Richmond Hill Plantation Archeological Sites Explained

Richmond Hill Plantation Archeological Sites
Nearest City:Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
Added:October 6, 1988
Refnum:88000537

Richmond Hill Plantation Archeological Sites consists of five historic archaeological sites located near Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina. The Richmond Hill Plantation complex sites include remains of the planter's house, two possible overseers' houses, approximately 20 slave houses, a slave cemetery, a rice barn, and rice fields and dikes. The plantation house, overseers' houses, and slave houses were all burned by about 1930. Richmond Hill plantation was owned by Dr. John D. Magill, who was considered one of the least efficient planters in the area and the most brutal slaveowner among the Georgetown District rice planters.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patricia A. Cridlebaugh and J. Tracy Power. Richmond Hill Plantation Archeological Sites . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 1987 . pdf. May 31, 2014.
  2. Web site: Richmond Hill Plantation Archaeological Site, Georgetown County (Address Restricted) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History. May 31, 2014.