Basic Information

• Location – Baldock, Allendale County

• Comments – The original owner William Dykes was a devout Loyalist who fled North Carolina to Orangeburg District, South Carolina – a Loyalist stronghold during the early years of the Revolution. He moved there with his in-laws, William and Nancy Everitt. Dykes served in the Loyalist militia but later pledged his allegiance to the freedom cause. His first wife died; he then had a common-law marriage to Leah Brooker who administered his estate and probably sold the plantation to Dr. Elijah Gillette. She changed the spelling to Dicks, giving rise to the present-day Dicks family of Barnwell County, South Carolina.
  

• Origin of name – William Dykes and his son George operated a saw mill on what is now called Miller's Creek. The mill was powered by what was then a brand new invention, the steam engine. It was quite a profitable operation, and there are remnants of the old mill on the land today.
  

• Other names –

• Current status – Owned by Jimmy Elkins (2005)

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres –

• Primary crop –

Owners

• Alphabetical list – William Dykes, Jimmy Elkins, Dr. Elijah Gillette, Lavinia Gillett
  

Slaves

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Buildings

Web Resources

Print Resources

• Initial references: 4, 62

Contact Information

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