The well known St. Helena’s Island family of Capers was represented on Hilton Head by Richard Capers who held a 266-acre plantation, Lot 2 of Bayley’s Barony as indicated on the 1783 Mosse Survey, land ultimately incorporated into Grass Lawn Plantation.
Peeples, Robert E. H., An Index to Hilton Head Island Names (Before the Contemporary Development), p. 7
