White Marsh Plantation – North Santee River – Georgetown County

Basic Information

• Location – North Santee River, Georgetown County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• 1860 – William Rivers Maxwell owned the plantation and produced 1,480,000 pounds of rice in this year (1).
  

• The Maxwell family lost the plantation after the Civil War (1).
  

• 1899 – General E.P. Alexander purchased the plantation. At this time, it consisted of 400 acres of rice fields and 1,100 acres of upland covered with pine trees (1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 1,500 in 1899 (1)
  

• Primary crop – Rice (1)
  

Owners

• Chronological list – William Rivers Maxwell (1860); General E.P. Alexander (1899-?)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 157 in 1860 (1)
  

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by Charles B. Maxwell.
   

2. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
   

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