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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1820/00/00 James Chesnut Sr Home Mulberry Plantation house is built for Col James Chesnut on Chesnut family lands. A one story servants' cottage is also built on the wooded and open farm land.
1840/00/00 Two log barns are erected to the northwest of the main house.
1840/04/23 Mary Boykin Chesnut Home Mary Boykin Miller marries James Chesnut Jr. At first, the couple will live with his parents and sisters at Mulberry plantation near Camden, South Carolina.
1840/04/23 Gen James Chesnut Jr Home Mary Boykin Miller marries James Chesnut Jr. At first, the couple will live with his parents and sisters at Mulberry plantation near Camden, South Carolina.
1866/02/17 James Chesnut Sr Died Col James Chesnut III dies in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina. At his death Mulberry passes to his only surviving son James IV.
1886/11/22 Mary Boykin Chesnut Died Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut dies at home in Camden. She is buried at the Knights Hill Cemetery in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina.

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Particulars for Mulberry Plantation (Chesnut House):
Historic Use Agricultural outbuildings
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Federal Style
Area of Significance Literature
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 25th November 1980

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Mulberry Plantation (Chesnut House)
Registry Address: 559 Sumter Highway
Registry Number: 80003673
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Federal
Area in Acres: 59
Contributing Buildings: 4
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Military, Literature, Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1800-1824, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1820, 1860
Associated People: Chesnut,James,IV,et al.
Historic Function: Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Agricultural outbuildings, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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