Documented Slave Plantations of  North Carolina is a comprehensive database of various plantations derived from a variety of information mediums.  Please feel free to contribute NC plantations to [email protected].

Bertie County
Ashland Plantation
Devereux, Runiroi, Uniroy, Runiroy Plantation
Elmwood Plantation
Griffin's Quarter
Hope Plantation
Leary Plantation
Scotch Hall Plantation

Bladen County
Ashwood
Brighton 
Brompton 
Drunken Run
Flowers
Harmony Hall
Lebanon
Oakland
Owen Hill
Porter's Neck
Ramah Plantation
Walnut Grove

Brunswick County
Meares Bluff

Burke County
Quaker Meadows
Willow Hill Plantation

Cabarrus County
Phifer

Columbus County Baldwin
Chauncey Plantation
McKay Plantation
James Smith Plantation

Craven County
Clear Springs
Fort Barnwell
Woodlawn

Cumberland County
Ewtah PlantationNew
Lebanon Plantation
Myrtle Hill
Oak Grove Plantation
William T. Smith Plantation
WoodsideNew

Davie County
Coolemee

Durham County
Arrow Head Plantation
Fairntosh Plantation
Geer Plantation
Stagville Plantation

Edgecomb County
Coolmore Plantation
Oakland Plantation
OldTown Plantation

Forsythe County
Hairston PlantationNew

Franklin County 
Archibald H. Davis
Massenburg Plantation

Gates County 
Elmwood Plantation

Granville County
John P. Lawrence
Marcus Royster
Lewis Wimbish

Greenville County
Hayes Plantation
Somerset Plantation

Guilford County
Richard Mendenhall

Halifax County
White Rock

Hertford County
Hare Plantation

Hoke County 
Mill Prong 
Puppy Creek Plantation

Iredell County 
Farmville

Jones County 
Foscue Plantation
Foscue and Simmons Plantation

Mecklenberg County
Alexander
Latta
Pickens
Potts
Rosedale
White Oak

Moore County
House on the Horseshoe

Nash County
Rose Hill

New Hanover County
Drunken Run
Magnolia
Orton
Poplar Grove
Sedgefield on the Sound
Walker's Run

Northampton County
Thornbury Plantation

Onslow County
Avirett-Stephens
Palo-Alto

Orange County
Alexander Hogan

Pender County
Belvedere Plantation

Person County
Waverly Plantation

Pitt County
Grimesland Plantation

Polk County
Green River
Mills-Screven Plantation

Richmond County
Carlisle Plantation

Robeson County
Humphrey-Williams 

Rockingham County
Cascade
Deep Springs
Lower Sauratown

Rowan County
Booe

Rutherford County
Foxhaven

Sampson County
Clear Run Plantation

Tyrell CountyNew
Oakland Plantation

Vance County
Burnside
Pool Rock

Wake County
Bennett-Bunn
Midway
Purefoy-Dunn

Warren County
BuckSpring Plantation
Russell PlantationNew

Wilkes County
Green Hill Plantation

Unknown Locations

Chelby
Hampton
Hermitage
McCleod
McCoy
Monticello

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Bertie County

Plantation	Date	Township	Owners	Source	Other
Ashland Plantation	Present home was started in early 1830's	---	1st Owner:George Pollock, sold to Thomas Holley (1832)	Homes of Bertie County
Elmwood Plantation	1836	Near Windsor	John Watson, Jr.	Homes of Bertie County
Griffin's Quarter Plantation	1751	Between Woodville and Lewiston; Roanoke River	John B. Griffin	Homes of Bertie County
Hope Plantation	---	Windsor	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Leary Plantation	1795	Powellsville	William Leary purchased from the Stone family	Homes of Bertie County
Mt. Gould Plantation	late 1700's	---	William Maule	Homes of Bertie County	Originally called Mt. Galland
Scotch Hall Plantation	1738	south of Black Walnut Creek	William Maule	Homes of Bertie County

Bladen County

Plantation	Date	Township	Owners	Source	Other
Brighton Plantation	---	Carver's Creek	George Brown	Will abstract; 1790
Brompton Plantation	---	Elizabethtown	Gov. Gabriel Johnston		News Article
Drunken Run Plantation	---	---	Gen. Thomas Brown	Will abstract 1814
Flowers Plantation	---	Carver's Creek	Flowers Family	Abstracted from Kay Russ
Harmony Hall Plantation	---	White Oak	Col. Richardson		News Article
Lebanon Plantation	---	Carver's Creek	Gillespie and Flowers	Abstracted from Kay Russ
Oakland Plantation	1781	Carver's Creek	General Thomas Brown		slave lists Formerly known as Ashwood Plantation
Owen Hill Plantation	---	Elizabethtown	Gov. John Owen
Ramah Plantation	---	Carver's Creek	Andres Family
Walnut Grove Plantation	---	Tar Heel	Col. Thomas Robeson

