Mulberry Grove, plantation home of General Nathanael Greene and Catherine Littlefield Greene, stood near here. During the Southern tour of 1791, President George Washington twice visited the widowed Mrs. Greene there. Traveling downriver from Purrysburg, South Carolina, to Savannah on Thursday, May 12, Washington called upon Mrs. Greene and asked her how she did. Three days later, en route overland from Savannah to Augusta, the President dined at Mulberry Grove before traveling on to lodge at one Spencers fifteen miles north in Effingham County. After traveling through modern-day Screven and Burke counties, Washington reached Augusta on Wednesday, May 18.