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Walnut Grove Plantation – Roebuck
Spartanburg County
Basic Information
Timeline
- 1763 – Earliest known date of existence
Charles Moore received a grant for 550 acres along the Tyger River by King George III. He later received additional grants bringing his total acreage to about 3,000 (National Register).
- 1765 – Charles Moore built a house on the property.
Charles and his wife Mary raised their ten children on the plantation.
- 1767 – Margaret Kathryn Moore (Kate), the first child of Charles and Mary Moore, married General Andrew Barry at the age of 15. During the Revolutionary War Kate helped her husband by spying on Tory troops, chasing them away from her home, and gathering men to help her husband fight. She was considered quite a heroine.
- 1770 – Charles Moore built a school building and operated the first school in Spartanburg County. Rocky Spring Academy was open until 1850.
- 1961 – The house, along with eight acres, was given to the Spartanburg County Historical Association. Up to this time, descendants of Charles and Mary Moore had owned the house and property (National Register).
Land
- Number of acres – 550 in 1763; 3,000; 8 in 1961
- Primary crop –
Owners
- Alphabetical list – Charles Moore
Slaves
Buildings
- Many of the outbuildings used in the 18th century still remain. These include kitchen, blacksmith shop, wheat house, barn, meat house (built in 1765), wellhouse with dry cellar, school, and doctor's quarters.
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