Pine Grove Plantation – Boykin – Kershaw County

Basic Information

• Location – Near Boykin, Kershaw County

  32 Pinegrove Plantation Circle, Rembert, SC 29128 (3)
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Privately owned
  

Timeline

• 1700s – Earliest known date of existence (6, p. 3)
  

  The Boykins received a land grant (6, p. 3)
  

• ? – House built

• Early 1800s – Alexander Hamilton Boykin owned Pine Grove Plantation. He didn't live at Pine Grove but instead made his residence at nearby Plane Hill Plantation (2).
  

• 1866 – Alexander Hamilton Boykin passed away (2).
  

• ? – L. W. (Lemuel Whitaker) "Whit" Boykin, son of Alexander Hamilton Boykin, became owner of Pine Grove Plantation (3) (6).
  

• 1902 – Birth records note James Willis Cantey Boykin was born at Pine Grove Plantation to L. W. (Lemuel Whitaker) "Whit" Boykin and EllenDouglas Cantey on January 7 so logical assumption can be made that the plantation's house was constructed prior to this year (4).
  

• Circa 1910 – The Boykin Spaniel, the South Carolina state dog, was first bred by L. W. (Lemuel Whitaker) "Whit" Boykin at Pine Grove Plantation (3) (6, p. 10).
  

• 1932 – "Whit" Boykin passed away (6, p. 13).
  

• ? – Mary Boykin DuVal Myers acquired Pine Grove (5).
  

• 2003 – John P. and Elizabeth H. Fort acquired the plantation from Mary Boykin DuVal Myers (5).
  

• 2016 – The plantation was for sale with an asking price of $3.5 million. It was no longer for sale in January 2017 (3).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 197.44 in 2016 (3)
  

• Primary crop – Cotton

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

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. Boykin Family Papers, 1748-1932, 2001 - UNC Libraries
   

3. Real Estate Listing
   

4. Boykin Family Genealogy
   

5. Kershaw County Land Records
   

6. Mike Creel and Lynn Kelley, Excerpt from The Boykin Spaniel, South Carolina's Dog - PDF, (Columbia, SC: The University of South Carolina Press, 2009)