— Mansfield Plantation House © Brandon Coffey —

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.
  

— Gate of Mansfield Plantation © Brandon Coffey —

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.
  

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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

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Buildings

• There are six slave cabins on the plantation.
  – Slave Cabin Project Visits Mansfield Plantation - Joseph McGill, a program officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, documents his overnight stay in a slave cabin at Mansfield Plantation in October 2010.
  

• 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

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1977
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

• Mansfield Plantation History: Click here
  

• Slave Cabin Project Visits Mansfield Plantation - Joseph McGill, a program officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, documents his overnight stay in a slave cabin at Mansfield Plantation in October 2010.
  

Print Resources

• 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society

• George C. Rodgers, Jr., The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina (Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, 1990)
   Order The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina

• 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)
   Order Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River

Contact Information

• Mansfield Plantation
  1776 Mansfield Road
  Georgetown, SC 29440
  

  Telephone: 866-717-1776
  Website: Click here
  

More about Georgetown County

• Learn more about historic Georgetown County, including the lovely town of Georgetown SC. We have helpful guides to Georgetown SC history and Georgetown SC libraries and museums – plus Georgetown SC restaurants, Georgetown SC bed & breakfasts, Georgetown SC hotels, and Georgetown SC real estate.
  

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