Basic Information

• Location – St Bartholomew's Parish, Colleton County
  

• Origin of name –

• Other names –

• Current status –

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• 1773-1779 – Colonel Isaac Hayne kept a record of the overseers he hired for Pear Hill. In six years he went through eight overseers (Colonel Hayne Records).
  

  Here are the entries he made:
  

  "Jan^y 26^th 1773. George Rentz a German came to Oversee for me at P. Hill ... Jan^y 1 1774. Geo: Rentz went away ... Jan^y 10 1774 Herman Creudy a German came to Oversee for me at Pear Hill. I turned him away 22 March ... March 27 1774 Robert Ensitler came to Oversee for me at Pear Hill (a German) discharged him 31 Dec^r following ... John Remly a German January 6^th 1775 began to Oversee for me at Pear Hill turned him away Aug^t 24 75 ... Jn^o Shepand a Dutchman began to Oversee at P. Hill 29th September & turned him away Nov^r 29, 1775 ... Dec^r 29 1775 James Clotworthy began to Oversee at Pear Hill a Carolinian & was turned off ... Josia Boswood a Carolinian came to Oversee both Plantations July 25, 1777 & turned him away in three months ... Jacob Martain came again to Oversee for me August 1^st 1779 & live at Pear hill."
  

Land

• Number of acres – 700 in 1770s

• Primary crop – Rice

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Chamberlain; Hart; Colonel Isaac Hayne; Reau; Rose
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves –

Buildings

Web Resources

• The Hayne Family of South Carolina - use the menu at the top left for more options
  

• The Execution of Isaac Hayne - excerpts from the book by David Bowden
  

• Records Kept By Colonel Isaac Hayne - this page contains transcribed portions of Colonel Hayne's records. He made notes on his slaves and plantation management issues.
  

Print Resources

• David K. Bowden, The Execution of Isaac Hayne, (Lexington, SC: The Sandlapper Store, Inc., 1977).
  

• Lucius G. Fishburne, Plantation notes, St Bartholomew's Parish, 1960. Located at the South Carolina Historical Society in File 34/0646.
  

• Isaac Hayne, Journal: register, ca. 1764-1781. Located at the South Carolina Historical Society in File 34-0560. (Several portions of these records have been published in the South Carolina Historical Magazine.)
  

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