Its lands included vast acres of fertile rice fields which extended from the black, cypress-lined Waccamaw River to the Atlantic Ocean. Hagley was by far the finest gift of all.
They established their residence at Hagley Plantation, another gift from Plowden’s father. Emily’s father quickly realized that he could not compete with the astonishingly rich rice planter.ĭespite the animosity between their fathers, Plowden and Emily were married in August of 1847. Plowden’s father arrogantly replied that he would give the couple seventy thousand pounds, a house in London, and one in Geneva. Emily’s father opened the battle by giving them a dowry of seven thousand pounds. Emily’s father and Plowden’s father began to compete to see who could give the young couple the finest wedding present. Plowden’s father agreed to the wedding but trouble soon appeared on the horizon. Plowden sailed back to Georgetown to discuss his marriage plans face to face with his father. Plowden feared that his father would not approve of his plans to marry Emily because of his anti-British sentiments and his disdain for British aristocracy. There, he fell deeply in love with Emily Frances Esdaile, the beautiful sister of one of his close friends.Įmily’s father was a English baronet. Although the boy’s father was adamantly anti-British, he wanted Plowden to have a proper, classical English education.Įventually, the Weston family returned to the Georgetown area, but Plowden stayed on to study at Cambridge. He spent his early years at Laurel Hill Plantation, where he was privately educated by a British tutor.Īt the age of twelve, Plowden’s family temporarily moved to England so that their son could attend school there. The hurricane destroyed most of the homes on Pawleys Island, but the home of the young woman’s family was undamaged.Īnother legend about the Grey Man claims that he is the spirit of Plowden Charles Jeannerette Weston, the original owner of the house on Pawleys Island now known as the Pelican Inn.īorn in 1819, Plowden was a member of a wealthy Georgetown rice plantation dynasty. That night, as they lay sleeping in the safety of their inland home, a fierce hurricane ravaged Pawleys Island. The family left Pawleys Island before dawn the following morning. They did not know what danger they were fleeing, but they did know that their daughter was a sensible person and not prone to flights of fancy. Upon hearing their daughter’s strange story, her parents immediately began making plans to leave Pawleys Island for their inland home. The young lady hurried home to tell her father and mother about the strange, unsettling experience. As she walked closer, the young woman could have sworn it was her fiance. She was alone with her sadness in the whipping wind, with the ocean crashing by her side. This particular day was windier than most, but it suited her recent mood. When the young woman heard of her fiance’s tragic death, she was heartbroken.Īfter the funeral, she took to walking the stretch of beach where she and her beau used to stroll in happier times. His manservant watched in horror, unable to help his young master, as the young man and his horse disappeared into the mire.
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With his faithful manservant riding a short distance behind, the eager fellow and his horse came to a sudden stop and began to sink rapidly into a patch of deadly quicksand. He was so eager to see his beloved fiancee that, rather than wasting one more precious moment away from her, he took a shortcut across previously untraveled marshland. Her love had returned to Georgetown by ship after an absence of several months. She was in mourning for her childhood sweetheart who had recently died in a tragic accident on the island. The Grey Man is unquestionably a permanent resident of Pawleys Island, but what causes this kind spirit to warn unsuspecting residents of approaching danger? The answer may lie in one of three different accounts that exist about the origin of the Grey Man.Īccording to one legend, a young woman was walking the windswept, lonely beach not far from her parent’s Pawleys Island home. Encounters with the Grey Man have taken place before every major hurricane that has struck the island for more than a hundred years. Residents who are wise enough to heed the Grey Man’s warning always find their homes undamaged after the storm. Everyone who has seen the Grey Man says that he warns them to leave the island. Perhaps the most frequently told ghost story in Georgetown County is that of the Grey Man. According to numerous documented accounts, he appears on the beach at Pawleys Island prior to hurricanes. Excerpts From Elizabeth Huntsinger’s “Ghosts of Georgetown”
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