Plantation © Tim Lord —

Timeline

• Circa 1820 – Earliest known date of existence when Samuel H. Owens built the house (National Register, p. 1).

• 1856 – Owens sold the plantation to the Copeland family.

• 1865 – On February 20th, Sherman's 20th Corps, headquartered at Calatopia on their way to Winnsboro.

• 1870 – John Montgomery Lemmon, a wealthy planter, purchased the house for his son, Robert Young Lemmon (National Register, p. 1).

• 1983 – Timothy and Rennie Lord purchased the property in November. They began to once again call the house Calatopia, the name used in the 1850s.
  

— Fall at Calatopia Plantation © Tim Lord —

Land

• Number of acres – .7 in 1984 (National Register, p. 1); 12.5 in 2012
  

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Chronological list – Samuel H. Owens (?-1856), Copeland (1856-?), Robert Young Lemmon (1870-?), Timothy and Rennie Lord (1983-present)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 50 according to the 1860 census

Buildings

• The house is two-story of frame construction (National Register, p. 1).

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1984
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

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