[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1977, due to its association with Joseph Wheeler.

Benjamin Sherrod, a planter from Halifax County, North Carolina with more than 300 slaves, bought Pond Spring and its 1,760 acres (710 ha) from Hickman in 1827.

Daniella Sherrod met Joseph Wheeler, a general in the Confederate States Army from Augusta, Georgia, during his visit to the area in 1863.

[3][4] Beginning in 1880, Wheeler served multiple terms as a United States Representative from Alabama until he retired from politics in 1900.

[5] During this period, Wheeler was mustered out of the volunteer service and commissioned a brigadier general in the regular army, both on June 16, 1900.