Mansfield Plantation - Georgetown Georgetown County South Carolina SC

Mansfield Plantation – Georgetown – Georgetown County

Mansfield Plantation House 2006 - Georgetown County, South Carolina
— Mansfield Plantation House © Thomas Namey —
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.

Mansfield Plantation North Guest House 2006 - Georgetown County, South Carolina
— Mansfield Plantation North Guest House © Thomas Namey —
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.

Mansfield Plantation Avenue of Oaks 2006 - Georgetown County, South Carolina
— Mansfield Plantation Avenue of Oaks © Thomas Namey —
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

Mansfield Plantation by Moonlight 2006 - Georgetown County, South Carolina
— Mansfield Plantation by Moonlight © Thomas Namey —
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
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
    Website: Click here

More about Georgetown County

Related search terms: southern farm location place history lands crops owner planter planters surname surnames family families slavery life rules building big house home homes slave quarters picture pictures

Common misspellings: southcarolina sc. planation planations plantion plantions

 


SC Plantation Inns
SC Plantation Tours
SC Plantation Pictures
SC Plantations by Place



Abbeville County
Aiken County
Allendale County
Anderson County

Bamberg County
Barnwell County
Beaufort County
Berkeley County

Calhoun County
Charleston County
Cherokee County
Chester County
Chesterfield County
Clarendon County
Colleton County

Darlington County
Dillon County
Dorchester County

Edgefield County

Fairfield County
Florence County

Georgetown County
Greenville County
Greenwood County

Hampton County
Horry County

Jasper County

Kershaw County

Lancaster County
Laurens County
Lee County
Lexington County

Marion County
Marlboro County
McCormick County

Newberry County

Oconee County
Orangeburg County

Pickens County

Richland County

Saluda County
Spartanburg County
Sumter County

Union County

Williamsburg County

York County


Flower photographs by Virginia Saunders, Columbia, SC. Please click flower for more info.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Are you able to contribute plantation
information or pictures?
Please click here.


SouthCarolinaPlantations.com
is maintained as a public service by

South Carolina

Home Edit Info Contact

HomeAdd InfoSearchContact