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

Chicora Wood

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, January 15, 2010

1. Chicora Wood Plantation Marker (front)

Inscription. This plantation, with its origins in several grants to John Allson in 1732, 1734, and later, was in the hands of his grandson Benjamin, Jr., of Brookgreen, by 1806. The property passed first to Benjamin's widow Charlotte and then after her death in 1824 to her son Robert F.W. Allston (1801-1864), rice planter, state representative and senator 1828-56, and governor 1856-58.

This house was completed in 1838 by Robert F.W. Allston and his wife Adele Petigru. Their daughter Elizabeth Allston Pringle (1845-1921) continued to plant rice here for 40 years after her father died in 1864 and wrote of life at Chicora Wood in A Woman Rice Planter (1913) and Chronicles of Chicora Wood (1922). She died here in 1921.

Erected 2001 by the Georgetown Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina. (Marker Number 22-53.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Arts, Letters, Music • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Women. In addition, it is included in the The Colonial Dames of America, National Society of

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series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1732.

Location. 33° 31.035′ N, 79° 10.863′ W. Marker is near Plantersville, South Carolina, in Georgetown County. It is on Plantersville Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is on Plantersville Rd. 3.5 miles east of US 701. 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Prince Frederick's Chapel (approx. 0.8 miles away); Joseph & Theodosia Burr Alston (approx. 4 miles away); All Saints Parish (1767) / All Saints, Waccamaw

Chicora Wood Plantation Marker (reverse) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, January 15, 2010

2. Chicora Wood Plantation Marker (reverse)

(approx. 4.2 miles away); Brookgreen Plantation (approx. 4.9 miles away); Joseph Alston (approx. 4.9 miles away); Washington Allston (approx. 4.9 miles away); Theodosia Burr Alston (approx. 4.9 miles away); Washington’s Visit (approx. 4.9 miles away).

Also see . . . South Carolina Department of Archives and History entry for the Chicora Wood Plantation. (Submitted on February 15, 2010, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina.)

Chicora Wood Plantation Main Gate image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, January 15, 2010

3. Chicora Wood Plantation Main Gate

Chicora Wood Plantation Drive image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, January 15, 2010

4. Chicora Wood Plantation Drive

Chicora Wood Plantation image. Click for full size.

Courtesy of South Carolina Department of Archives and History

5. Chicora Wood Plantation

Chicora Wood Marker seen along southbound Plantersville Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 11, 2013

6. Chicora Wood Marker seen along southbound Plantersville Road

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, January 15, 2010

7. Gate House

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,214 times since then and 44 times this year. Last updated on February 15, 2010, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 9, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. 5. submitted on February 15, 2010, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. 6. submitted on May 12, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 7. submitted on February 9, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.