Brookland Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Jenkins Slavery

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Contents 1 History 1.1 Owners 2 Slaves 2.1 Labor Contracts 3 Sources

History

Joseph Jenkins owned Brookland Plantation on Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.^[1] Brookland Plantation, also called Brooklands was a prosperous indigo plantation at the time of the Revolutionary War.^[2] In the future it would grow "Sea Island Cotton".^[3] Joseph Jenkins died 22 November 1789 at age 56. There is a small family cemetery on the site as well where Joseph Jenkins and his wife Martha are buried.^[4][5]

Owners

• Walter Abbott^[6]
• John Meggett
• Archibald Calder
• Joseph Jenkins
• Gabriel Seabrook 1765-1824
• Ephraim Mikell Seabrook (1797 - 1846)
• Henry Seabrook

Slaves

Please see:

• Slaves of Joseph Jenkins
• Slaves of Gabriel Seabrook/Ann Jenkins Seabrook
• Slaves of Ephraim Mikell Seabrook 1846

Labor Contracts

Labor Contracts for Brookland per Henry Seabrook ^[7] p. 17-8

Prnce Graham

Betsy Graham

Tenah

Beck

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookland_Plantation
2. ↑ National Register http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710149/S10817710149.pdf
3. ↑ National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/MPS/MPS012.pdf
4. ↑ FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35229796/joseph-jenkins
5. ↑ National register http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710149/index.htm
6. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012) p. 156
7. ↑ Spencer, Charles, "Documents on Edisto Island History" Edisto Island, SC: Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society (2008)