Cassina Point Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Owners 3 Slaves 4 Research Notes 5 Sources

Introduction

Cassina Point Plantation, originally known as Hopkinson House, was built in 1847 as a wedding present for James Hopkinson (1810 - 1875) and Carolina Lafayette (Seabrook) Hopkinson (1825 - 1879).^[1]

Cassina Point Plantation was the third plantation created by the Seabrook family on Edisto Island. A cotton plantation, Cassina Point was named after the cassina bush which grows in the area.

Backed up to a tidal creek that flows into the Dawhoo River, Cassina Point provides a view of Oak Island Plantation across West Bank Creek.

Owners

• James Hopkinson (1810 - 1875)

Slaves

1860 Slave Schedule
In the 1860 Slave Schedule, James Hopkinson was in Edisto Island, Colleton, South Carolina, United States with 257 slaves.^[2]

See Slaves of James Hopkinson (1810 - 1875), South Carolina for details.

Research Notes

• Names for slaves.

Sources

1. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012), p. 144
2. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #90813541 (accessed 21 March 2023)
   James Hopkinson in Edisto Island, Colleton, South Carolina, USA.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassina_Point
• https://www.scpictureproject.org/charleston-county/cassina-point-plantation-2.html
• https://south-carolina-plantations.com/charleston/cassina-point.html
• http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710142/S10817710142.pdf