Mount Pleasant in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Maybank Green / Hobcaw Plantation
Photographed By Mike Stroud, November 14, 2010
1. Maybank Green Marker
Inscription.
Maybank Green, also, Hobcaw Plantation. .
Maybank Green. In 1697 David Maybank II (1660-1713) acquired 200 acres along Hobcaw Creek from the Lords Proprietors. Maybank, a carpenter, built a house on this site which he named Hobcaw Plantation. The plantation passed to his daughter Susannah (1700-1746) and her husband Capt. Jacob Bond (1695-1766), planter and member of the Commons House of Assembly. After Bond’s death the plantation was owned by his daughter Rebecca Bond Read (1730-1786). ,
Hobcaw Plantation. Rebecca and James Read’s son Dr. William Read (1754-1845) was a deputy surgeon general in the Continental Army, serving under both George Washington and Nathanael Greene. This was one of Read’s several lowcountry plantations; his principal residence was in Charleston. In 1819 Read’s cousin Jacob Bond I’On (1782-1859), planter, army officer, and legislator, hosted President James Monroe and Secretary of State John C. Calhoun at Hobcaw Plantation.
Maybank Green
In 1697 David Maybank II (1660-1713) acquired 200 acres along Hobcaw Creek from the Lords Proprietors. Maybank, a carpenter, built a house on this site which he named Hobcaw Plantation. The plantation passed to his daughter Susannah (1700-1746) and her husband Capt. Jacob Bond (1695-1766), planter and member of the Commons House of Assembly. After Bond’s death the plantation was owned by his daughter Rebecca Bond Read (1730-1786).
Hobcaw Plantation
Rebecca and James Read’s son Dr. William Read (1754-1845) was a deputy surgeon general in the Continental Army, serving under both George Washington and Nathanael Greene. This was one of Read’s several lowcountry plantations; his principal residence was in Charleston. In 1819 Read’s cousin Jacob Bond I’On (1782-1859), planter, army officer, and legislator, hosted President James Monroe and Secretary of State John C. Calhoun at Hobcaw Plantation.
Erected 2007 by Erected by The I’On Company. (Marker Number 10-52.)
49.006′ N, 79° 52.845′ W. Marker is in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, in Charleston County. Marker is on North Shelmore Blvd. near Faye Lane, on the left when traveling west. Located at the Green. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mount Pleasant SC 29464, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. Maybank Green / Hobcaw Plantation Marker, looking north along North Shelmore Blvd.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, November 14, 2010
4. Maybank Green / Hobcaw Plantation Marker, looking south
Photographed By Mike Stroud, November 14, 2010
5. Maybank Green / Hobcaw Plantation Marker with the green seen in the background
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,372 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 14, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5. submitted on November 15, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.