Moncks Corner in Berkeley County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Spring Grove Plantation

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

1. Spring Grove Plantation Marker, Side One

Inscription. Spring Grove, an inland rice plantation on the Back River, was part of a 1706 grant by the Lords Proprietors to John Barnwell. By 1727 the tract passed to planter and state representative Joseph Wragg (d. 1751) as part of his Dockton plantation. Spring Grove was not a separate plantation until 1793, when it included 1,406 acres, owned by planter and state representative George Keckley (d. 1829).

Spring Grove remained in the Keckley family until 1843, when it was purchased by William Bell, who owned Cypress Grove and Pine Grove plantations nearby. Bell’s son sold it soon after the Civil War. Spring Grove was later owned by the E.P. Burton Lumber Co., then the Cooper River Mining & Manufacture Co., and later the Pine Grove Hunting Club. It was subdivided for development as Pendley Homes in 2003.

Erected 2008 by Pendley Homes. (Marker Number 8-60.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Notable Places • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1706.

Location. 33° 4.693′ N, 80° 0.64′ W. Marker is in Moncks Corner,

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South Carolina, in Berkeley County. It is on Colony Post Loop 0.4 miles east of Old Highway 52 at Triple Crown Road (County Route 8-791), on the right when traveling east. It is at the traffic circle at the entrance to the community clubhouse and pool parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2001 Colony Post Loop, Moncks Corner SC 29461, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry

and in Santee Cooper Country.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease / Bethlehem Baptist Church (approx. one mile away); Thorogood Plantation / Mount Holly Plantation

Spring Grove Plantation Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

2. Spring Grove Plantation Marker, Side Two

(approx. 3.1 miles away); Medway Plantation (approx. 3.1 miles away); Oakley School (approx. 3.2 miles away); Mount Holly Station • Mount Holly (approx. 3.7 miles away); Early Indian Trading Paths / The Goose Creek Men (approx. 3.8 miles away); Springfield Plantation (approx. 3.9 miles away); Mulberry Plantation (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Moncks Corner.

Spring Grove Plantation Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

3. Spring Grove Plantation Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 551 times since then and 145 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 12, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.