— Zante Plantation © National Register of Historic Places —

Basic Information

• Location – St. Matthews Parish, Calhoun County

  Southeast of Fort Motte off SC 601

• Origin of name – The name means wooded (National Register, p. 3).
  

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1771 – Earliest known date of existence

  Peter Manigault purchased the property (National Register, p. 3).
  

• 1773 – Peter Manigault died leaving his holdings to his sons Joseph and Gabriel Manigault (National Register, p. 3).
  

• 1778 – The brothers divided their property and Joseph became sole owner of Calhoun County property (National Register, p. 3).
  

• 1809 – Joseph Manigault sold the property to Major William Elnathan Haskell. The Haskells called the place Zante, meaning wooded (National Register, p. 3).
  

  Haskell had the house that now sits at Zante moved from a different area of the property (National Register, p. 3).

• 1810-1820 – House built (National Register, p. 2)

• 1851 – The plantation was acquired by the Trezevant family and remained in their ownership until 1975 (National Register, p. 3).
  

• 1976 – J. D. Wiles was owner of record (National Register, p. 1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 2,224 in 1773; 4 in 1976 (National Register, p. 2-3)

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Baker, Major William Elnathan Haskell(1809-?), Peter Manigault (1771-1773), Joseph and Gabriel Manigault (1773-1778), Joseph and Gabriel Manigault (1778-1809), Matthews, Trezevant Family (1851-1975), J. D. Wiles (1975-?)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• The house remained in 1976 but had been damaged by vandals (National Register, p. 2).
  

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1976
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

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
  

• Daniel Marchant Culler, Orangeburgh District, 1768-1868: History and Records (Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1995)
   Order Orangeburgh District, 1768-1868: History and Records