Buckton Plantation – Rembert – Kershaw County

— Buckton Plantation, 1983 • National Register of Historic Places —

Basic Information

• Location – Rembert, Kershaw County

  Baynard Boykin Road
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Buckston; Zachariah Cantey House (1, p. 1)
  

• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• Circa 1795 – House built

  Zachariah Cantey had the house constructed. He married Sarah Boykin and was a large planter and prominent Kershaw County resident (1, p. 2).
  

  Alternate Theory: The first house built was destroyed by fire and the second house, that still stands today, was constructed circa 1810 (2).
  

• 1822 – Zachariah Cantey died but his estate was not settled for 10 years when it was divided among his four children (1, p. 3 and 2).
  

• 1874 – The plantation's name was recorded as Buckton but it is not known when the Cantey family began to use this name (1, p. 3).
  

• 1877 – The plantation remained in the Cantey at least until this year (1, p. 3).
  

• 1983 – Alexandra Boykin owned Buckton (1, p. 1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Chronological list – Zachariah Cantey (?-1822); Alexandra Boykin (1983)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• The one-and-one-half-story frame house constructed for Zachariah Cantey has remained largely the same for over a century (1, p. 2).
  

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1983
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. Roots and Recall - Buckston Plantation