Tanglewood Plantation – Lynchburg – Lee County

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Basic Information

• Location – Lynchburg, Lee County

  2100 SC 341

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Smith's Grove

• Current status – Privately owned and available for special events
  

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Timeline

• 1747 – Earliest known date of existence when Arthur Smith received a land grant of near 5,000 acres from King George II (2).
  

• ? – Original house built by Arthur Smith. The two story cypress log home was lost to fire in the early 1800s (2).
  

• 1830 – Current house built by Arthur's grandson, Rev. William H. Smith (2).
  

• ? – William's son, U.S. Senator Ellison DuRant "Cotton Ed" Smith, owned Tanglewood (2).
  

• ? – Ellison's daughters Anna S. Smith and Isobel S. Lawton were owners of Tanglewood Plantation (2).
  

• ? – Wellington and Janet Goddin became owners of the plantation (2).
  

• 2013 – Daniel and Jessica Cothran purchased Tanglewood from the Goddins and operated it as a special events venue (5).
  

• 2014 – The Cothrans were in need of selling the property quickly. They hosted an open house and received 57 bids. A bid placed by Jamie and Orville Dyce was accepted in October. The Dyces restored the plantation, added some modern amenities and have opened their home for select events (2) (6).
  

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Land

• Number of acres – About 5,000 in 1747; 500 in 1977; 24 in 2014

• Primary crop – Cotton

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Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

  We are actively seeking information on the slaves who lived and worked at this plantation. If you find a resource that might help, please fill out this form. Thank you.
  

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Buildings

• Buildings include plantation house, smokehouse, butler's house, one-room school house, tack house, and barn. The original smokehouse is thought to be the oldest building in Lee County (2).
  

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References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1975
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. Brief history of Tanglewood Plantation: Click here
   

3. 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society

4. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
   

5. Information contributed by Daniel Cothran
   

6. Traci Bridges, Lynchburg's Historic Tanglewood Plantation Under Contract (Florence, SC: Morning News, October 16, 2014)
   

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Contact Information

• Tanglewood Plantation
  2100 Highway 341 South
  Lynchburg, SC 29080
  

  Website: Click here
  

— School House at Tanglewood Plantation © Daniel Cothran, 2013 —
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