Hampton Plantation
DESTINATION AWAITS: Today's adventure brought me to Hampton Plantation in McClellanville, SC off Old Georgetown road AKA kings highway). This sits on the on the Wambaw Creek which is a branch of the South Santee River. Here are the points of interest for this plantation. ADDRESS: 1950 Rutledge Road, McClellanville, SC JUST THE FACTS (BRIEF HISTORY): * Location: 1950 Rutledge Road, just off US 17 and not far from the Old brick Church. Read about the church here . *MAKE SURE YOU BRING BUG SPRAY. The mosquitos are so bad. * Several sources give the plantation a few different names: Horry Plantation or now known as Hampton but its main crop was rice. *Established 1735 by Daniel Horry and has been owned by his descendants until sold to the SC parks service in 1971 when Archibald Rutledge died. * House was built in the Georgian style and later wings on the two sides were added. *To keep it even there are windows on the second floor t...