Basic Information

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

  Located off Laurel Hill Road, southwest of SC 174
  

• Origin of name –

• Other names – Hill Tract, Brookland, Brooklines
  

• Current status – Privately owned
  

Timeline

• 1789 – Earliest known date of existence
  

• 1800-1807 – House built
  

  Builders and exact date of construction unknown
  

• 1846 – Property passed to Henry Seabrook, Ephraim's son.
  

• 1868 – Henry Seabrook became bankrupt as a result of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
  

• 1872 – Samuel L. Bennett, county auditor, sold the house and 300 acres to H.E. Young and James Lowndes.
  

• 1928 – Mary P. Bailey purchased the eastern portion, including the house, from Arthur R. Young and Joseph R. Young.
  

• 1958 – The Reverend Ralph Wentling bought the property and started a boys' home. It was known as the Brooklands Home for Boys.
  

• 1968 – The Brooklands Home for Boys was moved to a 212-acre tract near Orangeburg.
  

• 1968 – Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Wannamaker bought the plantation.
  

• 2001 – Brookland Plantation, LLC (owned by Robert Chesnut, Pat Barber, and Cas Danielowski) bought the property and restored the house.
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Indigo

• The well-preserved gravestones of Joseph Jenkins, his wife Martha Grimball Jenkins, and their infant son, Joseph, remain standing in the woods on the property.
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Mary P. Bailey (1928), Robert Chesnut (2001), Joseph Jenkins, James Lowndes (1872), Arthur R. Young, H. E. Young (1872), Joseph R. Young, Ephraim Mikell Seabrook, Henry Seabrook (1846), Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Wannamaker (1968), Reverend Ralph Wentling (1958)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - submitted in 1987 - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 4

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