Buck Hall Plantation – McClellanville – Charleston County

Basic Information

• Location – Awendaw Creek, Charleston County

  6 miles southeast of McClellanville on Buck Hall Landing Road
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Carnadey (1)
  

• Current status – U.S. Forest Service's Buck Hall Recreation Area

Timeline

• 1705 – Earliest known date of existence

  Captain John Collins received a land grant (1).
  

• 1709 – Captain John Collins died but the property would remain in the Collins family for more than a century (1).
  

• ? – Jonah Collins owned the property. He developed the land into a working plantation (1).
  

• Prior to 1749 – House built by Jonah Collins (1).
  

• 1749 – Jonah Collins passed away and passed the plantation to his daughter Elizabeth Collins Withers (1).
  

• Circa 1785 – Elizabeth Collins Withers died and her daughter Sarah Collins Withers Vanderhorst inherited Buck Hall along with William Cartwright Shackelford (1).
  

• 1845 – General Richard Withers Vanderhorst, Sarah Vanderhorst's son, would own the plantation after his mother's death (1).
  

• ? – Stephen D. Doar purchased the Buck Hall Plantation from General Vanderhorst (1).
  

• ? – The U.S. Forest Service developed Buck Hall Recreation Area.
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by Harley Tripp
   

Contact Information

• Buck Hall Recreation Area
  Buck Hall Landing Road
  McClellanville, SC 29458
  

  Telephone: 843-887-3412
  Website: Click here