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Basic Information

• Location – Eutawville, Orangeburg County

  5 miles east of Eutawville

• Origin of name – Named for a section of London, England

• Other names – ?

• Current status – House privately owned; Westvaco owns majority of property and it is used as a hunting preserve
  

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Timeline

• 1811 – Samuel Porcher was owner.
  

• 1837 – House built

  The house was used as a hospital during the Civil War.
  

• 1920 – William and Elinor Cordes Gaillard were owners of record.
  

• 1930 – Stuart Gregg was owner of record.
  

• 1940 – J. Peter Grace was owner of record.
  

• ? – Mr. and Mrs. John Nash acquired the plantation.
  

• 1989 – Anthony Marruchella and Glenn Gallant purchased Walworth from Mr. and Mrs. John Nash and proceeded to completely restore and renovate the house.
  

• 2011 – Glenn Gallant is owner of record.
  

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Land

• Number of acres – 250 privately owned in 2011 with 10,000 acres owned by Westvaco

• Primary crop – Cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Gadsden, William and Elinor Cordes Gaillard (1920), Anthony Marruchella and Glenn Gallant (1989-?), Glenn Gallant (2011), J. Peter Grace (1940), Stuart Gregg (1930), Mr. and Mrs. John Nash (?-1989), Samuel Porcher (1811), Thomas William Porcher
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 200-250

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Buildings

• The house was completely restored and renovated in the early 1990s.
  

References & Resources

1. 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society

2. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
   

3. J. Russell Cross, Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley (Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1985)
    Order Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley

4. Caption on map of plantations along the Santee River in Upper St. John's Parish, SC 1865
   

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