Snow Hill Plantation – Conway – Horry County
Much of the information on this page was contributed by J. Benjamin Burroughs of Conway, South Carolina. Ben was formerly the Executive Director of the Horry County Historical Society.
Basic Information
- Location – Kingston Lake (a tributary of the Waccamaw River), Conway, Horry County
Original plantation lands were located slightly north of the town of Conway and west of SC 905
- Origin of name – Named for the owner
- Other names – Snow's Landing
- Current status – Part of the property is privately owned. The rest has been subdivided into residential lots making up the Snow Hill section of Conway.
Timeline
- ? – Earliest known date of existence
- 1850 – A plantation house was built about this time.
- 1862 – Plowden C.J. Weston purchased the plantation as a refuge for his family. They fled their residence at Hagley Plantation during the invasion of Union troops.
- 1880 – The house was moved to a nearby location. A new, larger house was built on Snow Hill by F.G. Burroughs.
Land
Owners
- Alphabetical list – Barnhill; Adeline Cooper Burroughs; Donald M. Burroughs; Edgerton Burroughs; Franklin Gorham Burroughs; James Burroughs; William Gregg; Ben Hazzard; Hal B. and Margaret M. Holmes; Snow; Plowden C.J. Weston
Slaves
- Number of slaves – 40 in 1862
Buildings
- Slave cabins – There were seven slave cottages in 1862.
- Other buildings included a gristmill, cotton gin, stables, and dairy.
Web Resources
- Excerpt from An Errand to the South in the Summer of 1862 - requires Adobe Reader
- Online book of An Errand to the South in the Summer of 1862
Print Resources
- Catherine H. Lewis, Horry County, South Carolina, 1730-1993 (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1998).
