Basic Information

• Location – Cooper River, North Charleston, St. James Goose Creek Parish, Charleston County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Original property is part of the former Charleston Naval Base.
  

Timeline

• 1798 – Earliest known date of existence

  Theodore Gaillard purchased the southern part of the Retreat Plantation and called it Mons Repos Plantation.
  

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Theodore Gaillard, James Lee
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

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Print Resources

• Michael J. Heitzler, Goose Creek A Definitive History Volume One Planters, Politicians and Patriots (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2005).
  

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