Inverary Plantation – Jasper County

Basic Information

• Location – Jasper County

  Inverary Plantation was originally in Beaufort County but now lies inside the limits of Jasper County; county lines were redrawn in the early 1900s.
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Delta Plantation

• Current status – Inverary Plantation became part of Delta Plantation in 1830.

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• ? – Lord William Campbell acquired the property (1, p. 319).
  

• 1823 – Dr. Charles W. Rogers purchased Inverary from the estate of Lord William Campbell (1, p. 319).
  

• 1830 – Langdon Cheves purchased Inverary for $52,420. He also purchased neighboring Smithfield Planation and renamed the combined 1,132 acres Delta Plantation (1, p. 319) (2, p. 140).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 1,250 in 1829 (1, p. 319)

• Primary crop – Rice (1, p. 319) (2, p. 139)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 103 in 1829 (1, p. 319)
  

References & Resources

1. Lawrence S. Rowland, Alexander Moore, and George C. Rodgers, Jr. The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: Volume 1, 1514-1861 (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1996)
    Order The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: Volume 1, 1514-1861

2. Robert B. Cuthbert and Stephen G. Hoffius, editors, Northern Money, Southern Land: The Lowcountry Plantation Sketches of Chlotilde R. Martin (Columbia, SC: The University of South Carolina Press, 2009)