The Rocks Plantation

The Rocks Plantation is a South Carolina historical marker in Eutaw Springs, Orangeburg County, dedicated 1993.

Orangeburg County · dedicated 1993 · S.C. Hwy. 6 at its intersection with Rocks Pond Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 38-139), about 2 mi. E of Eutaw Springs, Eutaw Springs

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House built 1803-05 by Capt. Peter Gaillard (1757-1833), pioneer cotton planter, S.C. Assemblyman 1796-7 & 1812-15. House was moved in 1942 to site .6 mi. N. Burned 1992.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Orangeburg County Historical Society

The Rocks Plantation

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