Bear Hill 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

• ? – John Hume acquired Bear Hill.
  

• 1841 – Hume passed away stipulating the large majority of his property, including Bear Hill, be sold and the proceeds divided among his children (2, p. 688).
  

• 1855 – John Hume's son, Robert Hume, sold Bear Hill Plantation, The Oaks Plantation, and Jutland Plantation to Augustine Louis Taveau (2, p. 688).
  

• 1858 – Taveau had financial difficulties and sold Bear Hill to Dr. Pinckney J. Maxwell (2, p. 689).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

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

2. 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