Overview
Location
Daufuskie Island, Beaufort Co., SC
Date Constructed/ Founded
1733
Associated Surnames
not determined
Historical notes
George Haig I, a Scot merchant and Indian trader, purchased the Haig's Point property in 1733. The land remained in the Haig family for three generations until George Haig III sold the property around 1810 to the Mongin family. David John Mongin passed away in 1823, and his wife Sarah married Herman Blodgett in 1825. Sarah and Herman had been married for just eight years, when Sarah died in 1833. Herman Blodgett then purchased the Haig Point Plantation from the Mongin family, and remarried in 1837, taking Catherine Hall as his second wife.
On the northern end of his Haig Point Plantation, Blodgett constructed an impressive tabby mansion. Slave quarters, also built of tabby, were located nearby, and an avenue of live oaks lined the road to the mansion. Blodgett sold Haig Point Plantation in 1850 to Squire Pope, who owned multiple plantations on Hilton Head.
Associated Slave Workplaces
none
Associated Free Persons
- George Haig I (b.1699-d.1749) - plantation owner
- Elizabeth Seawright (b.1719-d.?) - wife of George Haig I
- George Haig II (b.1743-d.?) - plantation owner; son of George and Elizabeth S. Haig
- George Haig III - plantation owner
- David John Mongin (b.1738-d.1823) - plantation owner; purchased Haig Point from George Haig III
- Sarah Grimke Mongin (b.?-d.1833) - wife of David J. Mongin (m.1762)
- Herman Blodgett - second husband of Sarah G. Mongin; purchased Haig Point after 1833
- Catherine Hall Blodgett - second wife of Herman Blodgett (m.1837)
- Squire Pope - plantation owner; purchased Haig Point from Herman Blodgett in 1850
Associated Enslaved Persons
Research Leads and Plantation Records
Miscellaneous Information
References
Users Researching This Workplace
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.