Belle Acres Plantation – Doneraile – Darlington County

Basic Information

• Location – Doneraile (a suburb of Darlington), Darlington County

• Origin of name – One legend says that the creek that ran through the plantation was called Bellyache Creek, which mimicked the creek's Indian name of a similar sound. The name Belle Acres, in turn, was derived from the name of the creek (1, II: 4).
  

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• ? – Byrus Bacot owned Belle Acres Plantation (1, II: 4) (2).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. 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
   

2. Information contributed by Cyndi Shull from:
   – Robert Ray, Raymond the Rambler, (Florence, SC: The Florence Morning News, August 21, 1958), p. 10-A.