Hopsewee Plantation
Built around 1740 on the North Santee River, Hopsewee was one of the South's great rice plantations and the birthplace of Thomas Lynch Jr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Lynch was lost at sea in 1779, only a few years after his father, Thomas Lynch Sr., died; the family's tragedies feed the house's ghost lore. Visitors and guides report encountering two men dressed in Colonial-period clothing, complete with tricorn hats and breeches, taken to be the elder and younger Lynch lingering at their old home. People touring the rooms also describe a persistent feeling of never being alone. The plantation embraces the reputation, hosting seasonal 'Haunted Tales at Hopsewee' programs drawn from Georgetown County storyteller and historical interpreter Elizabeth Huntsinger's decades of research into the area's hauntings.
📍 494 Hopsewee Road, Georgetown, SC 29440, Georgetown, SC · Get directions