25 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com Long before planters arrived in the region east of the Cooper and up the Hammock Coast directly to our north, Native Americans roamed the land. Today, the voices of these ancestors are echoed in the names of Winyah Bay, along with four of the five rivers that flow through Georgetown County: the Waccamaw, Pee Dee, Sampit and Santee; as well as Wampacheone Creek in Mount Pleasant. Additionally, many plantations in our area are named after hallowed places such as Hobcaw, meaning “between the waters” and Hopsewee, translated as “high point on the water.” Between 1718 and 1860 that sacred land was altered, according to seventh generation South Carolinian and historian Paige Sawyer of Old Georgetown Walking Tours, when an influx of elite planters encroached on this Lowcountry terrain and established approximately 150 BY SARAH ROSE Voices of our Ancestors Guide to Lowcountry plantations Photo by Sarah Rose.
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