Pegues Place Plantation – Marlboro County

— Pegues Place Plantation • National Register of Historic Places —

Basic Information

• Location – On the Pee Dee River, six miles north of Wallace, Marlboro County

  County Road 266, at the North Carolina-South Carolina border
  

• Origin of name – Named for the family that founded and still owns the plantation; pronounced as peh-GEEZ
  

• Other names – Claudius Pegues House

• Current status – Privately owned

— Dining Room of Pegues Place Plantation • National Register of Historic Places —

Timeline

• 1753 – Earliest known date of existence (1, p. 3)
  

  A land grant was issued to Claudius Pegues (Courtesy Jim Pegues). Prior to moving to Marlboro County, Pegues had been a successful Georgetown merchant (1, p. 3).
  

• Circa 1770 – House built by Claudius Pegues (1, p. 2).
  

  The house is the oldest in the county and has remained continuously in the Pegues family (2).
  

• May 3 1781 – At Pegues Place, Lt. Col. Edward Carrington and Capt. Frederick Cornwallis signed what was probably the only cartel for the exchange of prisoners during the Revolutionary War (1, p. 2) (3).
  

• 1790 – Claudius Pegues died. His son, Captain Claudius Pegues Jr would inherit the plantation and continued to farm it (3).
  

• 1826 – Captain Claudius Pegues Jr passed away (3).
  

• ? – Major Rufus M. Pegues and his wife Sallie Olivia Pegues were most likely owners (3).
  

• ? – Olin M. Pegues acquired the family plantation; probably from his parents Major Rufus M. Pegues and Sallie Olivia Pegues (3).
  

• 1929 – Olin M. Pegues passed away at Pegues Place. He was survived by his wife Mary and daughter Mary Louis Pegues (3).
  

• 2011 – William Pegues was owner (2).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 20,000 historically; 5,000 in 1970 (1, p. 3)
  

• Primary crop – Cotton (2)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• It is believed another house had been on the property prior to the one built in 1770. Remains of a foundation have been located about 200' from the current house. It is belived this house was probably lost to fire (2).
  

• The current house is of two-story frame construction with great interior detailing. Two additions were made to the house with the first in the 1800s (1, p. 2).
  

• Original outbuildings that remain are barn, cotton gin, wash house, smoke house, carriage house, and greenhouse (1, p. 2).
  

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1970
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. Contribution by descendant Jim Pegues. Including information from:
   – Claudius Pegues House narrative by Margaret P. Kinney - PDF
   

3. Contribution by Pegues descendant Roger Ward. Including information from:
   – Excerpt from, The Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina - By Arthur Henry Hirsch, Ph.D., 1928, Duke University Press, reprinted 1962 by Archon Books
   – Claudius Pegues - Chesterfield District Chapter, S.C.G.S.
   – Christopher Claudius Pegues - MyHeritage
   – Pegues Place Historical Marker - HMdb.org
   – Family Tree of Claudius Pegues - WikiTree