Gilman Plantation – Clarendon County

Basic Information

• Location – Clarendon County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Homesley

• Current status – Part of Manchester State Forest
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• ? – Col. Matthew and Mary Singleton owned Gilman Plantation.
  

• ? – Christopher Willemon purchased the plantation from Col. Matthew and Mary Singleton (Charleston Deeds, Boook M-5, pp. 465-468, Frames 469 473, Roll C5315).
  

• 1813 – Christopher Willemon sold the plantation Jacob Belser (Charleston Deeds, Book E-8, p. 450).
  

• ? – Richard I. Manning owned the plantation.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 3,150

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Baker; Jacob Belser (1813-?)); Richard I. Manning (1850); Richard I. Manning, III; Col. Matthew and Mary Singleton; Christopher Willemon (?-1813)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• 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
  

Contact Information

• Manchester State Forest
  6740 Headquarters Road
  Wedgefield, SC 29168
  

  Telephone: 803-494-8196
  Website: Click here