Brunswick County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
Meares Bluff Plantation	---	Meares Bluff	Sen William B. Meares
Orton Plantation	1728	Southport	Sprunt Family	---
Russelborough	---	near Brunswick	Gov. William Tryon	Wilmington Morning Star, 12/31/99

Burke County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
Quaker Meadows	---	near Morganton	James McDowell
Willow Hill Plantation	---	Morganton	John Hugh Murphy	Records of Antebellum Southern Plantation: Series J

 

Cabarrus County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
Phifer Plantation	---	---	Martin Phifer	Charlotte News and Observer

Chowan County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
Greenfield Plantation	---	Somer	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Hayes Plantation	---	Edenton	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Shelton Plantation House	---	Edenton	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Columbus County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
Baldwin Plantation	---	near Whiteville	James Baldwin	Submitted by Shelda Glover
Chauncy Plantation	---	Bogue Township	---	Submitted by Shelda Glover
McKay Plantation	---	Welches Creek	Jabez McKay	"Fearfully and Wonderfully Made"      by Joanne Martell
Smith Plantation	---	near Whiteville	James Smith	Submitted by Shelda Glover

Craven County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
Clear Springs Plantation	---	New Bern	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Fort Barnwell Plantation				Mary Norcott Bryan Papers	Named for an old fort built 1712 after Col. Barnwell (SC)
Woodlawn Plantation	---	New Bern	---	Mary Norcott Bryan Papers	4,000 acres

Cumberland County 

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
Etwah Plantation	---	---	---	---	---
Lebanon Plantation	---	Presently Harnett County	Farquhard Smith	Cumberland County Home Page
Myrtle Hill Plantation	1825	Ramsey Street	Robert Strange	Fayetteville Observer-8/26/00
Oak Grove Plantation	---	Presently Harnett County	Farquhard Smith	Cumberland County Home Page	used as a field hospital and still stands on the Averasboro battlefield
William T. Smith Plantation House	---	Presently Harnett County	Farquhard Smith	Cumberland County Home Page	used as a field hospital and still stands on the Averasboro battlefield
Woodside PlantationNew	---	4 mi. N. of Fayetteville on the road to Raleigh (old Campbell property of Pine Park)	Charles Beatty Mallett	---	---

Davie County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Cooleemee Plantation	---	on the Yadkin River; Mocksville	---	---

Durham County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
ArrowHead Plantation	c.1775	Durham	Lipscombe Family		Traveled by Catawba and Waxhaw Indians between Virginia and the Mountains.
Fairntosh Plantation	---	Beside Stagville Plantation	Judge Duncan Cameron	---
Geer Plantation	---	Durham; Camden Avenue	Jesse B. Geer	"Lay Down Body", Roberts Wright and Wilbur Hughes
Stagville Plantation		Durham	Richard Bennehan	---

Edgecomb County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
Coolmore Plantation	---	Tarboro	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Oakland Plantation	---	Tarboro	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Old Town Plantation	---	Battleboro	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Forsyth County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
Hairston PlantationNew	---	---	---	---	Submitted by Robert Goins

Franklin County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
Archibald H. Davis Plantation     (Cypress Hall)	---	Louisburg	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Massenburg Plantation (Woodleaf Plantation)	---	Louisburg	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Gates County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
Elmwood Plantation	---	Gateswood	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Granville County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owners	Source	Other
John P. Lawrence Plantation	---	Grissom	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Marcus Royster Plantation	---	Wilbourns	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Lewis Wimbish Plantation	---	Grassy Creek	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Greenville County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Hayes Plantation	---	Edenton	Gabriel Johnston & Edward Wood	Charlotte News and Observer
Somerset Plantation	1829	Edenton	Josiah Collins, III	---		Slave List

