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The Patterson Plantation, also known as Holly Rock Farm, is a historic Federal style plantation house located on the edge of 
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in Orange County, North Carolina. The home was once the center of a 2,200-acre plantation dating back to the 18th-century.
History
The Patterson Plantation was first listed in a 1770 Collet Map as "I. Paterson", at the time it was owned by a planter named John Patterson, who built a cabin on the site. The family also operated a mill, known as Patterson's Mill, alongNew Hope Creek
New Hope Creek is a watercourse that rises in rural Orange County, North Carolina, in the United States. It drains the western portion of Orange County and the southern half of Durham County and flows into the northern end of Jordan Lake reserv ...
in what is now Duke Forest
Duke Forest is a forest managed by Duke University for research, teaching, and recreation. It is located in the edge of the Piedmont (United States) in Durham County, Orange County, and Alamance County in North Carolina. Four of its six divis ...
. The land later passed to Patterson's son, John Tapley Patterson. Upon his death, it passed to his son, Mann Patterson. Construction on the large Federal-style house began in 1834, shortly before the death of Patterson. His second wife Mary Cabe Patterson, who had inherited the 2,200-acre plantation, later completed the building. It was built at the intersection of Erwin and Whitfield Roads, less than a mile from Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. The Patterson's two sons, Mann and Robert, also lived at the farm. Two house slaves
A house slave was a slave who worked, and often lived, in the house of the slave-owner, performing domestic labor. House slaves performed largely the same duties as all domestic workers throughout history, such as cooking, cleaning, serving meal ...
, named Matthew and Phebe, were listed as part of the household in 1870.
The plantation also includes a family cemetery, located further down Erwin Road, which includes 27 marked graves and 5 unmarked graves.
In the 1950s, the plantation was under the ownership of Charlie and Josie Henderson Humphries, who had inherited it from family members. The Humphries later moved to Hope Valley Country Club, and members of the Henderson family came to live on the property, building a house across the street in the 1980s.
The plantation was later purchased by David Dickson and renamed Holly Rock Farm.
References
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