City Directories and History: Weston, Plowden Charles Jennett of “Hagley” plantation and Pawley’s Island. Born Aug. 21, 1819 (England); married Aug. 31, 1847, Emily Frances Esdaile (died Apr. 15, 1886) ; died Jan. 25, 1864. Education: Harrow, England, and, traditionally, Cambridge University, England (no record of matriculation). Church: Episcopalian (Vestryman, All Saints’, Waccamaw). Public Service: State Representative; [Lieut. Gov., during the war]. Other: Member, S.C. Historical Society, Winyah Indigo Society, and Elliott Society of Natural History; Trustee, University of the South; author and orator, six publications. Slaves: 335 (Lower All Saints’ Parish, Georgetown District).”
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The Last Foray, C. Gaston Davidson, SC Press – 1971
“In this area of Waccamaw Neck is a well-known plantation called Hagley, once the magnificent home of the very wealthy Plowden C. J. Weston, who died during The War Between the States. Weston’s mother and wife both were English, and it is thought that his place was named for the city of Hagley in Worcester, England, with which one of the two women probably was connected. Though only a wilderness now, Hagley plantation in the time of Plowden Weston was noted for its extensive and costly library and for its chapel, one of the most beautiful plantation chapels in South Carolina. The story is told that during the early stages of the war, Weston once fed at his table an entire company of soldiers, all from silver plates.”
Information from: Names in South Carolina by C.H. Neuffer, Published by the S.C. Dept. of English, USC
*** See PDF this page on the connection between the NY Ecc. Society and the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina – Printed in the S.C. Messenger in Nov. 1848.
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