Daniel Heyward (1720-1777)
Lt.-Col. Daniel Heyward, J.P., of "Old House" Beaufort Co., South Carolina
He was born on James Island in St. Andrew Parish, Charleston. He took up residence on one of his father's 500-acre grants in Granville County where he immediately became a successful rice and indigo planter. Over the years, by grant and purchase he came to acquire over 17,000-acres worked by nearly 1,000-slaves, a store at Cook's Landing on Okatie Creek, Old House on 746-acres in Beaufort County, and a townhouse in Charleston. By 1771, he was, "the greatest planter in this province."
