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Somerset Plantation

Record #:
17208
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Abstract:
Began by Josiah Collins II in the early 19th-century and completed by his son Josiah III about 1830, Somerset Place was one of the state's most prosperous plantations in pre-Civil War days. Acquired by the state in 1939, the plantation will be restored and be part the state's newest park, Pettigrew State Park.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 43, Mar 1939, p13, 19, il