Charlton Hall Plantation – Hickory Tavern – Laurens County

Basic Information

• Location – Hickory Tavern, Laurens County

  Located off Fairview Road (SC Secondary Road 101)
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• 1825 – Earliest known date of existence

  The property was owned by George Washington Sullivan, Sr.
  

• 1847 – House built

  George Washington Sullivan, Sr. built a brick house which was uncommon in Laurens County prior to the Civil War.
  

• 1995 – Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Peirsen III were owners of record (National Register, p. 4).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 2,200 in 1860; 108 in 1917; 3.5 in 1995; 1.75 in 2012

• Primary crops – Cotton, Indian corn, oats, wheat, peas, and beans (National Register, p. 8)
  

Owners

• Chronological list – George Washington Sullivan, Sr. (1825-?); Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Peirsen III (1995)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 66 in 1860 (National Register, p. 8)
  

Buildings

• Outbuildings include a blacksmith shop, summer kitchen, and two sheds (National Register, p. 11)
  

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1995
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
  

• William P. Jacobs, The Scrapbook: A Compilation of Historical Facts about Places and Events of Laurens County, South Carolina (Laurens, SC: Laurens County Historical Society and Laurens County Arts Council, 1982)
   Order The Scrapbook: A Compilation of Historical Facts about Places and Events of Laurens County, South Carolina

• The Greenville News, (Greenville, SC: June 15, 1995)