Fair Forest Plantation / Emslie Nicholson House

Fair Forest Plantation / Emslie Nicholson House (HM8O9)

Location: Union, SC 29379 Union County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 40.883', W 81° 41.317'

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Fair Forest Plantation
Fair Forest, named for nearby Fair Forest Creek, was the plantation of Col. Thomas Fletchall (d.1789), prominent militia officer before the Revolution and Loyalist during it. Captured in 1775 and briefly jailed, Fletchall moved to Charleston in 1780, then to Jamaica when the war ended; he died there in 1789. After the Revolution his plantation was confiscated and sold at auction.

Emslie Nicholson House
Col. Thomas Brandon (1741-1802), who bought Fair Forest about 1785, had been a Patriot militia officer and was a longtime state representative and state senator. The Tudor Revival house built in 1923 near the site of the plantation house was designed by Robert & Co. of Atlanta. It was built for Emslie Nicholson (1863-1939), president of textile mills in Union, Lockhart, and Monarch.
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HM NumberHM8O9
Series This marker is part of the South Carolina: Union County Historical Society series
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Marker Number44-15
Year Placed2008
Placed ByUnion County Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 at 3:54am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 436919 N 3837926
Decimal Degrees34.68138333, -81.68861667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 40.883', W 81° 41.317'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 40' 52.98" N, 81° 41' 19.02" W
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Area Code(s)864, 803
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2447-2499 Cross Keys Hwy, Union SC 29379, US
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