Plantersville

Front inscription

Est. c.1835, Plantersville began as a 350-ac. pineland village 6 mi. NE, used by planter families to escape seasonal malaria on local riverfront plantations, many along what is now Plantersville Road. Left behind were large workforces of enslaved people of African descent, whose isolation nurtured the development of “Gullah,” a West African-rooted language and culture found throughout the Lowcountry.

Reverse inscription

Each summer, some enslaved people were taken to work in the village, but most remained on plantations. There, they grew rice using knowledge and skills with West African roots, enriching area planters. In the late 19th and early 20th c., freed people and their descendants formed new communities around old Plantersville, including Jackson Village, Annie Village, and St. Paul’s.