National Register of Historic Places

Mulberry Grove Site

Port Wentworth, Chatham County, Georgia
Listed
July 16, 1975
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
75000575

About this property

Mulberry Grove Plantation, located north of Port Wentworth, Chatham County, Savannah, was a rice plantation, notable as the location where Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Once a thriving plantation, comprising, in 1798, some ... 500 acres of river swamp, under good dams and well drained; and 200 acres of upland, in good order for cotton or provisions. The remaining part of the tract, which contains in the whole more than 2000 acres, consists of oak and hickory, and well timbered pine land. There is a large and complete water machine for cleaning out rice, with barns, overseers houses, and other suitable plantation buildings, well constructed, and in good repair. There is also a convenient and well finished Dwelling House with suitable outbuildings, and an excellent garden, containing a variety of shrubs and trees both for use and ornament. Mulberry Grove has been left to ruins, surrounded by industrial areas, and all that remains is a bronze marker outlining the history of the plantation. Richmond Oak Grove Plantation, where large-scale slavery was brought into the state, was adjacent to Mulberry Grove.

Location

Port Wentworth, Chatham County, Georgia

Categories

PREHISTORICAGRICULTUREHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINALINVENTION
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When was Mulberry Grove Site listed on the National Register?

Mulberry Grove Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 16, 1975.

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