— Nightingale Hall Plantation © Contributed by Trish Callis Nicholson —

Basic Information

• Location – Pee Dee River, Georgetown, Prince George Winyah Parish, Georgetown County

  Located east of US 701 off Plantersville Road on Nightingale Road
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Nightingale (Hall was added to the name in 1846)
  

• Current status – Privately owned

— House at Nightingale Hall Plantation © Contributed by Trish Callis Nicholson —

Timeline

• 1730 – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• 1846 – Robert F.W. Allston purchased the plantation from George A. Moultrie for $80,000 (National Register, p. 3).

• 1864 – Allston died and the plantation was sold with the proceeds divided among his heirs (National Register, p. 3).

• 1918 – The current house was built after the original was torn down (National Register, p. 3).

— Plantation Car Ferry © Contributed by Trish Callis Nicholson —

Land

• Number of acres – 1,200 in 1846 (National Register, p. 3)

• Primary crop – Rice

  Click here for a picture of the rice mill chimney that remains on the property.
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Robert F.W. Allston (1846-1864); Austin; LaRoche; George A. Moultrie (?-1846); Paine; Swinton; Thurston
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 100 in 1846 (National Register, p. 3)

— Nightingale Hall Plantation Boat © Contributed by Trish Callis Nicholson —
— The boy is the superintendent's son, Roger B. Callis —

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1987
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Suzanne Cameron Linder and Marta Leslie Thacker, Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River (Columbia, SC: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 2001)
   Order Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River

• Katherine H. Richardson, Pawleys Island Historically Speaking (Pawleys Island, SC: Pawleys Island Civic Association, 1995)
   Order Pawleys Island Historically Speaking

• George C. Rodgers, Jr., The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina (Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, 1990)
   Order The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina

More about Georgetown County

• Learn more about historic Georgetown County, including the lovely town of Georgetown SC. We have helpful guides to Georgetown SC history and Georgetown SC libraries and museums – plus Georgetown SC restaurants, Georgetown SC bed & breakfasts, Georgetown SC hotels, and Georgetown SC real estate.