Overview
Today, Historic Brattonsville’s preserved buildings, structures, and landscapes reflect the lives of three generations of the Bratton family, their enslaved people, and other inhabitants of the community including educators, skilled laborers, and, following emancipation, African-American Freedmen.
Historic Brattonsville presents three significant periods containing important milestones in the agricultural and social history of the American South. These periods include the Revolutionary Era, the Antebellum Era, and the Reconstruction Era.
Located in a 800-acre natural area of Historic Brattonsville, this 6 mile network of backcountry paths crosses land steeped in local history and tradition. Native Americans, as well as African and European Americans, share the rich cultural heritage of the Carolina Piedmont. Travel through fields and woodlands that have provided resources for food and shelter for thousands of years. Along with history, you’ll discover the geographical diversity of the Carolina Piedmont as you walk or ride through forests, wetland, and prairie, each with its own distinctive plants and wildlife.
