Plain Hill Plantation – Lee County

Basic Information

• Location – Highway 441/Woodrow Road, Lee County

  Leaving Bishopville, take Highway 15 South about 6 miles, turn right onto Highway 441/Woodrow Road South. The house is located just south of McGirts Millpond on Highway 441/Woodrow Road on the west side of the road just south of the pond (1).
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1826 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1826 – House built and is still standing.

  The plantation was gift from Henry Young to his daughter Eliza Holl Young-Kennedy and her husband Francis L. Kennedy
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Holly Young Kennedy, Francis L. Kennedy, Ann Kennedy McClain, Wiley J. McKain
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 80-100

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by Earnest Wilson.