Basic Information

• Location – St. Helena Island, St. Helena Parish, Beaufort County
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Baldwin

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1853 – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – Thomas Aston Coffin, as manager of his father's estate on behalf of the siblings, purchased Cherry Hill to expand the family's holdings which also included Coffin Point Plantation and McTureus Plantation at the time.
  

• 1861 – The Coffins abandoned all their Beaufort County holdings when they left the area fleeing the advancing Union troops.
  

• ? – Dr. Arthur Elting owned approximately 3,000 acres on St. Helena Island and Cherry Hill was among these holdings.
  

• 1948 – Dr. Elting died and left the Cherry Hill portion of his estate to Phillips Academy of New Hampshire.
  

• 1949 – Phillips Academy sold property to Theodore Ayer Randolph.
  

• 1951 – Dr. Robert D. and Frances Johnson purchased Cherry Hill from Theodore Ayer Randolph.
  

• 1959 – Hurricane Gracie caused much damage to the area. The Johnsons had been renting out the property but decided to sell fearing future storms.
  

• 1960 – Local timberman Harry Hanna and his brother Leslie bought the property from the Johnson's.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 255 in 1853

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Baldwin, Barksdale, Brown, Coffin Family (?-1861), Dr. Arthur Elting (?-1948), Harry and Leslie Hanna (1960-?), Dr. Robert D. and Frances Johnson (1951-1960), Kirk, Philbrick, Phillips Academy (1948-1949), J.T. Pope, Theodore Ayer Randolph (1949-1951)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Initial references: 4, 21, 67

More about Beaufort County

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