Laurel Hill 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 Background 1.1 Owners 1.2 Slaves 2 Sources

Background

Laurel Hill comprised 300 acres located on the southern side of the Scanawah Island portion of Edisto Island. Positioned on a bluff opposite Bailey's Island Creek, it was subject to erosion.^[1]

In 1844 E. M. Seabrook purchased from Josiah E. Smith and his wife Eliza property which he calls in his will the Mikell Plantation. Seabrook Sr. also purchased, in 1841, the George's Plantation, from Mrs. (Providence) Mikell, passed to son Ephraim Mikell Seabrook Jr.^[2][3] Both of these tracts together were called Laurel Hill.

These two tracts of land were sold for $17,000 in Jan 1857 to Edward W. Seabrook, from E. M. Seabrook of Bulls Island. E. M. Seabrook was the son of the late E. M. Seabrook of Brookland Plantation.^[2]

• 5 March 1868, Edward W. Seabrook writes J. M. Johnston, agent, to apply for corn and bacon assistance to feed 30 adults and 27 children farming 200 acres (of cotton) + 100 acres (of corn) = 300 acres, the exact size of this plantation. See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99ZG-8XC2?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ2QL-NSM6&action=view

Owners

• John Stewart (in 1733)

• Ephraim Mikell Seabrook Sr
• Ephraim Mikell Seabrook Jr.
• Edward Whaley Seabrook

Slaves

• Slaves of Ephraim Mikell Seabrook 1846
• Slaves of Edward Whaley Seabrook

Sources

1. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012), p. 155
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 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. L14-N14 1859-1873
   Film number: 008300046 > image 314 of 1001
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-6SCP-B (accessed 28 February 2023)
   • Deed Bk L14 p.262
3. ↑ 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. 44-45 1845-1851
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1845-1851, Vol. 044 > image 51 of 484; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-JFC6-2 (accessed 20 June 2023)
   • 1846 will of Ephraim Mikell Seabrook

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