Georgetown in Georgetown County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

The Oaks Plantation

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, June 14, 2025

1. The Oaks Plantation Marker

Inscription. The Oaks Plantation was established on the Santee River in 1705 by a grant from the Lords Proprietors to John Sauseau, a French Huguenot settler. It passed through several owners in the prominent Buchanan and Withers families before 1793, when brothers Isaac and William Mazyck acquired a tract of more than 1,000 acres and began producing rice here on the rich Santee River delta.

Erected 1999 by The St. James Santee Parish Historical Society. (Marker Number 22-50.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the South Carolina, Charleston County, St. James- Santee Parish Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1705.

Location. 33° 13.047′ N, 79° 22.818′ W. Marker is in Georgetown, South Carolina, in Georgetown County. It is at the intersection of S. Fraser Street (U.S. 17) and Crow Hill Drive, on the right when traveling south on S. Fraser Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Georgetown SC 29440, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee

and on Waccamaw Neck.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hopsewee (approx. 0.4 miles away); Hampton Plantation (approx. 3.4 miles away);

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Thomas Pinckney/St. James, Santee (approx. 3.4 miles away); St. James Santee Parish Church (approx. 5.9 miles away); Retreat Rice Plantation (approx. 6.1 miles away); Lest We Forget (approx. 7.8 miles away); 1st Battalion 178th Field Artillery (approx. 8.1 miles away); St. James Santee Parish Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Georgetown.

Regarding The Oaks Plantation. Lord Proprietor was the gubernatorial title for the noble "ruling" proprietors of certain British proprietary colonies in North America, such as Maryland or Carolina

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2009

2. The Oaks Plantation Marker

The Oaks Plantation Marker along Crow Hill Rd. and Oaks Plantation Dr image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, February 15, 2009

3. The Oaks Plantation Marker along Crow Hill Rd. and Oaks Plantation Dr

The Oaks Plantation Driveway - Oaks Plantation Dr image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, February 2009

4. The Oaks Plantation Driveway - Oaks Plantation Dr

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, June 14, 2025

5. The Oaks Plantation Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 23, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,898 times since then and 120 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 17, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 23, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5. submitted on June 17, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.