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I am researching a possible treasure hidden by the british in hampton plantation South Carolina. I am requesting any legends, books, and in particular dated plat maps of the property as it changed from several hundred to several thousand acres over the course of its history. Any dowser imput would also be apreciated.  HH

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1.      Hampton Plantation - McClellanville, Charleston County, South Carolina SC
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2.      Hampton Plantation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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7.      HAMPTON PLANTATION
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8.      Hampton Plantation House Museum
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9.      Discover History at Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
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10.     hampton
        Archibald Rutledge lived at Hampton Plantation in South Carolina. ... His family lived on Hampton Plantation, a large estate with miles of untamed wilderness. ...
       

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12.     HAMPTON PLANTATION
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13.     Hampton Inn Plantation, FL Reviews - Yahoo! Travel
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15.     Hampton Plantation Mansion Tours
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16.     Paint Charleston Daily: "Hampton Plantation Portico" - A Ple...
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17.     Hampton Plantation Mansion Tours
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20.     Hampton Plantation State Park
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22.     Campground Details - HAMPTON PLANTATION, Sc - ReserveAmerica
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24.     Hampton Plantation State Park; McClellanville, South Carolina
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32.     Amazon.com: "Hampton Plantation": Key Phrase page
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35.     National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)
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40.     Monday Mornings Tour: People of Hampton Plantation
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52.     Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
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60.     Hampton Plantation Campground South Carolina Camping Reservations
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64.     JOHN-HENRY RUTLEDGE
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67.     Archibald Rutledge Home
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71.     Antebellum Plantation Life
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Posted on: January 23, 2009, 08:41:02 AM


Same area?

The small holdings of the first French settlers at Orange Quarter proper, were comparatively soon absorbed in the larger estates but even as regards the large tracts along the Eastern Branch of the Cooper River and adjacent thereto which were held by the Hugers, the Manigaults, the Bonneaus, the Lesesnes, the Laurens, but one small plantation, Campvere, is now owned by the bearer of a French name or even a descendant of the former owners, unless Mr. Elias Cumbee the present owner of the North Hampton plantation be a descendant of Philip Combe one of the French settlers. They retained their "grip" so to say along the Eastern Branch of Cooper River until the war of 1860-1865 but that cataclysm was as destructive in its results in St. Thomas and on the Eastern Branch of Cooper as elsewhere in the low country and perhaps from several causes more completely so.
Posted on: January 23, 2009, 09:00:05 AM
A Tax Sale

But the carpetbaggers did not tell the committee that in New York a man was taxed on one half to two thirds of the actual value of his property, and in South Carolina on ten times as much as it could possibly be sold for. Take my case as an example. The Hampton plantation was taxed on a valuation of some two hundred and sixty-odd thousand dollars. I went before the "board of equalization," which the committee had insisted should be organized and which, of course, was composed entirely of carpetbaggers, and made my protest, with no avail. I even offered to sell the property to any member of the board for thirty thousand dollars, but they had looked up the records and found that Mr. Trenholm had paid the Hamptons in 1862, when Confederate money was worth something, one million dollars besides giving them a bond for three hundred thousand dollars payable in gold six months after peace was declared between the North and South. They considered that they were letting me off purchased, there were hundreds of slaves, and herds of blooded horses and cattle, besides flocks of sheep of rare breeds and also Angora goats. So far as my offer to sell them the property for thirty thousand dpllars was concerned, they were a "board of equalization," and not real estate speculators.

At last the day came when my property was put up for sale for past-due taxes. Of course no Southern gentleman, even if he had had the money, would have bid for the estate of a fellow sufferer at a tax sale, but there were creatures who had plenty of cash who would. I told the auctioneer that I hoped he would get more for the plantation than the taxes amounted to, as I would appreciate what was left over. The auctioneer smiled and invited me to talk to the crowd and invite them to bid. I told him I would be delighted to do so. It was rumored in the crowd that Nagle, the comptroller, was going to buy the property. I told the assemblage that it was useless for me to tell them anything about the plantation, as they knew it as well as I did, but what I did want to tell them was that that place was my home and I would fill the man who came on it with a tax title so full of lead he would never be able to swim again. Instantly the crowd began to call for Nagle, urging him to buy, and assuring him that he would never die of chills and fever if he did. There were no bids and the sale was postponed for another month, and month after month on every sales-day it was offered and every time it was put up for sale the crowd would begin to yell for Nagle and urge him to buy. After some months, without any explanation, the auctioneer no longer offered it for sale; and for a time his reasons were an inexplicable mystery to the natives, who knew that it was impossible that I could have raised money enough to pay the taxes.

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But the carpetbaggers did not tell the committee that in New York a man was taxed on one half to two thirds of the actual value of his property, and in South Carolina on ten times as much as it could possibly be sold for. Take my case as an example. The Hampton plantation was taxed on a valuation of some two hundred and sixty-odd thousand dollars. I went before the "board of equalization," which the committee had insisted should be organized and which, of course, was composed entirely of carpetbaggers, and made my protest, with no avail. I even offered to sell the property to any member of the board for thirty thousand dollars, but they had looked up the records and found that Mr. Trenholm had paid the Hamptons in 1862, when Confederate money was worth something, one million dollars besides giving them a bond for three hundred thousand dollars payable in gold six months after peace was declared between the North and South. They considered that they were letting me off purchased, there were hundreds of slaves, and herds of blooded horses and cattle, besides flocks of sheep of rare breeds and also Angora goats. So far as my offer to sell them the property for thirty thousand dpllars was concerned, they were a "board of equalization," and not real estate speculators.

