Plantations of Bolivar County
A partial
list of plantations in Bolivar County
ASIA - William Sillers
BELLE ISLE - Dickinson Bell
BEULAH - Colonel F.A. Montgomery
BISHOP PLACE - Thomas J. Allen
CARSON PLANTATION - Mrs. A. Carson
DAHOMEY PLANTATION - 1833, F.G. Ellis; 1837 Joseph Hugh; 1856
I.F.
Daniel
DORO - General Clark
DORSET GROVE - William Sackville Cook
EGYPT - Jonathan C. Lobdell
FALL BACK – Balfour
GLENWOOD - George L. Gayden
ISOLE - Col. Green Clay
JACOB'S PLANTATION - Charles Jacob
LEESLAND – Lobdell
MACANUT - Col. M.D. Shelby; Capt. Issac Shelby (s/o M.D.);
George Shelby
(Name changed to Bellvue then Shelby Plantation)
MEYERS PLANTATION - Mrs. G.W. Meyers
PERTHSHIRE(1845) - Gilford Torrey
REVEILLE PLANTATION - Mrs. W.L. Nugent
PECAN RIDGE PLANTATION - Mr. Thompson, Waxhaw
ROSEDALE - Lafayette Jones
SUGARHILL PLANTATION - Judge Joseph McGuire
SUNNYWILD - Miles McGehee
TERRENE - James M. Porter
TIMBER LAKE PLACE - John L Martin
TRIUMPH & LAKE BOLIVAR PLANTATIONS - E.S. Stacey
VIRGINIAN PLANTATION(aft.1898) - Alex Scott
WAXHAW - John C. Kirk
WILDWOOD - Benjamin B. Wilson; Col. W.N. Brown; Maj. Robt C.
Duncan
WOODLAWN - Joseph Sillers
ZUMBO PLANTATION - Owner unknown at this time
The following were submitted by Daisy
Griggs:
Joe BELLUCHI's Place (circa 1930 -1945)
Will DENTON's Place
Laura Mae KEELER's Place (circa 1920 -1940)
Mark MAINE's Place (circa 1940 -1950)
George and Dr. SHELBY's Place (circa 1940-1960)
Joe STAFFORD's Place
Obsolete names for diseases and
disorders
Apoplexy - Paralysis due
to stroke
Brain Fever – Meningitis
Bright's Disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of
kidneys
Child bed fever - Infection following birth of a child
Cholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with
intestinal lining sloughing
Cholera morbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting,
abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis.
Congestive chills/ fever – Malaria
Consumption – Tuberculosis
Decrepitude - Feebleness due to old age
Dropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or
heart disease
Dropsy of the Brain – Encephalitis
Dysentery - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage
of mucous and blood
Encephalitis - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness
Falling sickness – Epilepsy
Flux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like
hemorrhage or diarrhea
Grippe/grip - Influenza like symptoms
Jaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestines
Lagrippe – Influenza
Lockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the
muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 days
Lung fever – Pneumonia
Lung sickness – Tuberculosis
Meningitis - Inflation of brain or spinal cord
Nephrosis - Kidney degeneration
Nephritis - Inflammation of kidneys
Quinsy - Abscess behind tonsils
Small pox - Contagious disease with fever and blisters
Summer complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused
by spoiled milk
Tetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever,
headache and dizziness
Trench mouth - apathos ulcers or a virus disease
Thrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on
mouth, lips and throat
Tuberculosis - Bacterial infection that primarily
attacks the lungs, but which may also affect the kidneys, bones, lymph nodes,
and brain. Symptoms of TB include coughing, chest pain, shortness of
breath, loss of appetite, weight loss, fever, chills, and fatigue.
Typhus - Infectious fever characterized high fever,
headache, and dizziness
Winter fever - Pneumonia