Brampton Plantation
General information
LocationSavannah, Georgia, U.S.
Coordinates32°06′48″N 81°08′16″W / 32.11333°N 81.13778°W / 32.11333; -81.13778
Construction started1748 (1748)

Brampton Plantation was a plantation originally founded in colonial Savannah, Province of Georgia. It has been closely associated with Jonathan Bryan, a landowner, patriot and an associate of James Edward Oglethorpe, the founder of the Savannah colony. Bryan owned it from 1765.[1] The plantation was located between National Gypsum Company and Union Camp Corporation, about 3.5 miles northwest of downtown Savannah on the Savannah River. A cemetery also exists on the land.[2]

For fifteen years after the 1733 foundation of the Savannah colony, the land was part of an Indian reservation; in 1757, the land was divided up and allotted to planters. David Graham was the first owner of the section that became Brampton.[1]

John Garnier Williamson, a slaveholder, was the owner of Brampton when his probate inventory was recorded in 1814.[3] His son, John Postell Williamson, owned the plantation after his father died.

References

  1. 1 2 "Brampton Plantation", The Georgia Historical Quarterly (March 1943), p. 29
  2. "Andrew Bryan", Savannah Biographies, Michael Jandrlich (1990), Georgia Southern University
  3. Family Search Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990: "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990"
    Catalog: Inventories and appraisements of estates, 1783-1927 Inventories and appraisements 1805-1823
    Image path: Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 > Chatham > Inventories and appraisements 1805-1823 > image 197 of 443; Citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.
    • p.360


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