Basic Information

• Location – Edgefield County

  Located on US 25, five miles northwest of Edgefield

• Origin of name – Named for the cedar trees on the property
  

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1790-1804 – John Blocker, Jr. built a plantation house on the property (Neuffer, bk. 1, vol. 11, p. 27).
  

• 1825 – John Bones purchased the plantation (Neuffer, bk. 1, vol. 11, p. 27).
  

• ? – Sallie Mae Nicholson owned the property. She is a descendant of John Bones (Neuffer, bk. 1, vol. 11, p. 27).
  

• 1987-2004 – The plantation was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Whitehouse.
  

• 2006 – Dr. and Mrs. B. Chandler owned the plantation.
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – John Blocker, Jr.; John Bones; Dr. and Mrs. B. Chandler; Hughes; Izards; Middleton; Sallie Mae Nicholson; Parker; Mr. and Mrs. Whitehouse
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• Original kitchen and slave quarters are still standing.
  

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - submitted in 1971 by Nancy R. Ruhf - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1

• Claude Henry Neuffer (editor), Names in South Carolina, 1943-1983 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company).