Canaan Plantation – Fairfield County

Basic Information

• Location – 6 miles east of Winnsboro, Fairfield County

• Origin of name – Named by General Bratton after the land of Canaan (2, p. 3)
  

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence
  

• ? – House built

• Early to mid 1800s – General John Bratton owned the plantation (2, p. 3).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

• General Bratton was known for treating his slaves kind and well (2, p. 4).
  

References & Resources

1. 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
   

2. Information contributed by Cyndi Shull from:
   Fairfield Genealogical Society Newsletter - June 2001 - PDF - pp. 3-4