Brampton Plantation
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| Brampton Plantation | |
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 Interactive map of the Brampton Plantation area | |
| General information | |
| Location | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 32°06′48″N 81°08′16″W / 32.11333°N 81.13778°W |
| Construction started | 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.
