Fontainbleau Plantation – Colleton County

Basic Information

• Location – Ashepoo River, St. Bartholomew's Parish, Colleton County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1775 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1700s – Henry Massingbred Hyrne acquired Fontainbleau Plantation (1).
  

• 1916 – House constructed by Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Goodwin

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Rice by Hyrne (1)

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Baker; Detreville; Fenwick; Mr and Mrs. E. W. Goodwin; Glover; Guess; Henry Massingbred Hyrne; Picken; Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by Rick Corrigan including information from Hyrne family letters in the Lincolnshire Archives with some printed in South Carolina Historical Magazine.

2. Margaret F. Kemp, Colleton County, South Carolina: A Pictorial History (Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1994)
   

3. Lucius G. Fishburne, Plantation Notes, St. Bartholomew's Parish, 1960, held by the South Carolina Historical Society