Cornhill Plantation – Privateer Township – Sumter County

Basic Information

• Location – Nasty Branch, Privateer, St. Mark's Parish, Sumter County

  South of the City of Sumter between US 15 and SC 120

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1756 – Earliest known date of existence

  Royal Land Grant to Wood Furman

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Dr. John Howard and Susan Hill Furman, Richard Furman, Samuel and Eliza Scrimzeour Furman
  

• Comments – Furman University was founded and named after Richard Furman.
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

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Web Resources

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Print Resources

• Initial references: 66