Moorhill Plantation – Stateburg – Sumter County

— Cabin at Moorhill Plantation © Gazie Nagle, 2016 —
(Do Not Use Without Written Consent)

Basic Information

• Location – Stateburg, Sumter County, St. Mark's Parish

  Raccoon Road (2)
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Moore's Hill

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• ? – General Thomas Sumter's grandson, Thomas DeLage Sumter, owned the plantation (5).
  

• 1880 – A one-and-one-half story clapboard house was built in the same location that an earlier house had been standing (3, p. 2).
  

• ? – Moorhill plantation was owned DeSaussure Bull (5).
  

• 1918 – Moorhill plantation was owned DeSaussure Bull died at his home in Statesburg. It is assumed his home to Moorhill at the time (6).
  

• Circa 1956 – Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Smith purchased Moorhill Plantation (4).
  

— Moorhill Plantation © Gazie Nagle, 2014 —
(Do Not Use Without Written Consent)

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Cotton

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
   

2. Information contributed by Gazie Nagle
   

3. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form for Stateburg Historic District - PDF - submitted in 1970
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

4. Article from The State Newspaper March 25, 1956 - PDF
   

5. World Heritage Encyclopedia, High Hills of Santee
   

6. DeSaussure Bull (1849-1918)