Youngville Plantation – Georgetown – Georgetown County
Basic Information
- Location – Waccamaw River, Georgetown, All Saints Waccamaw Parish, Georgetown County
Original plantation lands were located on the Waccamaw Neck off US 17.
- Other names – Heriot-Huger Tract
- Current status – Owned by the Belle W. Baruch Foundation as part of Hobcaw Barony which is open to the public for guided tours.
Timeline
- 1718 – John, Lord Carteret, one of the Lords Proprietors, claimed 12,000 acres and called it Hobcaw Barony (4, p. 3).
- 1730 – Lord Carteret sold the property to John Roberts for £500.
John Roberts sold the land to three men: Sir William Baker, Nicholas Linwood, and Brice Fisher. The three men appointed two agents to sell off the land. Hobcaw Barony would eventually be divided into many plantations (4, p. 3).
- 1767 – Robert Heriot bought 2,177 acres of Hobcaw Barony.
Benjamin Huger bought another tract to the south of Heriot's consisting of 1,711 acres (4, p. 35).
- 1772 – Benjamin Huger sold his acreage to Robert Heriot (4, p. 35).
- 1792 – Robert Heriot died and his estate was divided into three tracts. The northern third became Rose Hill, the middle third went to Benjamin Huger, Jr., and the lower third was bought by Thomas Young who named his portion Youngville (4, p. 36).
- 1794 – Thomas Young divided his property into two tracts which became known as Oryzantia and Youngville. At the same time Young also purchaed Bellefield Plantation which bordered his property (4, p. 36).
A plat dated 1794 shows two rows of slave houses and a larger building at the head of an avenue. Thomas Young probably kept a residence here, and he and his family spent their time between Youngville and Bellefield (4, p. 37).
- 1804 – Thomas Young died and his property was divided into smaller tracts. The land along the seashore was sold to Colonel William Alston. The remaining portion of the plantation along the Waccamaw River went to Thomas Mitchell (4, p. 37).
- 1808 – Benjamin Allston Sr. owned Youngville. He paid £5,400 for 296 acres.
- 1838 – Youngville was advertised for sale in the newspaper.
- 1839 – William Bull Pringle owned Youngville at this time.
- 1845 – Charles Coteswoth Pinckney Alston owned the place (4, p. 38).
- 1881 – Charles C.P. Alston died and left his estate to his three children: Joseph Pringle, Charles Pringle, and Susan Pringle Alston. The three never married or had children (4, p. 38).
- 1906 – Susan and Charles Pringle Alston sold the plantations to Bernard M. Baruch (4, p. 38).
Baruch was in the process of acquiring all the plantations that were created from the original Hobcaw Barony. He called all of his property Hobcaw Barony using the original name.
- 1935-1943 – Bernard M. Baruch conveyed most of Hobcaw Barony to his daughter, Belle Wilcox Baruch (1, p. 42).
- 1956 – Belle Baruch created the Bernard M. Baruch Foundation to manage the barony as an educational center focusing on forestry and marine science (4, p. 54).
- 1964 – Belle Baruch died and her father decided to change the name of the foundation to the Belle W. Baruch Foundation. The foundation still exists today and continues to provide educational opportunities in wildlife conservation and research (1, p. 42).
Land
- Number of acres – 2,177 in 1767; 3,888 in 1772; 296 in 1808
- Primary crop – Indigo, rice
Slaves
- Number of slaves – 128 in 1790
References & Resources
- National Register of Historic Places
– Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1994
– Photographs, architectural overview
- History of Hobcaw Barony: Click here
- Alberta Morel Lachicotte, Georgetown Rice Plantations
(Georgetown, SC: Georgetown County Historical Society, 1993)
Order Georgetown Rice Plantations - 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)
Order Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River
Contact Information
- Belle W. Baruch Foundation
22 Hobcaw Road
Georgetown, SC 29440
Telephone: 843-546-4623
Website: Click here
