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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.
The Seabrooke was sold in 2023 to a company, and the official owner is listed as Votja Novak. According to his LinkedIn, Votja purchased the Seabrooke alongside another boat, the Incentive,...
A guide to where we've been from here and now. The History of Seabrook
But he, too passed the deed to wealthy plantation owner William Seabrook, whose name it has borne since. 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.
1732: Island named Jones Island after its first owner, Thomas Samuel Jones. Indigo and rice established as its first cash crops. 1753: Island’s name changed to Simmons Island after new owner, Ebenezer Simmons. Cultivation of cotton as next crop cash. 1816: Island sold to William Seabrook, and renamed Seabrook Island.
The Seabrook House, 47 Lawrence Street, c. 1850 John Archibald Seabrook is believed to be the original owner of this home, built in the 1840s-50s. These Lowcountry style homes—two-story frame weatherboard on six-foot piers.
South by about 900 property owners, This milestone allowed the owners of property at Seabrook Island to control their own destiny, in that roads, rights-of-way, beach trust, amenities, etc. were now owned and controlled by the property owners.
