Georgia Plantations

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Location: Georgia, United States
Surnames/tags: Black_Heritage Plantations Slavery

US Black Heritage Project

US Black Heritage Project Georgia Team

Index of US Plantations

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Instructions for placing plantations on this page:

Under Construction - If your plantation page needs work or is partially complete place it under this heading.

Profiles Needed - If the plantation has names but the profiles are not yet completed then place it under this heading.

Do Not Count - If you have created an index or holding page for multiple plantations you are working on that were owned by the same person, please place your holding page under this heading.

Please place each plantation in alphabetical order.

Introduction

Georgia Plantations

1. Allen Lawrence Plantation, Putnam County, Georgia
2. Alex Scott's Plantation, Camden County, Georgia,
3. Benceville Plantation, Camden County, Georgia, owned by John Lewis Kale Holzendorf (1775-1861), then Lewis Anderson Holzendorf (1817-1879)
4. Benjamin A Gates Home Place Plantation, Meriwether County, Georgia
5. Berne Plantation, Camden County, Georgia, owned by John Lewis Kale Holzendorf (1775-1861), then Alexander Lafayette Holzendorf (1808-1887)
6. B K Gates Plantation, Meriwether County, Georgia
7. Black Hammock Plantation, Camden County, Georgia, owned by Nathan Atkinson (1758-1817), then Alexander Atkinson (1796-1840)
8. Boggy Swamp Plantation, Camden County, Georgia, owned by Alexander Atkinson (1796-1840)
9. Bourbon Plantation, Camden County, Georgia, owned by Nathan Atkinson (1758-1817), then John Franklin Atkinson (abt.1735-1808)
10. Brewton Hill Plantation, in Chatham County, Georgia, owned by Robert Habersham, see Slaves of Robert Habersham
11. Catalpa Plantation, Coweta, Georgia
12. Causton’s Bluff Plantation, in Chatham County, Georgia, owned by Robert Habersham
13. Deptford Plantation, in Chatham County, Georgia, owned by Robert Habersham (see: Slaves of Robert Habersham)
14. Edwards Plantation in Oglethorpe County owned by Mordecai Edwards
15. Ellison Plantation in Burke County owned by Robert Franklin Ellison
16. Heardmont Farm in Wilkes; owner: Stephen Heard includes Slaves of Elizabeth Darden Heard
17. Hermitage Plantation, Chatham County, Georgia, Owner Henry McAlpin
18. Lower Turkey Creek Plantation Laurens County, owned by George Michael McIntosh Troup
19. McWhorter Plantation, Greene in Greene County owned by Robert McWhorter
20. McWhorter Plantation, Oglethorpe in Oglethorpe owned by James Hamilton McWhorter
21. Silk Hope Plantation, in Bryan County, Georgia, owned by Thomas Savage III then wife Mary Elliott (Butler) Savage
22. The Point Plantation in Chatham County owned by Thomas Savage IV
23. Singleton Plantation and Mines in Lumpkin County owned by Joseph J Singleton
24. Rock Mill Plantation in Warren, Georgia, owned by Jonas Shivers, then son William Shivers
25. Slaves of John G. Wilhite, in Madison County, Georgia, owned by John G Wilhite
26. The Strozier Plantations in Meriwether Co, GA, owned by Reuben Strozier
27. Thomas Crossroads Plantation, Laurens County, Georgia
28. Valdosta Plantation, Laurens County, Georgia

Needs Profiles (854 profiles need to be created - 3/5/2023) When a plantation is complete, please remove the count. Slaves of pages are listed but don't count in the plantation totals.

1. Mullberry Hill Plantation Bryan county, GA Owner: Richard James Arnold, Sr. (+/- 65 profiles need to be created)
2. White Hall Plantation, Bryan County, Georgia Owner: Richard James Arnold Sr (89+/- profiles need to be created)
3. Enslaved of Catlett Campbell of Meriwether Co, GA (3 profiles needed - or less. some without names)
4. Elizafield Plantation in Glynn Co, GA owned by Hugh Fraser Grant (+/- 435 profiles need to be created)
5. Dungeness Plantation, Camden County, Georgia owned by Catharine Miller, Louisa Catharine Shaw, Phineas M Nightingale (about 136 profiles needed)
6. Slaves of Joseph Habersham of Chatham Co, GA (44 profiles needed)
7. Granite Hill Plantation in Hancock County owned by Andrew Jackson Lane (27 profiles need creation)
8. The Village Plantation, Glynn County, Georgia owned by Alexander Campbell Wylly and Margaret (Armstrong) Wylly (43 profiles need to be created)
9. Woodlawn Plantation, Troup County, Georgia (+/- 68 profiles needed)

Under Construction

1. Plantations of John Floyd, Georgia (do not count for totals)
2. Francis John Chapman Plantation, Liberty County, Georgia

Needs Category

Total (39)

Sources

• "List of plantations in Georgia (U.S. state)
• "Georgia Plantations", Georgia Genealogy Trails
• Young, Jeffrey. "Slavery in Antebellum Georgia." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Sep 30, 2020
• SAVANNAH RIVER PLANTATIONS
• The Crypt: Plantations & Homes of Camden County, by Tara Fields
• St. Marys and Camden County, Georgia By Patricia Barefoot · 2001