Basic Information
- Location – Pee Dee River, Plantersville, Prince George Winyah Parish, Georgetown County
Located off Plantersville Road on Exchange Drive
- Origin of name – So named because the owner received it in exchange for another piece of property
- Other names – Asylum
- Current status – Privately owned
Timeline
- 1822 – Earliest known date of existence
- ? – House built
The original old house is still standing. A portion as large as the original house has been added.
- 2004 – The plantation was owned by Mrs. Thomas S. Ragsdale. Conservation easements have been placed on the property to preserve the natural environment.
Land
- Number of acres – 1,400
- Primary crop – Rice
Owners
- Alphabetical list – Benjamin and Charles Allston (1843); Robert F. W. Allston (1853); Elizabeth C. Ford; Cleland Huger; James Louis LaBruce; Lachicotte; Davidson McDowell (1825); Moore; Pringle; Mrs. Thomas S. Ragsdale (1945); Guendalos Rice; Thomas G. Samworth; Francis Weston; Francis Weston; Robert Weston (1837); Benjamin and Charleston Waites (1869); Elizabeth Waites (1864); Witherspoon
Slaves
- Number of slaves – 64
Buildings
Web Resources
Print Resources
- 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
- William P. Baldwin Jr., Plantations of the Low County: South Carolina 1697-1865
(Westbrook, ME: Legacy Publishing, 1994)
Order Plantations of the Low County: South Carolina 1697-1865
- Suzanne Cameron Linder and Marta Leslie Thacker, Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River
(Columbia, SC: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 2001), pp. 349-354
Order Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River - Catherine Campart Messmer, South Carolina's Low Country - A Past Preserved Text (Orangeburg, SC: Sandlapper Publishing, 1988)
- Katherine H. Richardson, Pawleys Island Historically Speaking
(Pawleys Island, SC: Pawleys Island Civic Association, 1995)
Order Pawleys Island Historically Speaking - George C. Rodgers, Jr., The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina
(Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, 1990)
Order The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina
More about Georgetown County
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