Basic Information

• Location – Combahee River, Yemassee, Prince William Parish, Beaufort County
  

  Located off River Road south of the Town of Yemassee
  

• Origin of name –

• Other names –

• Current status – Privately owned
  

Timeline

• 1732 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1897 – Current house built by George Egan
  

Land

• Number of acres – 330 in 1860; 1,700 in 1897

• Primary crop – Rice

Owners

• Alphabetical list – J. Bennett Bissell, Joseph Blake, Walter Blake, Hugh Bryan, Robert A. Carter, John Cowperthwaite, Nelson and Ellen McCarter Doubleday, George W. Egan, Melvin O. Lane, Arthur Lyman
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 75 in 1860 (Walter Blake)

Buildings

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Web Resources

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Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 4, 24, 38

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