Guilford County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Richard Mendenhall Plantation	---	Jamestown	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Halifax County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
White Rock Plantation	---	Hollister	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Hertford County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Hare Plantation House	---	Como	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Hoke County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Mill Prong	1795	near Wagram	John Gilchrist, Scottish Immigrant	Fayetteville Observer-1/23/2000
Puppy Creek Plantation (McGregor-Lamont House)	---	Rockfish	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Iredell County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Farmville Plantation	---	Farmville	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Johnston County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Applewhite Plantation	---		---		Submitted by Richard Russell

Jones County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Foscue Plantation	---	Pollocksville	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Foscue and Simmons Plantations	---	Pollocksville	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Mecklenberg County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Alexander Plantation	---			Charlotte Museum of History
Latta Plantation	---	Huntersville	James & Jane Latta	Charlotte News and Observer
Pickens Plantation	---	Kannapolis	Israel Pickens	Charlotte News and Observer
Potts Plantation	---	Cornelius	---	National Register of Historic Listings
---		---	Charlotte Museum of History
White Oak Plantation	---	Charlotte	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Moore County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
House on the Horseshoe	1772	On the Deep River	Lieut. Col. Phillip Alston	Fayetteville Observer-1/16/2000

Nash County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Rose Hill Plantation	---	Rocky Mount	---	National Register of Historic Listings

New Hanover County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Belville Plantation	circa 1790		John Burgwin Waddell	70 slaves	Submitted by Dennis Boucher
Drunken Run Plantation	---	---	General Thomas Brown	Will abstract; 1814
Masonborough Plantation	---	Wilmington	Caleb Grainger	Wilmington Morning Star, 12/31/99
Poplar Grove Plantation	---	Wilmington	Joseph Mumford Foy	---	Crop: "ground" peanuts
Porter's Neck Plantation	---	---	Nicholas Nixon	Wilmington Morning Star, 12/31/99	Crops: peanuts ("field peas")
Sedgefield on the Sound	---	Wilmington	General Thomas Brown	Will abstract 1814
Sloop Plantation	---	---	---	Wilmington Morning Star, 12/31/99	Crops: peanuts ("field peas")
Walker's Run	---	---	General Thomas Brown	Will abstract 1814

Northampton County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Thornbury Plantation	---	---	Henry King Burgwyn	Homes of Bertie Co

Onslow County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Avirett-Stephens Plantation	---	Richlands	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Palo-Alto Plantation	---	Belgrade	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Orange County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Alexander Hogan Plantation	---	---	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Pender County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Belvidere Plantation	---	Hampstead	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Person County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Waverly Plantation	---	Cunningham	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Pitt County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Grimesland Plantation	---	Grimesland	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Polk County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Green River Plantation	---	Cox Store	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Mills-Screven Plantation	---	Tryon	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Richmond County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Carlisle Plantation	---	---	Benjamin Franklin Little	---
Covington Plantation House	---	Rockingham	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Robeson County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Humphrey-Williams Plantation	---	Lumberton	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Rockingham County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Cascade Plantation (Willow Oaks Farm)	---	Eden	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Deep Springs Plantation	---	30min north of G'boro; 4 miles East of Madison	---	NewsandRecord
Lower-Sauratown Plantation	---	Eden	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Rowan County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Booe Plantation	---	---	Jacob Booe	---

Rutherford County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Fox Haven Plantation	---	Green Hill	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Sampson County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Clear Run Plantation	---	---	---	---

Tyrell County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Oakland Plantation New	---	---	Daniel H. Bateman	Will: March 17, 1841 Book 3, Pg 1

Vance County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Burnside Plantation House	---	Williamsboro	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Pool Rock Plantation	---	Williamsburg	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Wake County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Bennett Bunn Plantation	---	Zebulon	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Ingleside Plantation	---	Northeast of Raleigh	Gov. Charles Manly		For more info, see Ashe's Bio NC History, Vol V1
Midway Plantation	---	Raleigh	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Purefoy-Dunn Plantation	---	Wake-Forest	---	National Register of Historic Listings

Wilkes County  

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Green Hill  Plantation	1852	near Ronda	James Gwyn, II	Records of Antebellum Southern Plantation: Series J

 

Warren County

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Buck Spring Plantation (Nathaniel MaconHouse)	---	Vaughn	---	National Register of Historic Listings
Russell Plantation	---	---	---		Submitted by Joi Dickerson

Unknown Counties

Plantation	Date	Location	Owner	Source	Other
Chelby Hall
Hampton Plantation
Hermitage Plantation				Mary Norcott Bryan Papers
McCleod Plantation
McCoy plantation
Monticello Plantation				Mary Norcott Bryan Papers

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