Basic Information

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

  Plantation was located about 4 miles east of Frogmore. Take US 21 to Coffin Point Road, turn left, and the house overlooks St Helena Sound.
  

• Origin of name –

• Other names – The Point

• Current status –

Timeline

• 1800 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1810 – House built by Ebenezer Coffin
  

  The house sits on high ground overlooking St Helena Sound.
  

• 1861 – The Coffins were among the Sea Island plantation families who fled in front of advancing Union troops.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 2,000

• Primary crop – Sea island cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Senator James Donald Cameron; Ebenezer Coffin; Thomas Astor Coffin; Ellis; Green; George and Priscilla McMillan; J.E. McTeer; Edward Philbrick; Pope; Rhodes; Thomas; Whitnell
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 260

Buildings

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Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 1975 by Mary Ann Eaddy - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 2, 21, 33, 38, 44

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