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William Seabrook was a Sea Island cotton planter and part-owner of the Edisto Island Ferry, which had a steamboat named the W. Seabrook. The house was built around 1810.
Seabrook, who owned numerous summer homes in the lowcountry, took advantage of Seabrook’s unspoiled forests and plenteous reserves of wild game for a hunting and fishing ground. It was some 50 years later, in the midst of the Civil War, that the island again changed hands, being sold to William Gregg, who never occupied the land.
William Seabrook was a wealthy plantation owner who already owned several homes he used during the summer in the lowcountry of South Carolina. Add to those summer homes a nice summer island to complement his investments.
Seabrook Plantation is a hamlet in Horry County, South Carolina. Seabrook Plantation is situated close to the neighborhoods Cottages at The Surf and Robbers Roost Villas . Overview
Welcome to this exceptional, ONE OF A KIND, NO HOA, custom built 4-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom home in the heart of Myrtle Beach, SC. Situated just a short walk to the beach, shopping and all the amenities of the sought after “north” end of Myrtle Beach.
Like historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina’s oldest city, Seabrook Island harbors its own rich history, from the Colonial era and colorful pirate tales, through Revolutionary skirmishes and the Civil War to contemporary times.
In 1970, the diocese sold about 1,100 acres (4.5 km 2) to private developers who planned the private, residential community that Seabrook Island is today. Seventeen years later, the town of Seabrook was incorporated, and it celebrated a decade of private ownership and self-government in 1997.
