— Sunnyside Plantation 1978 © Library of Congress —
— Prints & Photographs Division HABS SC,10-EDIL,8-1 —

Basic Information

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

  Off north side of Peter's Point Road
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

— Cotton Gin Ruins at Sunnyside Plantation © Pam Black —

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1860 – House built

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Gale J. Belser; Ribecca Moses Mikell; Townsend Mikell; Edward Randall Swan, Jr.; Welch
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1986
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 4

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