Basic Information

• Location – Huger Creek (eastern branch of the Cooper River), Huger, Berkeley County

  Located on SC 402

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Part of the property is privately owned and the rest has been developed.
  

Timeline

• 1740 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1740 – House built 18th century house

• 1745 – The Oaks were planted by Elias O. Ball, Jr.
  

• 1924 – The house was destroyed by fire, only ruins remain.
  

Land

• 224 acres are under Low County Open Land Trust.
  

• Number of acres – 670 (300 acres are rice fields)
  

• Comments – In the slave cemetery is a stone marker of Old Peter who was born and died as a servant of the Ball family.
  

• Primary crop – Rice

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Elias O Ball, Jr., Stoney Gough, Dr. John B. Irving (1846), Hamer Ball Irving
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• In 1830, a one story frame overseer's house and a slave cabin were built.
  

Web Resources

• 2002 Cooper River Historic District National Register nomination

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 4, 6, 11, 19, 29