https://www.postandcourier.com/news/heirs-of-black-homesteader-without-will-overcome-odds-to-sell/article_84717e74-ba12-11e9-934c-ffa39e62b141.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20092119&utm_content=Daily%20Headlines%20092119+CID_dc9725887563e82cb7037eeb7e753062&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_term=144%20heirs%20of%20black%20homesteader%20without%20will%20overcome%20odds%20to%20sell%20Mount%20Pleasant%20property

The South Carolina Lowcountry is rife with heartbreaking tales of large extended families losing control of inherited land known as heirs’ property, sometimes through trickery or coercion.

This is not one of those tales.

It begins in February 1875, less than a decade after the end of the Civil War, when Cain Bryan bought 20 acres to farm and homestead in the East Cooper area. He paid $240 — the equivalent of $5,600 in today’s dollars.

Posted by: Byron King on 09/23/19 (This information is only accurate as of 09/23/19. You must contact SCR for updates and changes to this information after 09/23/19 as laws and regulations may change over time. SCR 803-772-5206 or email info at screaltors.org)