Basic Information

• Location – Bluffton, Beaufort County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Okeetee Barony (Northern Money Southern Land, p. 68), Oketee Barony
  

• Current status – Has been subdivided numerous times

Timeline

• 1718 – Earliest known date of existence - Sir John Colleton obtained a 12,000 acre land grant (Northern Money Southern Land, p. 12).
  

• 1777 – Sir John Colleton died. The large land holding had remained together up until his death. (Northern Money Southern Land, p. 12).
  

• ? – The Colleton family sold 6,000 acres of the barony (Northern Money Southern Land, p. 68).
  

• 1828 – The Colleton family no longer owned any land from the original land grant (Northern Money Southern Land, p. 68).
  

  Devil's Elbow Barnony would be subdivided many times over the years with several plantations being developed from Sir John Colleton's original grant. These plantations include:
  –  Belfair Plantation
  –  Foot Point Plantation
  –  Rose Hill Plantation
  

Land

• Number of acres – 12,000 acres 1718-1777

• Primary crop – Indigo and sea island cotton (Northern Money Southern Land, p. 68).
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Colleton

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Initial references: 67

• Northern Money Southern Land, The Lowcountry Plantations Sketches of Chlotilde R. Martin edited by Robert B. Cuthbert and Stephen G. Hoffius, Publisher, The University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, S.C.

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