Basic Information

• Location – Submerged under Lake Moultrie, St John's Berkeley Parish, Berkeley County
  

  Plantation lands were originally located 5 miles west of present-day Bonneau
  

• Origin of name – ?

• 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

• 1700 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1712 – House built by Pierre de St. Julian
  

  House would be burned by Union soldiers under General Hartwell.
  

• 1718 – Pierre de St. Julian gave Wantoot to his son Pierre on June 2nd
  

• 1910 – Four brothers, Olin M. Pegues, Hilliard E. Pegues, Sarius O. Pegues and Frank W. Pegues, purchased the plantation from Hawkins Jenkins.
  

• 1918 – On December 28th, the brothers signed a contract to sell Wantoot to B.M. Hudson for $33,500.00. Hudson made a down payment of $5,510.00 with additional payments due directly to the Pegues brothers.
  

• 1919 – B.M. Hudson transfered the contract to J.W. Saverance and H.S. Scarborough on October 31st.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 1,000

• Primary crop – ?

• British Officer Major John Majoribanks is buried on the grounds.
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – B.M. Hudson (1918-1919), Hawkins K. Jenkins (?-1910), John Kimberly, Olin M. Pegues, Hilliard E. Pegues, Sarius O. Pegues and Frank W. Pegues, Daniel Ravenel, Dr. James Ravenel (1910-1918), Pierre de St. Julian (?-1718), Pierre de St. Julian Jr. (1718-?), J.W. Saverance and H.S. Scarborough (1919-?)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• Historic Marker for the grave of John Majoribanks
  

Print Resources

• 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society

• Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
   Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
   Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
  

• J. Russell Cross, Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley (Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1985)
   Order Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley

• Sankofa's Plantation Data Collection
  

• Ann Pamela Cunningham file 30-04, South Carolina Historical Society
  –  Biographical and genealogical research on Ann P. Cunningham