Near Bell Isle Gardens in Georgetown County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Retreat Rice Plantation

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 21, 2009

1. Retreat Rice Plantation Marker

Inscription. In 1711 the Lords Proprietors granted Winyah Barony to Robert Daniel, who sold it to Thomas Smith. By 1787 Retreat had been carved from the 12000-acre grant.

Erected 1994 by Whites Bridge Garden Club. (Marker Number 22-39.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Political Subdivisions. A significant historical year for this entry is 1711.

Location. 33° 16.267′ N, 79° 17.85′ W. Marker is near Bell Isle Gardens, South Carolina, in Georgetown County. It is at the intersection of South Island Drive (Local Highway S-22-18) and Wright Skinner Drive, on the right when traveling south on South Island Drive. 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

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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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lest We Forget (approx. 2.3 miles away); 1st Battalion 178th Field Artillery (approx. 3.8 miles away); Morgan Park (approx. 5.9 miles away); William Doyle Morgan (approx. 5.9 miles away); The Oaks Plantation (approx. 6.1 miles away); Hopsewee (approx. 6.4 miles away); John and Mary Perry Cleland House (approx. 6½ miles away); Old Market Building (approx. 6½ miles away).

Regarding Retreat Rice Plantation. From Wikipedia: “The Province of Carolina from 1663 to 1712, was a North American British proprietary colony, controlled by the Lords Proprietary, a group of eight English noblemen led informally by member Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. ... The division between North and South became complete in 1712, but both colonies remained in the hands of the same group of proprietors.”

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 21, 2009

2. Retreat Rice Plantation Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,448 times since then and 56 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 14, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.