Basic Information

• Location – Bull Pond, Allendale County

  4829 River Road - located off SC 3, south of US 301 (4)

• Origin of name – ?
• Other names – Erwin House, Erwinton Plantation and Hunting Club
• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

  The exact date is not confirmed as sources have noted both 1716 and 1799 (4).

• ? – House built

  This house was destroyed by fire.

• 1828 – Present house was constructed by Dr. William Robinson Erwin (1, p. 3).

  This house was unoccupied after the Civil War but remained in the Erwin family.

• 1955 – Purchased by Houston Rawls. Mr. Rawls updated the house and used it as his winter home (1, p. 3).
• 1960s – Rawls sold to Walter S. Montgomery, R.Z. Cates, and McFarland Cates who use it as a hunt club (1, p. 3).

Land

• Number of acres – Approximately 430 in the 1800s; 5 acres in 1975 (1, p. 2)
• Primary crop – Cotton (1, p. 2)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

  We are actively seeking information on the slaves who lived and worked at this plantation. If you find a resource that might help, please fill out this form. Thank you.

Buildings

• The house is a one and one-half story, clapboard construction (1, p. 2).

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1975
   – Photographs, architectural overview

2. Brief history of Erwinton Plantation - source no longer available online

3. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
     Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
     Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII

4. Information contributed by Kenny M. Lacarter whose Jackson family slave ancestors are buried in the plantation's cemetery.