Basic Information

• Location – St. John's Berkeley Parish, Berkeley County

  6 miles east of Eutaw Springs

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Located on shore of Lake Marion

Timeline

• 1817 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1817 – House built by Joseph Palmer
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Santee long cotton (hybrid between Upland cotton and Sea Island cotton)
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Allston, Isaac Courturier, Flagg, Huntington, McGuinness, Edmund Gaillard Palmer (1786), Joseph Palmer, Thomas Palmer, Ward, Washington, Withers
  

  The plantation never left the hands of the Palmer family
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 39

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Initial references: See #1, 4, 8, 19, 29