another successful european settler of the mid-18th century was henry yonge, who had a plantation located just southeast of modena, called orangedale. in 1877 it came into the ownership of the benedictine order. the benedictines tried to establish a monastery and catholic school for the newly freed former slaves on the island, but were unsuccessful. they abandoned their efforts in 1889. the "priest tract," as the property had come to be called, became one of many acquired by a partnership of thomas bourke floyd, james boog floyd, and a. goden guerard jr. thomas floyd eventually assumed ownership of the entire middle portion of the island, until economic hardship forced a transfer to c&s bank in 1924. the union camp corporation purchased it from the bank in 1941.