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Originally Posted by HerbMoore
George, the plantation is Hutton Plantation. It is about 25 or 30 miles south of Charleston off US Highway 17, once owned by Barbara Hutton. Beautiful place with the main house on a high bluff overlooking the river.
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Herb: Right you are. The plantation was originally called "OAKHURST" It was composed of an island on the West bank of the Edisto River with ricefields and high land on the East bank near a settlement called Willtown. It was originally a land grant to William Livingston in 1714 and George Knatchbull in 1703. Heyward Manigault inherited OAKHURST from his brother just prior to the Civil War. E.F. Hutton bought three plantations: Prospect Hill, Rosemont and Oakhurst in 1927. He conveyed OAKHURST to Franklyn Hutton in 1934. He was married to Edna Woolworth, the daughter of Frank W. Woolworth of the dime store Woolworths. Their daughter, Barbara Hutton, inherited $28 million dollars from the Woolworth fortune at age 12. She married movie star Cary Grant. The house was destroyed by fire & is no longer standing. OAKHURST was sold to a British couple with family ties in the area.
This information comes from: "The Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of the ACE (Ashepoo, Combahee & Edisto) River Basin - 1860 by Suzanne Cameron Linder - 1995
Best Regards, George
01-22-2014, 07:26 AM
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