Overview

Location

• Silverton Township, Barnwell Co., SC
• Aiken Co., SC after county line change in 1871

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Fitzsimons, Galphin, Hammond

Historical notes

James Henry Hammond arrived at Silver Bluff Plantation in 1831 and took possession of the property that his wife Catherine Fitzsimons inherited from her father Christopher Fitzsimons (of Charleston) after his death in 1825. As Hammond's wealth and position grew, so did his plantation lands. In 1855, he acquired Redcliffe Plantation in Edgefield County as the place of the new family estate while the lands and slave quarters that made all the new found opulence possible, were still eight miles to the south at Silver Bluff Plantation, Cathwood Plantation and Cowden Plantation in Barnwell County.

Associated Slave Workplaces

Cathwood Plantation (Barnwell Co., SC), Cowden Plantation (Barnwell Co., SC), Redcliffe Plantation (Edgefield Co., SC)

Associated Free Persons

• George Galphin - established an Indian Trading Post at Silver Bluff in the mid 1700s

• Christopher Fitzsimons (b?-d.1825) - plantation owner

• James Henry Hammond - owner of Silver Bluff Plantation, Cathwood Plantation, Cowden Plantation, and Redcliffe Plantation
• Catherine Fitzsimons Hammond - wife of James H. Hammond; daughter of Christopher Fitzsimons; inherited Silver Bluff from her father after his death in 1825

Associated Enslaved Persons

1831-1865 Slaves of James H. Hammond

• See List of Surnames of Persons Enslaved at Silver Bluff, Cathwood, Cowden & Redcliffe Plantations in South Carolina 1831-1865 by Alane Roundtree. http://hometown.aol.com/elmoreroundtree/index.html

Research Leads and Plantation Records

Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations From the Revolution Through the Civil War, Series A, Part I, The Papers of James Henry Hammond
Selections from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, Reels # 1-15, University Publications of America, 1985.

Miscellaneous Information

• Silver Bluff: The plantation lands called "Silver Bluff" were approximately 10,800 acres in Barnwell County, lying roughly 12 miles south of Augusta, Georgia, along the Savannah River.
• Hammond's Land: At the time of his death, James H. Hammond owned over 14,000 acres, approximately 22 square miles, which encompassed two counties.

References

• Silver Bluff Plantation originally submitted by Alane Roundtree. Thanks!
• The Silver Bluff Slave Community of South Carolina 1831 - 1865. http://hometown.aol.com/elmoreroundtree/index.html

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