Rice Shire Plantation – – Jasper County

Basic Information

• Location – Jasper County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Riceshire

• Current status – Divided and sold for taxes following the Civil War; there is still a Riceshire Road near Ridgeland (http://sciway3.net/clark/beaufort/ferrell.html).
  

Timeline

• Earliest known date of existence – 1850

• House built – ?

Land

• Number of acres – 1000

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Isaac Ferrell

  For unknown reasons, Issac's first son and heir Henry Isaac left Rice Shire about 1853 and moved to Glynn County, Georgia.
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 25

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Initial references: 4