Bolan Hall Plantation – Grahamville – Jasper County

Basic Information

• Location – St Luke's Parish, Hazzard Creek, Jasper County

  Bolan Hall Road

• Origin of name – Name for the plantation's owners

• Other names – Hazzard Hall

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1704 – Earliest known date of existence (3).
  

  Richard Hazzard acquired 500 acres on October 13, 1704 through a royal grant by King Charles II (3).
  

• ? – House built

  Ruth Hazzard shares, "While walking at the head of Hazzard Creek, I was able to find a step said to have belonged to the Hazzard family home."
  

• 1712 – Richard Hazzard's will, dated March 20, stipulated that his plantation and all its contents go to his wife Isabelle Hazzard (3).
  

• 1819 – The Hazzard family moved to Georgia (3).
  

• ? – James Bolan acquired the plantation.
  

  Bolan constructed a house (2).
  

  Bolan also owned neighboring Old House Plantation (2).
  

• 1860 – James Bolan owned Bolan Hall (1, p. 138)
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 100+ in 1860 (1, p. 138)
  

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. 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
   

2. Information contributed by Iralyn Snyder.
   

3. Information contributed by Ruth Hazzard, descendant of founder Richard Hazzard.