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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
David Dickson. Amanda America Dickson was born into slavery in Hancock County, Georgia.Her enslaved mother, Julia Frances Lewis Dickson, was just 13 when she was born. Her father, David Dickson (1809–1885), [2] was a white planter and slave plantation owner who owned her mother; he was one of the eight wealthiest plantation owners in the county.
Myrtle Grove is a historic plantation in Richmond Hill, Bryan County, Georgia, United States. American Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene was gifted a "Myrtle Grove plantation near Savannah from the citizens of Georgia" for his services as major general of the Continental Army. [1]
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Plantation houses in Georgia (U.S. state) (23 P) Pages in category "Plantations in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
In 1920, the house was purchased by a cotton plantation owner, Mrs. Josie Bacon, formerly the wife of Edward T. Newton who died in 1904. Her family had come down from Virginia to Greene County at the end of the 18th century, claiming the land granted to her great-great-grandfather, Douglas Watson, for his services in the American Revolutionary War.
Abner William McGehee was born on February 17, 1779, in Prince Edward County, Virginia.He grew up near the Broad River in the state of Georgia.His maternal uncle, John Scott, was the founder of Alabama Town, which merged with New Philadelphia to become Montgomery, Alabama, in 1819.