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Hampton Plantation, also known as Hampton Plantation House and Hampton Plantation State Historic Site, is a historic plantation, now a state historic site, north of McClellanville, South Carolina. [3] The plantation was established in 1735, and its main house exhibits one of the earliest known examples in the United States of a temple front in ...
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Location – Wambaw Creek (a branch of the South Santee River), McClellanville, St. James Santee Parish, Charleston CountyLocated at 1950 Rutledge Road, 9 miles north of McClellanville off US 17Origin of name – Hampton was probably named after Hampton House, a house in Hampton-on-the-Thames, England. It was owned by David Garrick, a famous actor in the mid-1700s.Other names – Horry PlantationCurrent status – Open to the public as a State Historic Site? – Earliest known date of existence The Sewee Indians occupied this area in the 1600s but had declined in numbers by 1701. The Sewee's chief, known as King Jeremy, seems to have had land near the...Circa 1701 – Daniel McGregor was issued a warrant for 500 acres noted as being "formerly ye plantation of King Jeremy" (5, p. 705).Circa 1702 – Daniel McGregor sold the tract to Jacob LaPorte and Elias Horry (5, p. 705).1708 – Jacob LaPorte bought out partner Elias Horry and combined the plantation with another 200-acre tract he had purchased, increasing the size to 700 acres (5, p. 705).Number of acres – 500 circa 1701; 700 in 1708; 350 in 1710; 600 in 1736; 294 in 1976 (2) (5)Primary crop – RiceNear the center of the plantation's property is Sam Hill Cemetery. The land-use-rights of this 20-acre African-American cemetery is still held by descendants of the slaves that were originally gran...Plantation house – Architectural historians date the original part of the house to the 1740s. Two wings were added in the 1760s and the portico was added in 1791. The house is an example of Georgia...
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site: Click hereNational Register of Historic Places – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1976 – Photographs, architectural overviewAnne Baker Leland Bridges and Roy Williams III, St. James Santee, Plantation Parish: History and Records, 1685-1925(Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, 1997)Hampton Plantation State Historic Site 1950 Rutledge Road McClellanville, SC 29458 Telephone: 843-546-9361 Website: Click here
Located in the southern Santee Delta region, Hampton Plantation State Historic Site is home to the remote, final remnants of a colonial-era rice plantation. The plantation now serves as an interpretive site for the system of slavery and rice cultivation in the region from the colonial period through the end of the Civil War.
The Hampton Plantation Historic Site is a wonderful bit of history of the plantations which once flourished along the Santee River Delta. The exhibits focus on the growing of rice which is an important bit of history to address.
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- Hampton Plantation State Historic Site is open:Sun - Sat 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Hotels near Hampton Plantation State Historic Site: (2.25 mi) Pet-Friendly Santee River Retreat w/ Private Dock! (7.65 mi) Cozy home (8.21 mi) Love...
- Restaurants near Hampton Plantation State Historic Site: (2.98 mi) Hopsewee Plantation (7.82 mi) T.W. Graham & Company Seafood Restaurant (7.93 mi)...
Explore the rich history of the Hampton Plantation in McCle llanville, South Carolina. Learn about the rice crop culture that prevailed in South Carolina's Lowcountry in centuries past.
Tucked away in the remote last vestiges of a colonial-era rice plantation, Hampton Plantation State Historic Site is both bucolic and evocative. The plantation’s Georgian-style mansion and well-kept grounds serve as an interpretive site for the system of slavery that helped build such plantations into the greatest generators of wealth in ...
Hampton Plantation is a quiet and serene state historic site, but in the 18th and 19th centuries it was a working rice plantation bustling with activity. Interpretive programming at this site focuses on the Lowcountry rice culture and plantation system that shaped the lives of Hampton?s residents.
