Deer Pond Plantation – Richland County

Basic Information

• Location – East of Columbia – Richland County (1)

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• Earliest known date of existence – ?

• House built – ?

• Circa 1860s – Dr. Ray owned Deer Pond Plantation (2)

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Dr. Ray; Singleton (1) (2)

Slaves

• These slaves are associated with Deer Pond Plantation:
  – Henry "Toby" Brown (b. 1857) his younger sisters Josephine "Jessee", Louise, Rebecca, and their parents Abraham (or Abram) and Lucy Brown. The Brown family were slaves of Dr. Arthur Gordon Rose who took them to Deer Pond when Dr. Rose leased the plantation from Dr. Ray during the Civil War. Lucy Brown died at Deer Pond and was buried on the plantation (2)
  

Buildings

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References & Resources

1. SC Highway Historical Marker Map - interactive map by the SC Department of Archives & History
   

2. Thank you Jean Steele for contributing this important reference:
   The Project Gutenberg EBook of Slave Narratives - Vol. XIV, South Carolina, Part 1 (2006)