Lt.-Col. Daniel Heyward (1720-1777)
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."
