Plumfield Plantation – Society Hill – Darlington County

Basic Information

• Location – East side of the Great Pee Dee River, near Society Hill, Darlington County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Operates as the Carolina Plantation Rice
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• 1741 – On December 10, Thomas Evans received a land grant for 250 acres (1).
  

• Early 1800s – Gov. David Rogerson Williams was owner (3).
  

  Williams constructed a levee system to keep flood waters out of his cotton fields (3).
  

• 1830 – Williams passed away.
  

• ? – Campbell Coxe became owner and grows rice on the plantation as Carolina Plantation Rice (2).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 250 in 1741 (1); approximately 20,000 in 1995 (3)
  

• Primary crop – Cotton historically and rice currently
  

Owners

• Chronological list – Thomas Evans (1741-?); Gov. David Rogerson Williams (early 1800s-1830); Campbell Coxe (?-present, 2012)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by Pat Patterson as found in the South Carolina Department of Archives & History database.
   

2. Carolina Plantation Rice: Rice History

3. Discover Charleston.com, South Carolina Gold Rush: The Resurgence of the State's Rice Culture - source no longer available online
   

Contact Information

• Carolina Plantation Rice
  PO Box 505
  Darlington, SC 29532
  

  Telephone: 877-742-3496
  Website: Click here