Red Hills Plantation – Hickory Grove – York County

Basic Information

• Location – Hickory Grove, York County

  In the fork of the Broad River and Pacolet River (1)
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1794 – Earliest known date of existence (1)
  

  John Smarr purchased 200 acres (1)
  

• House built – ?

Land

• Number of acres – 200 in 1794 (1); 257 in later generations (3)
  

• Primary crops – Cotton, tobacco and corn (3)

Owners

• Chronological list – John Smarr (1794-?); Smarr descendants; Gaston

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 29 (3)

Buildings

• "... a main house, an outdoor kitchen, an overseer's house and four buildings that served as slave quarters, two barns and a stable to comprise nine buildings in total" (3)

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by Jerry L. West

2. 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
   

3. Information contributed by "Brooks" William Ronald Smarr Jr. from:
   "Ellen Smarr Clark, who went on to be a history professor at the University of South Carolina (Columbia) did a complete family history and genealogy of the Smarr Family dating back to Charles Darwin Smarr who was the grandfather of John Smarr, owner of Red Hills Plantation."