Laurel Hill Plantation – Murrells Inlet – Georgetown County

— Laurel Hill Plantation Rice Mill Chimney, 2013 —
— © Ralph Preston —

Basic Information

• Location – Waccamaw River, Murrells Inlet, All Saints Waccamaw Parish, Georgetown County

  Original plantation lands were located northwest of US 17 and north of Brookgreen Gardens.
  

• Origin of name – Named for the magnolia trees that grew in the area which early settlers mistook for laurel trees.
  

• Other names – Lorrill Hill

• Current status – Part of Brookgreen Gardens

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• Circa 1850 – House built

  It is believed Plowden Weston constructed the house (1, p. 2).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Rice

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Alston; Huntington; Jordan; Marion; Waites; Plowden Weston
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1978
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. Suzanne Cameron Linder and Marta Leslie Thacker, Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River (Columbia, SC: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 2001), pp. 189-184
    Order Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River

3. Sharon A. Carlisle, George Washington's Guide to the Waccamaw Neck and Georgetown (Rice Told Tales) (Self published: 2004)
   
   

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

Contact Information

• Brookgreen Gardens
  P.O. Box 3368
  Pawleys Island, SC 29585
  

  Telephone: 800-849-1931
  Website: Click here