Basic Information

• Location – Western branch of the Cooper River, Moncks Corner, St John's Berkeley Parish, Berkeley County
  

  Located on Old US 52 on Exeter Plantation Road
  

• Origin of name –

• Other names –

• Current status – Berkeley Country Club and subdivisions
  

Timeline

• 1678 – Earliest known date of existence

  Sir Peter Colleton received a land grant of 12,000 acres. The property became known as the Fairlawn Barony.
  

• 1726 – A tract of land from the Barony, known as Exeter, was leased to Hugh Butler by Sir John Colleton (son of Sir Peter).

• 1726-1738 – House was built

  Hugh Butler built a house on Exeter. The house did not belong to him since he built on leased lands.
  

• 1767 – Sir John Colleton (grandson of Sir John) sold 988 acres known as Exeter to Mary Broughton.
  

• 1842 – T.O. Dawson owned the plantation
  

• 1902 – Mr. J.S. Jones, Sr. bought the plantation
  

Land

• Number of acres – 12,000 (1678); 988 (1767)

• Primary crop –

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Mary Broughton (1767), Hugh Butler (1726), Sir John Colleton (1726), Sir Peter Colleton (1678), Dawson, Graves, Charles A. Jones. J.S. Jones Sr. (1902), J. W. Jones, Mazyck, Morris, M. J. Motte, Simons
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves –

Buildings

Web Resources

Print Resources

• Cross, J. Russell. Historic Ramblin's Through Berkeley. Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Co., 1985.
  

• Initial references: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 15

Contact Information

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