At last the day came when my property was put up for sale for past-due taxes. Of course no Southern gentleman, even if he had had the money, would have bid for the estate of a fellow sufferer at a tax sale, but there were creatures who had plenty of cash who would. I told the auctioneer that I hoped he would get more for the plantation than the taxes amounted to, as I would appreciate what was left over. The auctioneer smiled and invited me to talk to the crowd and invite them to bid. I told him I would be delighted to do so. It was rumored in the crowd that Nagle, the comptroller, was going to buy the property. I told the assemblage that it was useless for me to tell them anything about the plantation, as they knew it as well as I did, but what I did want to tell them was that that place was my home and I would fill the man who came on it with a tax title so full of lead he would never be able to swim again. Instantly the crowd began to call for Nagle, urging him to buy, and assuring him that he would never die of chills and fever if he did. There were no bids and the sale was postponed for another month, and month after month on every sales-day it was offered and every time it was put up for sale the crowd would begin to yell for Nagle and urge him to buy. After some months, without any explanation, the auctioneer no longer offered it for sale; and for a time his reasons were an inexplicable mystery to the natives, who knew that it was impossible that I could have raised money enough to pay the taxes.

As time went on my financial condition made my position on the plantation more and more untenable, until one day Colonel Childs, a banker, told me that he would buy my property if I would pay the taxes up to date. I laughed at such an offer, as it was of course impossible, or I thought it was, for me to comply with the terms. Colonel Childs then advised me, as a mere matter of curiosity, to go to the tax collector and find out the exact amount due. I did so, and to my amazement was told that the taxes had been paid! I demanded to know the name of the person who had paid them, and after demurring until the carpetbagger concluded that it would be more comfortable to give me the information than to have a row, he told me that Dr. Nagle, the comptroller of the State, had paid them. Almost bursting with rage and indignation I hurried to the State House and was fortunate enough to find Nagle alone in his office. As I entered he looked up uneasily and with his right hand started to open a drawer. I suspected that there was a pistol in that drawer, and quickly putting my hand on my hip pocket exclaimed, "Stop that!" ? and his arm fell limply to his side. I wasted no time, but at once plunged into a statement of the object of my visit, demanding to know what he meant by his insolence in paying the taxes on my property. He stammered for a moment, and then assured me that he did not wish to have any trouble with me, and that he had only paid the taxes to rid himself of the monthly annoyance of having all the toughs of the town howling to him to buy my property, their only purpose being to make trouble for him with me. Reaching a bundle of tax receipts, which were in a pigeon-hole in his desk, he handed them to me, saying that rather than have any more trouble about the matter I was welcome to them. He could well afford to be generous, for Heaven only knows what the amount of this fellow's stealings were from the State.

Within the hour after my pleasant interview with Nagle I was back at the bank and amazed Colonel Childs by handing him the tax receipts. The transfer of the titles to the estate were quickly completed, and I moved to Charleston where I accepted a position in the office of the " News and Courier" tendered to me by my brother-in-law Captain Dawson.

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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2009, 08:08:47 am »
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RECOLLECTIONS OF A REBEL REEFER
BY JAMES MORRIS MORGAN

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« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2009, 04:02:24 am »
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Oro,
I'm going to the "British Library" next week.
I'll ask if they have any maps / data referring to...



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Interesting...

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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2009, 01:51:42 pm »
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Dear Silverhunter,

You have requested someone to dowse the Hampton Plantation in South Carolina, because you believe there maybe treasure there...

I have dowsed this area for you looking for gold with an open mind, and just out of interest, and I found you were correct in your assumption, but you maybe surprised to hear that I have detected two targets both about 1/2 a mile from each other. I wont say anymore here, because I assume you want the locations kept secret, and now you need to have a search and recovery agreement with the current landowner before you start digging...
I dont know the treasure laws in the USA, but I bet they are pretty strict....



Crazy...A British dowser finding British gold coins in the good Ole USof A...That is so ironic dont you think? You will be able to verify my findings before you start digging.

Search this TH forum and you will find my email add.

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« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2009, 07:59:38 pm »
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Dr. Archibald Rutledge, a writer and poet who lived from 1883-1973 also resided at Hampton Plantation. A ghost was said to have been heard in the Hampton Plantation by the Rutledge Family for years, giving rise to speculation about some mystery at the plantation. Dr. Rutledge was investigating a passageway from the ballroom to the living room when he found a secret sealed closet from the cellar. In the closet he discovered a small box with a folded house plan containing an X marked about 35 feet angling from the house with a chest drawn on it. Going outside Dr. Ruthledge found that the location marked on the map with an X was near an old oak tree. Using a steel rod he probed around the tree until it hit something solid. Digging down four feet Dr. Rutledge discovered a sealed crock. Inside the crock was an 1861 copy of the Charleston Mercury newspaper reporting the firing on Ft. Sumter and other newspapers wrapping up 198 gold coins. The Rutledge family had a legend about his grandfather hiding money from the Union soldiers during the Civil War. I hope this is not what you were looking for because it has been recovered.
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Paul If you are going to the British Library to look for treasure buried here in the US, I would appreciate it if you would look for a British Cache of Gold near Monk's Corner, S.C.

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very interesting topic. enjoyed the reading.

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