Greenwood Plantation
- Also Known As: Vaalnyjgten
- Address: Cairo Rd (GA 84)
Greenwood Plantation is a historic hunting estate in Thomasville, Georgia. - AsNotedIn
Greenwood Plantation is a historic hunting estate in Thomasville, Georgia. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1827/00/00 | Thomas P Jones | Owner | Thomas P Jones purchases four 230 acre land lots in District 18 from men who had drawn these lots in the 1820 Land Lottery. | |||
| 1839/00/00 | Thomas P Jones | Owner | Thomas P Jones purchases nine slaves for $10,000. At his peak, Jones will own more than 2,000 acres for several years. | |||
| 1844/00/00 | John Wind | Architect | The main house at Greenwood Plantation is built over a nine year period, 1833 to 1844, to replace an existing frame house for Thomas P Jones. | |||
| 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. | Rice | ||
| 1864/06/15 | Adj Henry Francis Jones, son of Lavinia and Thomas Jones, is killed in action as a member of Cobb's Cavalry. Mr Jones is buried in the Greenwood family cemetery. | |||||
| 1869/02/24 | Thomas P Jones | Died | Thomas P Jones dies in Thomas County, Georgia. Mr Jones is buried at Greenwood Plantation Cemetery in Thomasville. In the last years of the Jones ownership, Greenwood includes c 1300 acres. | |||
| 1891/02/13 | Frances Lavinia Young Jones dies at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Brandon, on Madison Street. Per her requested, Mrs Jone is buried at the Greenwood Plantation Cemetery. | |||||
| 1891/06/00 | Selah R Van Duzer | Home | S R Van Duzer of New York buys Greenwood Plantation and renames it "Vaalnyjgten". The Van Duzers, who also have a town house in Thomasville, use Greenwood as a winter residence and hunting lodge. | Quail | ||
| 1893/00/00 | Selah R Van Duzer | Work | Selah R Van Duzer, one of New York's most notable druggists retires from active business. | |||
| 1899/00/00 | Col Oliver Hazard Payne | Home | Suffering failing health, Van Duzer's sells Greenwood Plantation to Col Oliver H Payne. | |||
| 1900/00/00 | Stanford White | Architect | Colonel Payne commissions architect Stanford White to design wings, rear additions, an iron gate and sunken gardens. | |||
| 1917/07/00 | William Payne Whitney | Home | Payne Whitney inherits Greenwood Plantation from his uncle, Col Oliver Hazard Payne of New York. | |||
| 1927/05/25 | Helen Julia Hay Whitney | Home | On the death of her husband, Greenwood becomes the property Helen Hay Whitney who manage the plantation until her death. | |||
| 1943/00/00 | The practice of sharecropping ends in Georgia. The owners use Greenwood plantation for quail hunting. | Quail | ||||
| 1944/00/00 | John Hay Whitney | Home | Greenwood is inherited by John Hay Whitney where he will establish a center for southern agriculture and develop a hybrid corn seed that will increase the productivity of corn per acre in the southeast. | |||
| 1945/00/00 | Betsey Cushing Whitney | Home | John and Betsey Whitney make Greenwood their winter home. The Whitneys practice natural conservation by replenishing forests, preserving a tract of virgin long leaf pine and providing habit for quail, deer and other varieties of wild life. | Quail | ||
| 1956/03/00 | Dwight D Eisenhower | Guest | President Dwight Eisenhower and US Secretary of the Treasury, George Humphrey, hunt for quail at Greenwood Plantation. John Hay Whitney had been appointed United States to the United Kingdom by IKE. | Quail | ||
| 1964/02/00 | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Guest | Jacqueline Kennedy spends a week or so at Greenwood Plantation as a guest of the Whitneys. |
| Particulars for Greenwood Plantation: | |
|---|---|
| Historic Use | Agricultural fields |
| Historic Use | Agricultural outbuildings |
| Area of Significance | Agriculture |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Economics |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Physiographic feature | Forest |
| Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Secondary structure |
| Agriculture | Sharecropping |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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