Three historic plantations, Cash Point, Gold Point, and Buckhall Plantations, date back to 1839, when they were purchased by James Belton Pickett, Paulina de Graffenried, and James Blair Gilmer. The Buckhall portion on the north and east side was owned by Whitfield Vance. The plantations are now owned by the Pittman and Volentine families, and the Crow-McColgan interests.