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Coordinates: 32°25′51″N 80°35′40″W / 32.43083°N 80.59444°W / 32.43083; -80.59444
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Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins
Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins, June 2012
Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins is located in South Carolina
Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins
Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins is located in the United States
Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins
LocationSouthern end of Dataw (Datha) Island near the intersection of Dataw Dr. and Dataw Club Rd., at Mink's Point near Jenkins Creek, near Frogmore, South Carolina
Coordinates32°25′51″N 80°35′40″W / 32.43083°N 80.59444°W / 32.43083; -80.59444
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Builtc. 1783 (1783)
MPSHistoric Resources of St. Helena Island c. 1740-c. 1935 MPS
NRHP reference No.88001820[1][2]
Added to NRHPMarch 4, 2011

Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins is a historic plantation complex and archaeological site located at Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The site, possibly built upon and occupied well before 1783. It includes the ruins and/or archaeological remains of at least 12 tabby structures. They include the main plantation house, a rectangular enclosure consisting of tabby walls, a large tabby kitchen, and five tabby slave quarters. Also on the property were a variety of tabby dependencies including a barn/stable, a smoke house or blade house, a well/dairy house, and a well. The property also includes the Sams family cemetery and Episcopal chapel enclosed by high tabby walls. Other structures include possibly an overseer’s house, a granary/mill, and a tabby cotton house. During and subsequent to the American Civil War the Sams Tabby Complex was occupied by freedman. Following the Civil War the plantation house was destroyed by hurricanes.[3][4]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/28/11 through 3/04/11. National Park Service. 2011-03-11.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/19/11 through 9/23/11. National Park Service. 2011-09-30.
  3. ^ "Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins, Beaufort County (Frogmore vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ^ Patricia Cridlebaugh (February 1988). "Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.


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