Basic Information

• Location – Five miles from Ridgeland, Jasper County

  Good Hope's western border is SC 462; its eastern border is the Broad River. The plantation is situated partially in Beaufort County and partially in Jasper County.

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Used as a hunting lodge. Land is planted in pines and harvested annually for pulpwood and telephone poles; it is also rented for cornfields. Good Hope's owners intend to develop the land in the near future. Read about their plans here.
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – 15,500 (2008)

• Primary crop – ?

• Land encompasses Honey Hill battle site and ruins of White Hall (home of the Heywards on Euhaw Creek); adjoins gravesite of Thomas Heyward, Jr., signer of the Declaration of Independence (gravesite located at junction of SC 462 and SC 333).
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Harry B. Hollins, Herbert L. Pratt (1910), Noah Wallace (1890)
  

• Chronological list – Noah Wallace (1890), Harry B. Hollins, Herbert L. Pratt (1910)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• Five separate buildings constitute current lodge; they are of log cabin construction and painted white. Each is connected by a brick walkway.
  

Web Resources

• Moving Finger of Jasper - historical info - click link, then scroll down to "Good Hope Plantation" header

• Plantation owners plan for Ridgeland annexation that would lead to conservation-friendly development - Island Packet, February 26, 2008

Print Resources