Fairland Plantation – Jasper County

Basic Information

• Location – Tullifinny River, Jasper County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• 1790 – Morrison owned the plantation (1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 1,200 in 1790 this may have been the combined total acerage of two plantations Morrison owned at the time (1)
  

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 30 in 1790, the slaves may have worked two Morrison plantations

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by Gail Black, a Morrison family descendant; includes documentation held by the South Carolina Historical Society and the 1790 South Carolina Census of St. Bartholomew's Parish.

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