Bellevue Plantation – Santee River – Georgetown County

Basic Information

• Location – South bank of the Santee River, Georgetown County

  Approximately 20 miles from Georgetown (1, p. 157).
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Belle Vue

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• Circa 1792 – Major William Capers purchased Bellevue Plantation after the death of his wife Mary Singletary Capers in 1792 (1, p. 157) and (3).
  

• 1850 – Dr. Nowell owned the plantation and was growing rice on it (2, p. 303).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Rice (2, p. 303)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. J. Russell Cross, Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley (Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1985)
    Order Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley

2. George C. Rogers, Jr., The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina (Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, 1990)
    Order The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina

3. Information contributed by Lodi Palmer