Frogmore Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage
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Introduction
Frogmore Plantation tract was owned early by William Crawford who gained it from the estate of Laurens or Lazarus? Crawford. William sold the land to Gabriel Crawford in 1811.[1] Three years later, in 1814, Gabriel Crawford sold the property to Dr. Edward Mitchell.[2]
Dr. Edward Mitchell, of Waccamaw Island, constructed the home on Frogmore about 1820, after he married Elizabeth Baynard of Edisto Island in 1812.
By 1840 Dr. Mitchell operated a plantation of about 240 acres and was said to own a labor force of 124 slaves.[3]
Frogmore is located on Edisto Island, St. John's Colleton Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, near the intersection of SC Highway 174 and Laurel Hill Road (near present-day Pine Landing Road). The plantation lay south of Home Place (Whaley) and east of Dr. Bailey's Farm.
The primary crop was Sea island cotton.
In 1855 (1857?), Dr. Mitchell's executors sold Frogmore to William J. Whaley (1819-1888), who had married Rachel Mitchell. Whaley added 100 acres from an area known as "Ballard's", bringing the total land area to 350 acres.[4]
At the time of The Civil War Frogmore belonged to Joseph Whaley who was seeking return of his property in 1865.[5]
Owners
- Bailey
- Edward Mitchell
- William and Rachel (Mitchell) Whaley
- Joseph Whaley
Slaves
- Slaves of Dr. Edward Mitchell 1855
- Slaves at Little Edisto and Frogmore Plantations, Edisto Island, SC, 1858
Sources
- ↑
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. C8-D8 1810-1811
Film number: 008299947 > image 422 of 577
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-844M (accessed 18 June 2023)- Deed Bk D8 p.197
- ↑
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. H8-L8 1813-1815
Film number: 008196084 > image 151 of 959
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSLV-P7D3 (accessed 18 June 2023)- Deed Bk H8 p.218-219
- ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012), p. 161
- ↑ By Jacob Cohen & Son Private Sale https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-1857-frogmo/125077365/
- The Charleston Daily Courier, Charleston, South Carolina, Tue, Dec 22, 1857, Page 3
- ↑
United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872:
"United States, Freedmen's...t Commissioner, 1865-1872"
Catalog: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 Endorsements sent, endorsements pertaining to restoration of lands 1865-1866. Register of letters received 1865-1866. Register of applications for restoration of property 1865-1866. Register of lands and occupants 1865-1868. Register of restoration orders 1865-1866. Restoration orders 1865-1866. (NARA Series M869, Roll 32)
Image path: United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 > South Carolina > Roll 32, Restoration orders, 1865-1866 > image 30 of 792; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications; Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880, RG 105; (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1980).
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TZ-8QCJ-Y (accessed 17 June 2023)- Freedmen's Bureau, names properties and acreage
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