Rice





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Y/M/D Person Association Description Place Locale Event
1756/00/00 The Province of South Carolina exports more than 20 million pounds of rice annually. Charleston, SC South Carolina
1787/00/00 Jonathan Lucas Jr Inventor John Bowman hires Jonathan Lucas to build a water mill for pounding rice at Peachtree Plantation. As the first water powered rice mill in the world, it will revolutionized rice production. Peachtree Plantation Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
1801/00/00 Jonathan Lucas Jr Work Jonathan Lucas erects the first toll rice mill at Middleburg, his mother's plantation on Cooper River. Lucas will install the first brushing screen in his mill in 1803. Middleburg Plantation Huger
1808/00/00 Jonathan Lucas Jr Inventor Jonathan Lucas receives a United States patent from for a conical cylinder rice husking machine.
1817/00/00 Jonathan Lucas Jr Work John L Norton and Jonathan Lucas install steam power on a rice mill located on Lucas (now Barre) Street, just north of the Lucas House. Jonathan Lucas House Charleston, SC
1819/00/00 Jonathan Lucas Jr Inventor Jonathan Lucas earns an American patent for husking and rice cleaning machine.
1822/00/00 Jonathan Lucas Jr Work Jonathan Lucas Jr travels to England at the invitation of the British government to develop his rice milling process there. Jonathan Lucas House Charleston, SC
1823/02/27 Gov Thomas Bennett Father of the Bride Mary Hayes Bennett, daughter of Thomas Bennett and Mary L Stone, marries Jonathan Lucas. Together T Bennett and J Lucas control more than 40 percent of rough rice from Lowcountry plantations.
1823/02/27 Jonathan Lucas Groom Mary Hayes Bennett, daughter of Thomas Bennett and Mary L Stone, marries Jonathan Lucas. Together T Bennett and J Lucas control more than 40 percent of rough rice from Lowcountry plantations.
1827/00/00 Jonathan Lucas Jr Inventor Jonathan Lucas and his son-in-law, Henry Ewbank, receive a British patent for a conical cylinder rice cleaning machine.
1840/00/00 Jonathan Lucas Work Jonathan Lucas III erects a four-story brick, steam-powered rice mill (lost) on the Ashley River. It was devastated by a fire on 20 November 1860. West Point Rice Mill Charleston, SC
1844/00/00 Gov Thomas Bennett Work Thomas Bennett build a rice mill on his property between E Bay St and Charleston Harbor. Opened in 1825, the Classical Revival and Italian Renaissance building was nearly demolished by Hurricane Donna, September 1960. The facade remains at 19 Concord St. East Bay Street South of Broad Charleston, SC
1849/00/00 By 1849 South Carolina produces 1.5 million pounds of rice, over 70 percent of the nation's supply. South Carolina United States of America
1860/00/00 Thomas P Jones Owner Thomas P Jones is Thomas County's largest rice producer with 8,000 pounds. The county is the 7th leading rice producer in Georgia. Greenwood Plantation Thomasville
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