{"id":8905,"date":"2013-07-25T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T15:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootsandrecall.com\/york-county-sc\/?post_type=buildings&p=8905"},"modified":"2025-05-14T11:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:10:13","slug":"mount-gallant-plantation","status":"publish","type":"buildings","link":"https:\/\/www.rootsandrecall.com\/york-county-sc\/buildings\/mount-gallant-plantation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Gallant Plantation – Rock Hill, S.C."},"content":{"rendered":"
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“A distinguished piece of mid 19th century architecture – now gone and nearly forgotten.”<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Herald reported on Sept. 18, 1884 – “Last week we were shown an excellent oil portrait of Col. Cad Jones which was painted by his daughter, Mrs. Dr. T.G. Robertson. She has now gone to Columbia where she will devote herself to portrait painting.”<\/p>\n

The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Dec. 21, 1887 – “Fred Pride Jones, colored, the family servant of Cad. Jones and who accompanied him and his sons through the late war, died on Tuesday night.”<\/p>\n

Rock Hill Herald, August 8, 1897: R. W. Featherstone, brother-in-law of F. W. Culp and a
\nprominent farmer of Fairfield County, is the new renter of the old Jones property, \u201cMount
\nGallant.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

City Directories and History:<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0<\/strong>With the removal to York District, near Rock Hill, of the family of Col. Cadwallader Jones<\/span><\/a><\/span> of North Carolina, we see the beginning of worship services for the few local Episcopalians who lived in the neighborhood. Mrs. Jones, who was born Annie Isabella Iredell, daughter of Gov. James Iredell of North Carolina, issued the first call to service in the name of the Episcopal denomination in 1857, the year of the family\u2019s arrival there. In 1858 the Joneses built their home, \u201cMount Gallant,\u201d east of Rock Hill on a tract of land joining the lands of David Hutchison, the widow Rebecca Hart, Nathan Kimbrell, Stephen McCorkle, James Moore, Mrs. Cynthia Sturgis Neely, and others.<\/p>\n

Col. Cadwallader Jones was born in North Carolina, lived in Ebenezer township, was a 47 years old planter with $15,500 in real estate, $55,810 in personal property, who owned sixty-five slaves. <\/em>(Census of 1860)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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R&R HISTORY LINK: EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN ROCK HILL, S.C.<\/p><\/div>\n

Colonel Jones and his late father, also named Cadwallader Jones, had been buying York District land since about 1813-16, even though they themselves continued to live in North Carolina, at least until 1857. \u201cMount Gallant\u201d became the principal ante-bellum scene of elaborate entertainments and dances in the Rock Hill area. The local inhabitants all coveted invitations to the Jones plantation, which, at two thousand acres, was the largest farming operation in the area. Anglican services were first held in the drawing-room at \u201cMount Gallant\u201d and then at the building of the Rock Hill Academy, in White\u2019s pasture. On every fifth Sabbath the Rev. J. D. Gibson, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, at Yorkville, would come to Rock Hill to read the services from the Book of Common Prayer. The Joneses were ably assisted by the family of Halcott Pride Green, who lived near Land\u2019s Ford.<\/p>\n

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*** See p. 78, Leasing Away a Nation<\/em> PDF… for additional information on many leaseholders including but not limited to: In 1816, Cadwallader Jones purchased the lease from William and James Moore on 402 acres for a price of $3,260. He also took another lease on 288 acres dated Sept. 13, 1817.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n