William Gilmore Simms (1806), was one of nineteenth-century America's 
foremost poets, novelists, and men of letters. His home was to the east 
of Bamberg, SC, near the community called Midway. The plantation was
called "Woodlands" back then, but, is merely Simms Plantation now.
The plantation house there today bears some resemblance to that of the 
19th century and is surrounded by gigantic old oaks that surely predate 
the house.
If one crosses the property beyond the house an abandoned cemetery will 
be found. From the looks of the graves, it is very likely it holds the 
remains of both black and white deceased residents of the plantation.
I find the name most curious as there is a Wm Gilmore Simms Mixson (1846) 
buried at Wacahoota Baptist Cemetery in Florida. Was this Mixson just named 
after a popular writer or is there a closer family relationship? (There are 
Mixson/Mixon's in that area of South Carolina.) Likely, we'll never know.

The society link below has a picture of William Gilmore Simms and a drawing
of the plantation house of the 19th century.