Quarter Plantation – Cross Keys – Union County

Basic Information

• Location – Cross Keys, Union County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – Judge John Faucheraud Grimké acquired the plantation. There was no house at Quarter Plantation as he built a house on his estate nearby, Belmont, where he resided (1).
  

• 1819 – Judge Grimké passed away (1).
  

Land

• Number of acres –?
  

• Primary crop – Cotton (1)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 37 in 1819 (1)
  

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by Louise W. Knight who is writing a biography of the Grimké sisters for publication in the fall of 2018.