Basic Information
- Location – Submerged under Lake Moultrie, St. John's Berkeley Parish, Berkeley County
Plantation lands were originally located near present-day Bonneau
- Origin of name – Name is of Native American origin
- Other names – ?
- Current status – In 1939, work began on the Santee Cooper Hydroelectric and Navigation Project. This project displaced many families and communities, and many historic homes were lost as the area was flooded.
Timeline
- 1705 – Earliest known date of existence
Land grant to Pierre de St. Julien de Malacare
- 1716 – House built by Rene Louis Ravenel
- 1804 – Second house built by another Rene Ravenel
- 1852 – Western wing added by Doctor Henry Ravenel
Land
- Number of acres – 4,000
- Primary crop – Santee long cotton (hybrid between Upland cotton and Sea Island cotton)
Owners
- Alphabetical list – Pierre de St. Julian de Malacare, Mazyck, Henry Le Noble, Dr. Henry Ravenel, Rene Louis Ravenel (1714), P. R. Porcher, R. D. Porcher, St. Julien, Steward
Slaves
- Number of slaves – ?
Buildings
Web Resources
Print Resources
- Initial references: See #1
- Russell J. Cross, Historic Ramblin's Through Berkeley (Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Co., 1985).
- Claude Henry Neuffer (editor), Names in South Carolina, 1943-1983 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company).
- Norman Sinkler Walsh, MD, Plantations, Pineland Villages, Pinopolis and Its People (Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 2006).
