Fonti Flora Plantation – Monticello – Fairfield County

Basic Information

• Location – Monticello, Fairfield County

  5.4 miles northeast of Monticello on SC 99

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Pearson Place

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1836 – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built by Dr. Pearson

  Sherman's soldiers looted the house in 1865. Charred wainscoting in one room is a reminder of their visit.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 2,303

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Alston; Dr. George Butler Pearson; George W. and Katherine Pearson Tomlin
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1979
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
   

3. 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