City Directories and History: “Nathaniel Heyward (1766-1851), one of the largest and most prosperous of the Lowcountry planters, lived at Bluff Plantation for more than century. Near the Combahee River is Heyward’s brick-enclosed tomb inscription reads in part, “While yet a youth he shared in the vicissitudes and privations of the Revolution and having thus early inhabited the clipless of Constitutional Liberty he undeviatingly adhered to them…” 1860 “The Bluff” was owned by Arthur and Mary Louisa Blake Heyward and had 306 slaves working the rice fields.
A well-maintained alee of live oaks leads to the site of the main which was destroyed during the Civil War, and the grave of Nathaniel Heyward.”
Information from: Historic Resources of the Lowcountry, The Lowcountry Council of Government, Cynthia C. Jenkins, Preservation Planner – Published, 1979
R&R HISTORY LINK: Colton’s 1854 Map of Colleton Co., S.C.
“Heyward, Arthur and Maria Louisa (estate of) of “The Bluff,” Combahee River, plantation and Charleston. Born Oct. 31, 1805 (S.C.); married Maria Louisa Blake (1816-Feb. 10, 1854); died Dec. 2, 1852. Church: Episcopalian. Slaves: 306 (St. Bartholomew’s Parish, Colleton District).”
The Last Foray, C. Gaston Davidson, SC Press – 1971
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