Basic Information

• Location – Cooper River, Charleston Neck, Charleston County

  Original plantation lands were located in and around Magnolia Cemetery off Meeting Street (US 52).
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – The majority of the land was donated for Magnolia Cemetery.
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1790-1805 – A house was built on the property.
  

• 1849 – The Magnolia Cemetery Company began looking for land to create a rural cemetery. They decided on the site of Magnolia-Umbra Plantation. Ninety-two acres were conveyed to the company, and noted architect, Edward C. Jones, began to construct the cemetery. The original plantation house was still on the property (National Register, p. 3).
  

• 1850 – On November 19 the cemetery was officially dedicated with a religious ceremony, music, and an address delivered by Charles Fraser, a Charleston miniaturist (National Register, p. 10).
  

• 1920s – A small portion of the original 92 acres was sold and developed (National Register, p. 10).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Magnolia Cemetery Trust

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1976
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• John B. Irving, A Day on Cooper River (Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1969).
  

Contact Information

• Magnolia Cemetery Trust
  70 Cunnington Avenue
  Charleston, SC 29405
  

  Telephone: 843-722-8638
  

More about Charleston

• Learn more about historic Charleston County including the port city of Charleston. We have helpful guides to Charleston history and Charleston libraries and museums – plus Charleston restaurants, Charleston bed & breakfasts, Charleston hotels, Charleston real estate, and Charleston jobs.