Laurel Bay Plantation – Port Royal Island – Beaufort County

Basic Information

• Location – Port Royal, St Helena Parish, Beaufort County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Tabby Ruin Site

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1750 – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Sea island cotton
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Robert Gibbes Barnwell; William Hazzard Wigg Barnwell
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 1995 by Jeffrey Paul Blick - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references:

• Porcher, Richard Dwight and Sarah Fick. The Story of Sea Island Cotton. Charleston: Wyrick & Company, 2005.