Charlton Hall Plantation House is a historic

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located near Hickory Tavern,

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. It was built about 1847, and is a two-story, three bay brick residence in the

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style. It has a low hipped roof. Also on the property are a contributing blacksmith shop/shed, a

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, and a frame shed. It was the home of George Washington Sullivan, Sr., (1809–1887), a prominent farmer and public servant of Laurens District before, during, and after the

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. The 1849 last will and testament of Joseph Sullivan bequeathed “one tract of land, to contain four hundred acres including the Hickory Tavern” to his minor son, Milton A. Sullivan. George W. Sullivan was named as the trustee “until my son Milton A arrives of age.”South Carolina Archives, Microfilm Roll C178, Laurens County Office: Probate Judge Estate Papers, Box 128, Pkg 12 It was added to the

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in 1995.

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