Richmond Hill Plantation Archeological Sites

Richmond Hill Plantation Archeological Sites consists of five historic archaeological sites located near Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina. The Richmond Hill Plantation complex sites include remains of the planter's house, two possible overseers' houses, approximately 20 slave houses, a slave cemetery, a rice barn, and rice fields and dikes. The plantation house, overseers' houses, and slave houses were all burned by about 1930. Richmond Hill plantation was owned by Dr. John D. Magill, who was considered one of the least efficient planters in the area and the most brutal slaveowner among the Georgetown District rice planters.[2][3]

Richmond Hill Plantation Archeological Sites
Nearest cityMurrells Inlet, South Carolina
Area136.3 acres (55.2 ha)
MPSGeorgetown County Rice Culture MPS
NRHP reference No.88000537[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 6, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Patricia A. Cridlebaugh and J. Tracy Power (September 1987). "Richmond Hill Plantation Archeological Sites" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  3. "Richmond Hill Plantation Archaeological Site, Georgetown County (Address Restricted)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved May 31, 2014.


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