Cultural Resources Survey of the Tansyleaf Place Tract

Summary

On 17-21 July 2006, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural

resources survey of the 9.0-acre Tansyleaf Place Tract on Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County,

South Carolina. These investigations were completed for D & N Partnership of Hilton Head Island,

South Carolina. We investigated this tract for the presence of historic properties (sites, buildings,

objects, or districts listed on or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places). This survey was

requested in compliance with state laws and federal regulations concerning the management of

historic properties affected by development activities in the Coastal Zone of South Carolina.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Beaufort County, SC   •
• Hilton Head Island

Keywords

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 2006 to 2011 (Brockington and Associates conducted archaeological excavations and analysis on the tract)

Calendar Date: 1698 to 1742 (Spanish occupation of James Island)

Calendar Date: 1742 to 1742 (The Battle of Bloody Marsh)

Calendar Date: 1698 to 1729 (Barony granted to John Bayley containing the tract)

Calendar Date: 1729 to 1766 (Land owned by Roger Moore and possible gifted to David John Mongin)

Calendar Date: 1766 to 1792 (Land owned by the Mongin family)

Calendar Date: 1792 to 1805 (Land owned by Thomas Baynard)

Calendar Date: 1805 to 1849 (Land consolidated with surrounding land and owned by William Eddings Baynard)

Calendar Date: 1849 to 1856 (Land owned by Catherine Adelaide Scott-Baynard and then the land was divided among heirs)

Calendar Date: 1865 to 1876 (Land seized after the American Civil War for unpaid taxes)

Calendar Date: 1876 to 1893 (Land owned by the Baynard family after paying fines for unpaid taxes)

Calendar Date: 1894 to 1900 (Land owned by William P. Clyde and divided for personal use and sale)

Calendar Date: 1900 to 1945 (Land owned by Luke Graham)

Calendar Date: 1945 to 1970 (Land owned by Catherine Johnson and her heirs)

Calendar Date: 1970 to 1972 (Land owned by W. Brantley Harvey Jr. and divided)

Calendar Date: 1972 to 1976 (Land owned by Joseph C. Brown)

Calendar Date: 1976 to 1978 (Land owned by Charles E. Fraser)

Calendar Date: 1978 to 1989 (Land owned by Rob A. Matthews Jr. and Donald F. Gerwe and divided for sale )

Calendar Date: 1989 to 2011 (Land owned in three seperate parcels by Clifford A. Hopkins, Lynda L. Hopkins, and Tansyleaf)

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Jonathan Leader; Nicole Isenbarger

Contributor(s): Andrew Agha; Jason Ellerbee; Sea Island Land Survey, LLC; Sally Krebs; David Dellenbach; Chris Frulla; Damon Jackson; Allison Wind; Inna Burns; Michael Walsh; Meg Moughan

Lab Director(s): Emily Jateff

Principal Investigator(s): Johshua N. Fletcher

Sponsor(s): D & N Partnership

Prepared By(s): Brockington and Associates, Inc.

Notes

General Note: The two sites and the one isolate found were deemed ineligible for protection by the NRHP act.

File Information

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