— Mansfield Plantation House —
Photograph courtesy of Thomas Namey
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Basic Information

• Location – Black River, Georgetown, Prince George Winyah Parish, Georgetown County
  

  Located off US 701 at 1776 Mansfield Road
  

• Origin of name –

• Other names –

• Current Status – Mansfield is operated as a Bed and Breakfast. Guided tours are available with an appointment.
  

Timeline

• 1718 – Earliest known date of existence

  Land grant to John Green
  

• 1754 – Sold to James Coachman
  

• 1756 – Coachman sold 500 acres to Mrs. Susannah LaRoche Man
  

• 1803 – John Man Taylor

• 1812 – House built

• 1823 – Anna Maria Taylor (Mrs. Man's granddaughter) inherited the property.
  

• 1841 – Traded from his mother-in-law to Dr. Francis Simons Parker
  

• 1912 – Purchased by Charles W. Tuttle of Auburn, NY to be used as a winter home and hunt club
  

• 1931 – Sold to Col. R. L. and Charlotte Hope Binney Tyler Montgomery. The Montgomerys embarked on an extensive restoration of Mansfield
  

• 1970 – Bought by Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stevenson Smith
  

• 2004 – Sold to John Rutledge and Sallie Middleton Parker returning Mansfield once again to the Parker family after an absence of 92 years.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 900

• Primary crop – Rice

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Cahalan; Anna Maria Taylor Lance; Mrs. Savannah LaRoche Man; R.L. and Charlotte Hope Binney Tyler Montgomery; Dr. Francis Simons Parker; John Rutledge and Sallie Middleton Parker; Mary Lance Parker; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stevenson Smith; Ann Maria Taylor; Archibald Taylor; John Man Taylor; Charles W. Tuttle
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 125

Buildings

• Slave cabins – 6

  The slave chapel remains as a reminder of the slaves who lived and worked on the plantation.
  

• A threshing mill and a winnowing house remain intact on the property.
  

Web Resources

• Mansfield Plantation
  

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 1977 by Kappy McNulty and Kathy Hendrix - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 40

• Suzanne Cameron Linder and Marta Leslie Thacker (with preliminary research by Agnes Leland Baldwin), Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River (Columbia: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 2001 or 2002), pp. 453-457.
  

Contact Information

• Mansfield Plantation
  1776 Mansfield Road
  Georgetown, SC 29440
  

  Telephone: 866-717-1776

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