Like Perronneau and Lightwood, Parker also worked the plantation. In 1851, the plantation was sold to William Wallace McCleod. By this time, the property had increased to 914 acres of land and 779 acres of marsh. McCleod built the present house around 1854-56. Exactly what happened to the Lightwood house is unknown.
Speculations are that it was either destroyed or pulled down.
Around 1860, McCleod owned approximately 74 slaves and 23 slave cabins that were located around the plantation. William Wallace McCleod served in the Civil War and moved his family to Greenwood, South Carolina. He left Steven Forrest, a slave, in charge of the plantation. McCleod died in the war in 1864. Shortly after, Mrs. McCleod dies leaving a boy, still in his teens, and two young girls as owner of the plantation.