Basic Information

• Location – Stateburg, Sumter County

  Raccoon Road, near Shaw Air Force Base
  

• Origin of name – Probably for the terrain (1)

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1759 – House built

• 1848 – The house was called Edgehill Academy and served as a boys' school (1).
  

• 1863 – Edgehill was owned by a Stuart (1).
  

• ? – Frederick L. Green was owner (1).
  

• 1881 – Constance Wigfall Simons purchased the property from Green (1).
  

• ? – Richard C. Richardson, Jr. owned Edgehill sometime after the death of Simons (1).
  

• ? – Elizabeth Stanley Morse was the plantation's next owner (1).
  

• ? – Percy Blair was owner (1).
  

• 1987 – Major and Mrs. Edward Burns owned Edgehill (1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Chronological list – Stuart (1863); Frederick L. Green (?-1881); Constance Wigfall Simmons (1881-?); Richard C. Richardson; Elizabeth Stanley Morse; Percy Blair; Major & Mrs. Edward Burns (1987)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company), Book: 2, Volume: 14, Page: 25
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII