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Early Spartanburg slaves linked to Walnut Grove plantation
Robert Nelly and Phillis are among the area’s oldest enslaved people tied to Walnut Grove Plantation built by Charles Moore in 1765. Their names appear in Moore’s 1798 will as part of Spartanburg County’s earliest Black history, with memory and landmarks largely lost to time.
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Spartanburg
Robert
Nelly
Phillis
Spartanburg County
Charles Moore
Walnut Grove Plantation
Moore
Daniel Littlefield
University of South Carolina
Institute For
South Carolina
Ninety-Six
Tom Moore Craig
Charles
Mary
Pennsylvania
J.B.C. Landrum
Thomas Williamson
Morgan Square
Nannie Jefferies
Regional History Museum
Landrum
Williamson
Philadelphia
William Turner
Samuel Morrow
Littlefield
Cowpens