The History Of
Bostick Plantation
Executive Lodge
Visiting Bostick Plantation allows you to escape back in time to the glorious era of large Southern Plantations, easy living and spectacular hunting. Bostick Plantation began more than 200 years ago with a Land Grant from King George III of more than 70,000 acres. The Bostick family is one of fewer than 200 families who still hold title to an original Royal Land Grant.
My Great Great Grandfather managed Bostick Plantation, growing cotton and corn. The original Plantation House was burned on January 16, 1865 by Henry W. Slocum, Commander of the 14th Army Corps under the command of General William T. Sherman as he marched through the area on his way to the coast. Also, many of the other Bostick family homes were destroyed by General Sherman's troops. With so many of the families being "burned out," many of them could not afford to pay their taxes and much of the family property was lost. Also, as the property has been passed down through the generations, much of it has been sold off to non-family members.
The Bostick family enjoyed more than 200 years of private hunting reserved exclusively for family and closest friends on this highly productive game land. With large numbers of ponds and lakes with cover and food, the swamps thrived with plenty of wild game of all kinds. Then, in 1977, Joe Bostick experimented with entertaining a very limited number of hunters on the private Plantation. The success was so great that Joe decided to open the Plantation to the public. He renovated the farm house that he grew up in and opened what is now known as the Main Lodge here at Bostick Plantation. It didn't take long for word to get out and we had to expand our operation. So, in 1980, we built our Executive Lodge.
There are currently more than 10,000 acres of the original Royal Land Grant remaining in the Bostick family. This property is now managed for Quality Hunting. The large old oaks and pines, along with the cypress swamp bottoms give you the feeling that you have actually stepped back to the time that King George III placed his Royal Seal on the Land Grant that began the legacy of Bostick Plantation.
Bostick Plantation is now intensely managed as a trophy hunting plantation with very strict management techniques in place. We will be honored for you to be our guest at Bostick Plantation and create some history of your own.
HAPPY HUNTING TO ALL!
Joe Bostick
Bostick Plantation
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