Claiborne Dandridge West
Sugar Grove was originally purchased by Claiborne Dandridge West, from Buckingham County, Virginia. By the year 1814 he had accumulated more than 30,000 acres of choice Christian County, Kentucky land for himself, relatives, and friends. This property today would cover a large part of South Christian County, Kentucky, and a part of present Trigg County, Kentucky. At the time of his death in 1822 he still owned almost four thousand acres.
Sugar Grove's Journey Through Time
West named his plantation “SUGAR GROVE” and began the building of his home on the very site of the present dwelling of Howard and Glenda Jacobs. His death occurred before he had completed it in it’s entirety. Therefore it was completed by Mrs. West’s next husband, Ambrose Davie, who refused to complete it as originally planned by Mr. West. (See pictures and floor plans in history record) The West/Davie house was torn down between 1952 & 1953 with parts of it moved to Lookout Mountain , Tennessee. An 1878 map of Christian County clearly marks the place still as “Sugar Grove” . The remaining acreage of Sugar Grove was purchased in 1990 by the Jacobs family.
