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Davant Plantation - Own a Historic Plantation
South Carolina Plantation for sale, The property consists of an historic 5,000 SF main residence and buildings, which include guest cottages, stables, kennels and plantation managers residences. Davant is a diversified property consisting of cultivated fields, ponds, longleaf pine and hardwood bottoms. It has been extensively managed for wildlife, aesthetics and timber. The plantation boasts a quality early release quail program, Quality Deer Management program, productive dove fields and a healthy turkey population. There is 15 acres of pastures and 20 miles of woodland trails and roads for horseback riding, hiking and/or exploring. There is also potential for green tree reserves for waterfowl shooting. Rutledge and his wife Frida have owned Davant since 1991.,Location,Near Gillisonville, St. Luke's Parish, Jasper County,US 278 at SC 462, Origin of name, Owner Richard James Davant, Other names The Oaks, Current status, Owned by Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Rutledge Moore, who reside on the plantation year-round and operate it as a hunting preserve (2006), Davant Plantation For Sale, 1770 Earliest known date of existence, John Hobard received a grant for 100 acres for services rendered to King George III, 1811 Sold to Stephen McDonald, 1813 Sold to Williams Watters, 1815 Sold to John Cheney, who christened the property The Oaks, 1828 Cheney's daughter Evelina married lawyer Richard James Davant. Upon his father-in-law's death, Davant purchased the estate and changed its name to Davant Plantation, 1865 Original Greek Revival home burned by Sherman's troops, Davant dismantled a much simpler house located on a nearby plantation, which he also owned, and transferred it piece-by-piece to the site of his former home., 1939 Sold to Edwin M. Berolzheimer, House renovated by Berolzheimer, Mary Berol became owner, 1981 Thomas L. Harper purchased 2400 acres from the Berol estate., 1985 Harper added an additional 25 acres to the plantation., 1991 Harper sold to Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Rutledge Moore, 1995 Primary filminglocation for the movie Something to Talk About, Land, Number of acres 100 in 1770; 2,400 in 1981; 2,425 in 1985; 2,100 in 2006, The Davant family burial ground is located on the property. One stone slab bears a verse and the inscription 'Sarah Isabella, Eldest Child of Richard J. and Evelina J. Davant.' Another slab bears a verse and the inscription 'To the Memory of Mrs. Martha E. Craft, Eldest Daughter of John and Sarah R. Cheney.' The dates of the two deaths are 1828 and 1829. Owners, Chronological list John Hobard (1770-1811), Stephen McDonald (1811-1813), William Watters (1813-1815), John Cheney (1815-1828), Richard James Davant (1828-?), Edwin M. Berolzheimer (1939-?), Mary Berol (?-1981), Thomas L. Harper (1981-1991), Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Rutledge Moore (1991-present), Buildings, Barns, kitchen smokehouse, stables, laundry house, three hunting cottages
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