Basic Information
- Location – Chehaw River, St. Bartholomew's Parish, Colleton County
- Origin of name – The plantation was named for William Smyly, an early owner of the land.
- Other names – ?
- Current status – Smilies became part of Airy Hall and was developed along with other plantations into golf links and extensive gardens.
Timeline
- 1767 – Earliest known date of existence
- ? – House built
Land
- Number of acres – 1,300
- Primary crop – Rice
Owners
- Alphabetical list – Robert G. Elbert (1928), George Parsons Elliott (1832), William Godfrey (1907), James P. Maynard (1907), John W Maynard (1907), Haskell Rhett (1849), William Skirving, L. H. Smith, Thomas and Ann Rhett Smith, William Smyly, John D. Warren (1867), R. H. Wickman (1906), John Wright (1767)
Slaves
- Number of slaves – ?
Buildings
Web Resources
- 1870 Document - law suit by owner John D. Warren against a gentleman renting the plantation
Print Resources
- Suzanne Cameron Linder, Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of the ACE River Basin – 1860 (Columbia: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1995), pp. 559-561.
Contact Information
- Telephone: ?
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