Basic Information

• Location – Mount Pleasant, Christ Church Parish, Charleston County

  Original plantation lands were located between Shem Creek and the Wando River.
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – The land has been developed into subdivisions.
  

Timeline

• 1702 – Earliest known date of existence

  George Dearsley, an early owner (he may have been the original owner), died and deeded the property to his sister, Elizabeth Quelch (Bridges & Williams, p. 27).
  

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – George Dearsley, Elizabeth Quelch
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

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Print Resources

• Anne Baker Leland Bridges and Roy Williams III, St James Santee Plantation Parish History and Records, 1685-1925, (Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, Publishers, 1997).
  

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