Basic Information

• Location – Boone Hall Creek, Mount Pleasant, Christ Church Parish, Charleston County

  Located eight miles north of Charleston. Follow US 17 and turn onto Long Point Road.
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Charles Pinckney National Historic Site and residential community
  

Timeline

• 1698 – Earliest known date of existence when Nathional Law received a Kings Grant on April 22, 1698 for 1055 acres.
  

• 1738 – 715 acres transferred from Benjamin Law to John Allen Mays.
  

• 1754 – John Allen Mays' widow was now married John Savage who sold the property Charles Pinckney September 17, 1754.
  

• 1754 – House built by Charles Pinckney
  

• 1791 – George Washington had breakfast at Snee Farm, Mr. Pinckney's country estate.
  

• ? – Property transferred to Charles Pinckney's sons
  

• 1828 – The Pinckney sons sold to William Mathews on May 24, 1828. Mathews would build a house.
  

• 1853 – Property sold by the estate of William Mathews to William and Mary Jane McCants.
  

• 1859 – Sold by William McCants to Lockwood A. McCants.
  

• 1870 – Sold by Lockwood A. McCants to William Jervey.
  

  During this long succession of owners, the main house remained largely unchanged for nearly one hundred years.
  

• 1900 – Frederick Weiters purchased Snee Farm on February 21, 1900 from William Jervey.
  

• 1910 – In February 1910, Thomas J. Hamlin purchased from Frederick Weiters
  

• ? – Osgood Darby Hamlin purchased from Thomas J. Hamlin
  

• 1931 – Osgood Darby Hamlin died and Snee Farm was left to his wife.
  

• 1936 – Thomas Ewing purchased Snee Farm from Mrs. Osgood Darby Hamlin and proceeded to enlarged the house.
  

• ? – Alexandra Ewing Stone purchased plantation from Thomas Ewing
  

• 1968 – The property was sold by the estate Alexandra Ewing Stone to S. Guilds, Joyce Holowell, R. Gordon Darby, and Charles P. Darby jointly.
  

• 1988 – Friends of Historic Snee Farm Inc. took posession from R. Gordon Darby, and Charles P. Darby
  

• 1990 – Snee Farm Plantation transferred ownership from Friend of Historic Snee Farm Inc. to the National Park Service and is today operated as the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 1055 in 1698; 715 in 1738

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Charles P. Darby (1968-1988), R. Gordon Darby (1968-1988), Frances G. Deliesseline (1817), Thomas Ewing (1936-?), Friends of Historic Snee Farm Inc. (1988-1990), S. Guilds (1968-?), Osgood Darby Hamlin and wife (?-1931), Thomas J. Hamlin (1910-?), Joyce Holowell (1968-?), William Jervey (1870-1900), Nathional Law (1698-?), Benjamin Law (?-1738), William Mathews (1828-1853), John Allen Mays (1738-?), Lockwood A. McCants (1859-1870), William and Mary Jane McCants (1853-1859), National Park Service (1990-current), Charles Pinckney (1754-?), John Savage (?-1754), Alexandra Ewing Stone (?-1968), Frederick Weiters (1900-1910)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• The current clapboard house was built in 1828 replacing the original house.
  

Web Resources

• Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
  

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1973
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 11

• Hamlin family records
  

Contact Information

• Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
  1214 Middle Street
  Sullivans Island, SC 29482
  

  Telephone: 843-881-5516

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