Deep Springs Plantation

Deep Springs Plantation
front view of the house
General information
Type	residence
Town or city	Stoneville, North Carolina
Country	United States
Current tenants	Byerly family
Named for	natural spring on the property
Groundbreaking	1827

Deep Springs Plantation was a plantation in Stoneville, North Carolina.^[1][2] The land was later sold off to create the Deep Springs Country Club, a golf club and residential neighborhood, but the original plantation house still exists as a private residence.

In 1824, land along the Dan River was left to James Madison Scales after his father, Nathaniel Scales, died.^[3] In November 1825, Scales married Elizabeth Lesuer at Lennox Castle and they later settled on the land along the river. The mansion was constructed between 1827 and 1830, in time for the couple's second child, Nathaniel, to be born in the house. Scales' siblings owned other plantations in Rockingham County, North Carolina including his brother Alfred Moore Scales at Mulberry Island Plantation and his sister Mary Scales McCain at High Rock Farm.^[4]

The plantation is named after a deep spring on the property that supplied water to the house.^[5] In 1846, an axatite meteorite weighing approximately twenty-five pounds fell near the house, and is now on display at the North Carolina Museum of History.

In 1969 the plantation was sold and the land was turned into a private country club, Deep Springs Country Club.^[6][7] The house was bought in 2003 by the Byerly family and is maintained as a private residence.^[8]

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