Mayfair Plantation – Jenkinsville – Fairfield County

— Mayfair Plantation © Charles Norwood Crumpton —
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Basic Information

• Location – Near Jenkinsville, Fairfield County

  Mayfair Plantation is located on the west side of SC 358, approximately six miles south of the junction at Highway 215.
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – The house is privately owned and has been restored (4).
  

— Mayfair Prior to Restoration • National Register of Historic Places, 1985 —

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1824 – The house built by Colonel William Alston as a wedding gift for his daughter when she married Burrell Brown Cook. Cook was a planter and served in the South Carolina General Assembly (2).
  

• 1883 – Thompson Chappell purchased the plantation (2) (5).
  

• ? – Bruce Hough became the plantation's next owner (4).
  

• ? – Mayfair's next owner was Helen Douglas Chappell Crumpton (4).
  

• 1985 – Anacal Corporation owned Mayfair (1, p. 1).
  

• ? – S.C. McMeekin purchased Mayfair Plantation (2).
  

  Interesting note: During photographer Teri Leigh Teed's visit to the plantation in 2006, Mrs. McMeekin told her that Albert Einstein once visited Mayfair.
  

— Second Story Porch of Mayfair Plantation © Teri Leigh Teed, 2006 —
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Land

• Number of acres – 10 in 1985 (1, p. 1)

• Primary crop – ?

— Mayfair Plantation Front Door Window © Teri Leigh Teed, 2006 —
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Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• House is Federal style, two-story frame construction that has recently been restored (4).
  

— Mayfair Plantation Staircase Detail © Teri Leigh Teed, 2006 —
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References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1985
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. Historic sites of Fairfield County: Click here - Mayfair Plantation numbered 84

3. Map of Western Fairfield County: Click here - Mayfair Plantation numbered 84
   

4. Information contributed by Lynn Griffith
   

5. Information contributed by Thomas Boswell, whose third great-grandfather was owner Thompson Chappell.
   

— Side of Mayfair Plantation © Charles Norwood Crumpton —
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