— Quinby Plantation house after moved to Halidon Hill Plantation © Brandon Coffey —

Basic Information

• Location – Eastern branch of the Cooper River, Huger, St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish, Berkeley County

  Located off SC 41 on Cainhoy Road

• Origin of name – It is believed John Ashby named his plantation in honor of his ancestral home, Quenby Hall, in Leicester, England (Ashby Ancestry).

• Other names – Queenbe, Queen Bee, Quenby

• Current status – The house was moved to Halidon Hill Plantation in 1954.
  

— Rear of Quinby Plantation after moved to Halidon Hill Plantation © Brandon Coffey —

Timeline

• 1681 – Earliest known date of existence

  Land grant to John Ashby

• 1792 – Roger Pinckney rebuilt the house.
  

• 1950 – Sold to lumber company
  

• 1954 – House moved to Halidon Hill Plantation

  The property retains the foundation of the house that was moved.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 5,000

• Primary crop – Rice

  There is a slave cemetery thought to date from the eighteenth century.
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – John Ashby, John Ashby, Jr., Isaac Ball (1816), Jane Ball (1825), William James Ball, Reverend and Mrs. Thomas Hasell, Colonel and Mrs. Francis LeJau, Ann and Gabriel Manigault, Roger Pinckney, John Quinby (1681), John Quinby, Jr., John Shubrick, Richard Shubrick, Elizabeth and John Vicaridge
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• The house was moved to Halidon Hill Plantation in 1954. Just the house's foundation remains on Quinby Plantation.
  

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1985
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form for Cooper River Historic District - PDF - submitted in 2002
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

• Ashby Ancestry

Print Resources

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