Shell House Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina
Location: Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: slavery black_heritage Edisto Island
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Shell House was a triangular property on Edisto Island, wedged between the Crawford Plantation on the south, and Sandy Creek on the north.
In the 1840's the Shell House Plantation belonged to James Joseph Clark. In 1847 Clark mortgaged the plantation and a number of enslaved persons. (very difficult to read the document)[1]
Clark mortgaged Shell House Plantation and the enslaved persons again in 1849, this time to Thomas Gelzer. (difficult to read)[2]
In 1860 Shell House Plantation was advertised for sale By Thomas M. Hume after the death of James J. Clark.[3]
By 1873 Shell House Plantation on Edisto Island was up for sale again. The sale ad stated it had 404 acres, a large dwelling house, a cotton house built about 4 years prior, a large commodious stable, and 9 framed laborers houses. Advertised by Louis D. DeSaussure[4]
By In 1875, free man, Jim Hutchinson, organized with 21 other freedmen, and was successful in purchasing the 404 acres of Clark’s Shell House Plantation.[5]
At one time Shell House Plantation was one of three plantations on Edisto Island owned by Ephraim Mikell Baynard. At 142 acres, it was a relatively small plantation with a small slave community. Baynard did not live here, preferring to reside at Rabbit Point Plantation.[6]
Owners
- William Mikell Clark
- James J. Clark
- Ephraim Mikell Baynard (1797 - 1865)
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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. S11-U11 1845-1849
Film number: 008293558 > image 305 of 1086
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR7-BV1F (accessed 9 May 2023)- Deed Bk S11 p.569-570, mortgage
- ↑
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. A12-B12 1847-1849
Film number: 008293557 > image 595 of 693
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR7-T9GC-Q (accessed 9 May 2023)- 1849 Deed Bk B12 p.451
- ↑ Estate Sale https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-1860-shell/124338532/ The Charleston Daily Courier, Charleston, South Carolina, Mon, Jan 2, 1860, Page 3
- ↑ Edisto Island Shell House https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-news-1873-shell-hou/124337939/ The Charleston Daily News, Charleston, South Carolina, Tue, Jan 7, 1873, Page 3
- ↑ https://edisto.org/history/
- ↑ Spencer, Charles, Edisto Island 1663 to 1860: Wild Eden to Cotton Aristocracy Charleston, SC: The History Press (2012) p. 132
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