Haig Point Plantation – Daufuskie Island – Beaufort County

— Haig Point Lighthouse © Library of Congress —
— Prints & Photographs Division HABS SC-867-28 —

Basic Information

• Location – Daufuskie Island, St Luke's Parish, Beaufort County

• Origin of name – Named for first owner, George Haig I

• Other names – Freeport, Haigs Point, Hague's Point

• Current status – Private housing community
  

— Haig Point Plantation Slave Quarters Tabby Ruins © Library of Congress —
— Prints & Photographs Division HABS SC-867-29 —

Timeline

• 1733 – Earliest known date of existence when George Haig I, purchased land on the north end of Daufuskie Island (History of Haig Point)

• ? – House built

• Circa 1810 – Haig Point remained in the Haig family for three generations until George Haig III sold it to David John Mongin (History of Haig Point).
  

• 1823 – David John Mongin died. His widow, Sarah, married Heman Blodgett in 1825 but retained ownership of the plantation (History of Haig Point).
  

• 1833 – Sarah passed away, at which time, Blodgett purchased Haig Point from the Mongin descendants (History of Haig Point).
  

• ? – Blodgett built a mansion and slave quarters out of tabby (History of Haig Point).
  

• 1850 – Blodgett sold the plantation to Squire Pope (History of Haig Point).
  

• 1861 – Union troops passed Daufuskie Island on their way to Savannah and spotted the mansion. They ransacked the structure for its timber and burned what was left (History of Haig Point).
  

• 1871 – After the war, when the area was rebuilding, the government began to add lights along the coast to aid sailors. The Pope family sold five acres for $745 to the government for these purposes (History of Haig Point).
  

• 1873 – The lighthouse was lit for the first time by caretaker Patrick Comer (History of Haig Point).
  

• 1925 – The lighthouse was decommissioned by the government and the structure along with the five acres were sold to M. V. Haas (History of Haig Point).
  

• 1961 – George H. Bostwick purchased the plantation (History of Haig Point).
  

• 1965 – Bostwick was able to purchased the lighthouse property and reunite the plantation. The lighthouse had been neglected for years and Bostwick completed a renovation of the structure in 1967 (History of Haig Point).
  

• 1984 – International Paper Realty Corporation purchased the plantation with plans to develop it into a resort community (History of Haig Point).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 1,050 in 1984

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Barksdale, Heman Blodgett (1833-1850) , George H. Bostwick (1961-?), George Haig I (1733-?), George Haig III (?-1810), M. V. Haas (1925-?), International Paper Realty Corporation (1984-?), David John Mongin (1810-1823), Sarah Grimke Mongin Blodgett (1823-1833), Squire Pope (1850-?), Scouten
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• The lighthouse was restored into a guest house by International Paper Realty Corporation for visitors to the community (History of Haig Point).
  

Web Resources

• History of Haig Point: Click here

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form, Daufuskie Island Historic District - PDF - submitted in 1984
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• 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
  

• Billie Burn, An Island Named Daufuskie (Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, 1991)
   Order An Island Named Daufuskie

Contact Information

• Haig Point Club and Community Association
  10 Haig Point Circle
  Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29928
  

  Telephone: 1-800-686-3441
  Website: Click here