Ye Pleasant Mount: 1989 1990 Excavations - Open site which ...
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continued to live near <strong>Mount</strong> <strong>Pleasant</strong> (Lucas 1976).<br />
Ownership of the area containing the <strong>Mount</strong> <strong>Pleasant</strong> <strong>site</strong> following the death ofJames<br />
Goldwire is not entirely clear, but the property remained in the Goldwire and King<br />
families. Before 1819 the plantation had passed to his nephew James King; then after his<br />
death to James' brother William King, Jr.; then to William's wife Margaret and their son<br />
James (Lucas 1976). Figure 2 shows an Effmgham County plat of William King's land.<br />
On a section of land within this plat is written "John Goldwire's first parcel of 288 acres",<br />
and below that is written "<strong>Mount</strong> <strong>Pleasant</strong>". The archaeological <strong>site</strong> under discussion is<br />
located a short distance south ofGoldwire's 288 acres.<br />
The Goldwire and King families owned considerable acreage in Effmgham County,<br />
and both owned many slaves. The 1820 census lists 35 slaves owned by Jonathan<br />
Goldwire as the estate of James Goldwire, and 28 slaves owned by William King (United<br />
States Census 1820:77-78). By the late eighteenth century, however, the original <strong>Mount</strong><br />
<strong>Pleasant</strong> <strong>site</strong> had been abandoned. The area later was used as a cemetery and for<br />
agricultural purposes.<br />
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