Juxa Plantation – Union – Union County

— Juxa Plantation © Contributed by Linda Thomas —
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Basic Information

• Location – Union, Union County

  117 Wilson Road

• Origin of name – Founder Isaac Gregory named the plantation after his great-grandfather, Girard Juxa Gregory (4)
  

• Other names – Gregory Plantation (4)
  

• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• 1776 – Earliest known date of existence

  Isaac Gregory purchased the property (2)
  

• 1828 – House built

• ? – The Gregory family owned Juxa Plantation until after the Civil War (2).
  

• ? – The Sartor family purchased the plantation from the Gregories (2).
  

• Circa 1991 – Joe and Nola Bresse purchased Juxa Plantation and operated it as a bed and breakfast (2).
  

• 2001 – The Bresses had Juxa Plantation up for sale. Nola Bresses disclosed in a newspaper article that there have been ghost sightings in the plantation house and Gregory family cemetery (2).
  

• 2014 – Janet and George Wilson owned Juxa Plantation. George is the fifth generation grandchild of Isaac Gregory (3).
  

Land

• Number of acres – Historically, over 500; 10 in 2014 (3)
  

• Primary crop – Indigo (3)

• The Gregory family cemetery is located at Juxa Plantation (2).
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 112 by the Gregory family (4)

Buildings

• The plantation house built in 1828 is still standing.
  

References & Resources

1. Jane Ockershausen, The South Carolina One-Day Trip Book (McLean, VA: EPM Publications, 1998)
   
   

2. Linda Conley, Ghost Sightings (Spartanburg, SC: The Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 2001)
   

3. Information contributed by Janet and George Wilson; George is the fifth generation grandchild of Isaac Gregory.
   

4. Information contributed by Kristen Gregory; Kristen is the great-great-great granddaughter of Isaac Gregory.