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Crawford's Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolinamap
Surnames/tags: Beckett, Crawford, Mikell, Whaley Slavery Black_Heritage
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Background

This profile is part of the Edisto Island, South Carolina One Place Study.

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The Crawford Plantation[1] began as a 110 acre plantation originally part of a tract granted to Marg Grimball, belonging to John Beckett dec'd, then to son, and heir, James and Elizabeth Beckett. The Beckett family sold to James Crawford in 1784.[2]

Crawford sold the plantation to Thomas Baynard in 1802,[3] Thomas Baynard at an unknown date sold the property to Ephraim Mikell.[4][5]

Mikell left the property to his son Ephraim Mikell Jr.[5]

Crawford's then went to Ephraim Mikell Jr's son, William Archibald Mikell.[6]

William Archibald Mikell died about 1840, leaving a wife Hess, and 3 sons. The widow, Hess Mikell, married William Edings in 1844. The property had been left in trust for the widow Mikell and her children.[7] They used it as a summer residence. By this time the Crawford's tract and the Devants tract were combined.[8]

In 1847 the Crawford Devants property of 480 acres was sold to William James Whaley.[9]

The Whaley family lived at Crawford's until the Civil War. By 1861 they were told to evacuate Edisto Island. After the war they came back and William James Whaley lived there until his death in 1888. His son William James Whaley, Jr., inherited Crawford's Plantation.

After the Civil War

After the war the Crawford's Plantation "was occupied by 2 Freedmen Bureau teachers, Mary Ames and Emily Bliss, who were on Edisto Island between May 1865 and September 1866"[1]

Owners

Slaves

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Register of Historic Places Crawford's Plantation https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/493a9040-db5d-436b-a853-b502940f4dba
  2. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
    Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. P6-Q6 1795-1796
    Film number: 008139671 > image 348 of 604
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSK7-B9GM-W (accessed 11 June 2023)
    • 1784 Deed Bk Q6 p.33
  3. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
    Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. E7-H7 1801-1803
    Film number: 008140709 > image 814 of 1132
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSKW-2S3V-D (accessed 12 June 2023)
    • Bk G7 p.455
  4. ↑ deed book index unreadable on those pages
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
    Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 30 1800-1807 Wills v. 31 1807-1818
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1807-1818, Vol. 031 > image 709 of 903; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-NWS9-JC (accessed 15 September 2022)
    • 1809 will of Ephraim Mikell
  6. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
    Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 40-41 1834-1839
    Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1834-1839, Vol. 041 > image 254 of 493; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
    FamilySearch Image: 939L-JXS3-L3 (accessed 13 February 2023)
    • 1838 will of Ephraim Mikell Jr, WB 41 p.717
  7. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
    Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. I11-K11 1842-1846
    Film number: 008300036 > image 308 of 626
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-8SVM-7 (accessed 12 June 2023)
    • Deed Bk J11 p.546
  8. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
    Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. I11-K11 1842-1846
    Film number: 008300036 > image 309 of 626
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-8SJ1-5 (accessed 12 June 2023)
    • Deed Bk J11 p.549
  9. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
    Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. V11-Y11 1845-1849
    Film number: 008300038 > image 1015 of 1150
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-69T3-M (accessed 12 June 2023)
    • p.276-279, Master in Equity Laurens, for Edings, sold the Trust property to Whaley, 22 May 1847




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