| Legend has it that "Saucy Jack" Stoney lost the | | | | the property was left in its present state of disrepair, |
| Braddock's Point Plantation to William Eddings Baynard | | | | another sad monument to the devastation of the |
| in a late-night poker game at Hilton Head SC. The year | | | | American Civil War. |
| was 1838. | | | | The front of the house is easily located by large |
| The 1000-acre plantation had been in the Stoney | | | | square holes which once housed the posts supporting |
| family since the American Revolution when Captain | | | | an expansive porch. To the rear stand the remains of |
| John Stoney, Saucy Jack's grandfather, had | | | | a fireplace and outer wall. |
| purchased it. It was a 4th generation inheritance by the | | | | In their beautiful setting on the highest point of the |
| time Saucy Jack got it from his father Dr. George | | | | Island, these haunted places conjure happy family |
| Mosse Stoney. | | | | scenes of children and household servants playing |
| The winner of the poker game was William Eddings | | | | together. A cloud blots out the sun and these are |
| Baynard. That explains the name by which it is known | | | | swept away by a violent conflagration. If you are very |
| today: Stoney-Baynard Plantation. Some records | | | | still the imagination can pick up the echo of the |
| indicate Saucy Jack simply went bankrupt and | | | | jack-boot invader pacing the large wrap-around porch |
| Baynard got the property at a fire sale. But that | | | | of this haunted house. |
| version obviously has much less dramatic appeal. | | | | Sometimes the haunting scenes of this idyllic setting |
| Baynard died here at the "Big House" in 1849 after He | | | | are more evident to the senses. In life and in death luck |
| and his wife Catherine had raised four children. | | | | deserted Baynard and the shades of his mournful |
| During the Civil War the Baynard's and other plantation | | | | funeral procession may still be seen filing past his tomb. |
| owners on Hilton Head SC were driven off the Island. | | | | Legend has it that the rumor of jewelry, gold and |
| The Big House became headquarters for Union | | | | riches motivated union soldiers to break into the family |
| officers. That made it the target of a Confederate | | | | mausoleum. Ever since, on drizzly gray days Baynard's |
| raiding party, which torched and destroyed it. | | | | ghost has been wandering the scene of his earthly |
| The Baynard's never returned to the Island after the | | | | existence. This is one of the true scary stories |
| War, although they did legally reclaim the land. Thus, | | | | associated with paranormal activity at Hilton Head SC. |