Basic Information

• Location – Russell Creek, Edisto Island, St. John's Colleton Parish, Charleston County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1725 – House built by Paul Hamilton

• 1929 – House burned

Land

• Number of acres – 325 in 1865

• Primary crop – Sea island cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Adam, Barnett, Bowen, Branford, Paul Grimball, John Hamilton, Hext, Colonel Joseph Evans Jenkins, Loughton, Maxwell, McLeod, Neal, Wilkins
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• Brick House Plantation
  

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 1984 by James Dillon - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 7

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