Basic Information

• Location – French Quarter Creek (a branch of the Cooper River), Huger, St Thomas and St Denis Parish, Berkeley County
  

  Located off SC 41 on Cainhoy Road

• Origin of name – Named for the trees that grew on the property

• Other names –

• Current status –

Timeline

• 1682 – Earliest known date of existence

  Jonah Lynch received a grant of land. He called his property Blessing after the ship that brought him to the new colonies (Irving, p. 135).
  

• ? – The Blessing was divided up into three plantations: Blessing, Cherry Hill, and Cedar Hill.
  

• ? – Henry Laurens purchased the Blessing and then proceeded to purchase Cherry Hill and Cedar Hill (Irving, p. 136).
  

  While in the possession of the Laurens family the plantations were once again divided.
  

• 1845 – Cedar Hill was in the possession of James Poyas.
  

  The Poyas family, on several occasions, entertained William Tecumseh Sherman while he was stationed at Fort Moultrie (Irving, p. 137).
  

• 1860 – By this time all three plantations were owned by William James Ball.
  

• 1865 – The three plantations were once again sold separately.
  

• 1927 – The Wellington Corporation purchased all three plantations. A year later they sold them to T. Ferdinand Wilcox, Esq. and Edward Roesler, Esq. (Irving, p. 136).
  

Land

• Number of acres –

• Primary crop – Rice

Owners

• Alphabetical list – William James Ball; Henry Laurens; Jonah Lynch; James Poyas; T. Ferdinand Wilcox and Edward Roesler; Wellington Corporation
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves –

Buildings

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 2002 - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• John B. Irving, A Day on Cooper River (Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1969).
  

Contact Information

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