Stony Point Plantation – Greenwood – Greenwood County
— Stony Point Plantation • National Register of Historic Places —
Basic Information
- Location – Greenwood, Greenwood County
Seven miles northeast of Greenwood on Coronaca-Cokesbury Road
- Origin of name – ?
- Other names – ?
- Current status – Privately owned by a descendant of founder William Smith (3)
Timeline
- 1808 – Earliest known date of existence
William Smith founded a post office, the second in Greenwood County, at the site of Stony Point. Smith also founded a store at Stony Point (1, p. 2-3).
- 1818-1829 – House built
William Smith began construction of the house (1, p. 2-3).
- 1824 – William Smith died before the house was completed. His son, Joel Smith, purchased Stony Point from his father's estate and finished construction of the house (1, p. 3).
- 1855 – David Wyatt Aiken married Joel Smith's daughter and would own the plantation after Smith's death in this year (1, p. 2, 5).
- 1975 – Donald Hawthorne was owner of record (1, p. 1).
- 2002 – John and Missy Lowery purchased Stoney Point and completed a renovation of the house. Missy's sixth great-grandfather, William Smith, established the plantation (3).
Land
Slaves
- Number of slaves – Joel Smith owned 78 slaves (1, p. 3)
Buildings
- The house is of Flemish-bond brick construction. The foundations of the original kitchen and carriage house remain on the property (1, p. 2).
References & Resources
- National Register of Historic Places
– Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1975
– Photographs, architectural overview
- Carl Thomas Julien, Beneath so Kind a Sky,: The Scenic and Architectural Beauty of South Carolina, Photos
(Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1947)
Order Beneath so Kind a Sky,: The Scenic and Architectural Beauty of South Carolina, Photos - Information contributed by Missy Lowery whose sixth great-grandfather, William Smith, founded the plantation.
