Willbrook Plantation is located in Pawleys Island region of South Carolina on the Waccammaw Neck and has a rich history dating back to the 1600s. The land that was to become Willbrook Plantation was part of a vast land grant from King Charles II to eight British noblemen. The purpose was to develop colonies and generate money for the crown. Earlier settlements in Charleston (Charles Town, 1670) were followed by plantations on the Waccamaw Neck. In 1711, John Crofts bought 1,280 acres which became Oatland and Willbrook Plantations. Crofts sold it to William Branford who split it into: 640 acres (Oatland) for his daughter Martha and 640 acres (Willbrook) for his son, William. Over the next 200 years this land, from the Waccamaw River to the Atlantic Ocean, was bought, sold or inherited numerous times. Indigo was cultivated on the plantation in early colonial days, but rice was the cash crop and created the wealth of the Low Country.
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