Leaside Plantation – Ninety Six – Greenwood County

Basic Information

• Location – Ninety Six, Greenwood County

  Located about five miles south of Ninety Six off SC 246
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1850 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1850-1857 – Preston Brooks and his family lived at Leaside until his death on January 27, 1857 ( Watson, p. 116-117 ).
  

  Preston Brooks is known in history as the man who beat Charles Sumner with a cane.
  

• ? – House built

  House no longer stands.

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Corn

  In 1850, Preston Brooks was recorded as having produced the following: 2,000 bushels of Indian Corn, 50 bushels of oats, 20 bushels of peas and beans, 5 bushels of Irish potatoes, 100 bushels of sweet potatoes, 52 pounds of butter, and 100 pounds of beeswax and honey. He owned 3 horses, 4 mules, 4 milk cows, 20 other cattle, and 50 swine ( US Census ).
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Preston Smith Brooks

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 18 in 1850 ( SC Census )
  

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• Biography of Preston Smith Brooks
  

• The Caning of Senator Charles Sumner
  

Print Resources

1. Margaret Watson, Greenwood County Sketches: Old Roads and Early Families (Greenwood, SC: The Attic Press, Inc, 1970).
   

2. US Census: Roll 1: 7th Census, 1850: Agriculture: Abbeville-Lancaster, p. 31 in Edgefield section (on microfilm at Charleston County Library).
   

3. SC Census 1850: Slave Schedules for Edgefield, Georgetown, and Fairfield Counties, p. 361 (on microfilm at Charleston County Library).
   

Contact Information

• Telephone: ?