Basic Information
- Location – Combahee River watershed, Yemassee, Prince William Parish, ACE Basin, Beaufort County
Follow US 17 South to Old Sheldon Church Road then turn right onto Brewton Plantation Road
- Origin of name – Named after Miles Brewton
- Other names – ?
- Current status – Privately owned
Timeline
- 1732 – Earliest known date of existence
- Late 1700s – Daniel Blake owned the plantation. He died in 1780 (Linder, p. 96).
- 1797 – Pierce Butler owned Brewton as late as 1797. Many records were destroyed in the Civil War, exact dates of his ownership are unclear (Linder, p. 97).
- Early 1800s – Isaac McPherson owned the plantation sometime before his death in 1803. His son, James Elliott McPherson then became owner and made Brewton his home until his death in 1834. He also owned Vernesover Plantation and Pleasant Hill Plantation
(Linder, p. 97)
Land
- Number of acres – 2,000
- Primary crop – Rice
- John R. Todd added the avenue of live oaks in 1932
Owners
- Alphabetical list – Bellinger, Daniel Blake (?-1780), Brewton, Bull, Pierce Butler (1797), Frazier, Gregorie, Izard, Isaac McPherson (?-1803), James Elliott McPherson (1803-1834), Skirving, Terni, Todd
Slaves
- Number of slaves – ?
Buildings
Web Resources
Print Resources
- 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
- Suzanne Cameron Linder, Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of the ACE River Basin - 1860
(Columbia, SC: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1995)
Order Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of the ACE River Basin - 1860
More about Beaufort County
- Learn more about historic Beaufort County, including the lovely town of Beaufort SC as well as Hilton Head. We have helpful guides to Beaufort SC history and Beaufort SC libraries and museums – plus Beaufort SC restaurants, Beaufort SC bed & breakfasts, Beaufort SC hotels, and Beaufort SC real estate.
