Farmington Plantation – Fairfield County

Basic Information

• Location – Wateree Creek, 8 miles from Winnsboro, Fairfield County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• Circa 1836 – Theodore M. DuBose purchased the plantation (1) (2. vol. XII 49-50).
  

• Circa 1836 – House built by Theodore M. DuBose

• ? – Theodore M. DuBose's son, Theodore S. DuBose became the plantation's owner (2. vol. XII 49-50).
  

• ? – Farmington passed to Gen. John Bratton who had married Betty DuBose, the daughter of Theodore S. DuBose (1) (2. vol. XII 49-50).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by Cyndi Shull from:
   Low-Country Families Influence Fairfield (PDF), (Columbia, SC: The State, July 31, 1938)
   

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