Hillside Plantation – Carlisle – Union County

Basic Information

• Location – Carlisle, Union County

  Located north of the Town of Carlisle off SC 215
  

• Origin of name – For the location of the house being situated on top of a high hill (1, p. 2)
  

• Other names – James Hill House
  

• Current status – ?
  

Timeline

• 1791 – Earliest known date of existence (2, p. 155)
  

  The property was acquired by Mr. Hill (2, p. 155)
  

• Early 1800s – James Hill was given the land by his father (1, p. 3).
  

• 1820-1830 – House built by James Hill (1, p. 2)
  

• 1854 – James Hill died. His will left the plantation to his widow then it was to pass to son George Hill upon her death (1, p. 3)
  

• 1977 – Jeannette M. Christopher owned Hillside Plantation and is a fifth-generation descendant of the plantation's founder James Hill (1, p. 1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 3,300 in 1850 (1, p. 3)
  

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 60 in 1840 (1, p. 3)
  

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1977
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. Allan D. Charles, Narrative History of Union County South Carolina (Greenville, SC: A PRESS Printing Company, 1997)
    Order Narrative History of Union County South Carolina