Vereen Memorial Gardens, a popular place for those who are aware of the Little River park, was visited by George Washington in 1791.
Then, Vereen Memorial Gardens was part of the 400-acre Big Landing Plantation.
Jeremiah Vereen Jr. acquired the plantation, which grew indigo, in 1797. Vereen was a descendant of French Huguenots who arrived in what is now Horry County in the 1680s…