Old Dominion Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina

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

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Owners 3 Slaves 4 Sources

Introduction

Old Dominion at its height contained 950 acres, but much was marshland and only 350 acres was arable. To maximize land area, dikes were used in some places, so the overall shape was irregular. The plantation included earlier grants (180 acres to Henry Bailey and 44 acres to John Hayne). The property included scattered slave cabins and a rarely used wharf.^[1]

John Hanahan left this plantation to his wife,^[2] and then his children. Hanahan's heirs sold it in 1857 to William Mikell Bailey.^[3] A part of this plantation had been sold to Ephraim C. Bailey. ^[4]

The original property was located near present-day Pine Landing Road off SC 174.^[5]

Owners

List taken from Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press.^[6]

• Henry Bayly (Bailey) 1698
• Mark Matthewes 1706
• John Hayne 1714
• Ralph Bailey 1736
• John Calder 1757
• Archibald Calder 1767

• John Hanahan (d.1856)
• William Mikell Bailey MD (1816 - 1868)

Slaves

• List being transcribed.

Sources

1. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012), p.160, 166, 167
2. ↑ South Carolina wills and related probate matters, *land and property records, *public records, some *marriage contracts, 1671, 1692-1868: "South Carolina wills and related probate matters, *land and property records, *public records, some *marriage contracts, 1671, 1692-1868"
   Catalog: South Carolina wills and related probate matters, *land and property records, *public records, some *marriage contracts, 1671, 1692-1868 Wills, etc., 1845-1856
   Film number: 007648983 > image 523 of 561
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9PT-G9P9-7 (accessed 3 June 2023)
   • will of John Hanahan Will Bk L p.471
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. U13-W13 1856-1859
   Film number: 008300052 > image 789 of 1133
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-63HP-J (accessed 3 June 2023)
   • 1857 deed from Hanahan to Bailey
4. ↑ Deed Bk V13 p.538, the deed is not on this page
5. ↑ https://south-carolina-plantations.com/charleston/old-dominion.html
6. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012), p.160, 166, 167