Chantilly Plantation was purchased in 1832 at
public outcry by Dr. Thomas Burge Taylor of
Columbia, SC as a wedding gift for his bride,
Harriott Pinkney Raoul. John Ashurst, its
original owner, had moved further west. Harriott,
a French woman, chose the name Chantilly after
Chantilly, France. She was responsible for
enlarging the home and landscaping the grounds
in the 1830s. Chantilly supplied many goods to
other area plantations. Dr. and Mrs. Taylor
had no children, so Chantilly passed to his
sister's children, the Charles, who lived at Rose
Hill. Chantilly has descended to Dr. Taylor's
heirs for eight generations.
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