Mulberry Grove Plantation
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Mulberry grove Site
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| Nearest city | Port Wentworth, Georgia |
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| Area | 153 acres (62 ha) |
| Built | 1794 |
| NRHP Reference # | 75000575 |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1975 |
Coordinates: 32°11.4′N 81°9.6′W / 32.1900°N 81.1600°W
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.
Mulberry Grove was part of the Joseph’s Town settlement, and was constructed to be a silk plantation. By 1740, the plantation was experimenting with planting rice, and upon the introduction of slavery to Georgia, the mulberry nursery was abandoned and rice production became the main purpose of the plantation.
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