Rosemont Plantation – Waterloo – Laurens County

Basic Information

• Location – Saluda River, Waterloo, Laurens County

  Original plantation lands were located about 2½ miles south of the intersection of US 221 and SC Secondary Road 149.
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Rosemonte, Rose Monte

• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• 1769 – Earliest known date of existence

  Patrick Cunningham received a land grant.
  

• 1787 – The plantation house was built.
  

• 1816 – Ann Pamela Cunningham was born on the plantation. She eventually inherited the property from her father, Captain Robert Cunningham and managed it during the Civil War (National Register).
  

  Ann Pamela Cunningham organized the first meeting to raise funds to save George Washington's Mount Vernon.
  

• 1875 – Ann Pamela Cunningham died at Rosemont.
  

• 1930 – On August 10, the plantation house was destroyed by fire.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 2,100

• Primary crop – Indigo, tobacco, cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Ann Pamela Cunningham; Patrick Cunningham; Captain Robert Cunningham
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 1992 by Michael Trinkley - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

• Historical Sketch of Ann Pamela Cunningham

Print Resources

• Initial references: See #1, 32

• South Carolina Highway Historical Marker Guide (Columbia, SC: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1998), p. 140.