Historical Marker

Refuge Plantation

White Oak · Camden County · Erected 1986

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The Story

Granted to George McIntosh in 1765, Refuge became one of the South's great Satilla River rice plantations. Seminole War hero General Duncan Clinch settled here in 1836, and the estate stayed in the family into the early 1900s.

About this site

Refuge Plantation is a historical marker in White Oak, Camden County, erected in 1986. It is one of 32 historical markers documented in Camden County, among 70 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 30.9849, -81.7285 near White Oak. The nearest cataloged historic site is Loading Timber Products and Turpentine (historical marker), about 1.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Camden County Courthouse, Camden County, and Camden County Courthouse.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 30.9849, -81.7285 · White Oak, Camden County

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