Basic Information

• Location – Mount Pleasant, Charleston County

  Just north of Charleston, along the Wando River

• Comments – An archaeological study of the site was conducted by Ted Rathbun of the University of South Carolina after unearthing the vault marker containing the epitaph of Edward Croft. The grave site was not preserved.
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – New Bermuda

• Current status – The land was purchased prior to 1979 from Georgia Pacific and developed in 1979 as the Wando Port.
  

Timeline

• 1735 and 1938 – Earliest known date of existence – 1735 and 1938

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – Total not known. The Port has cleared over 100 acres.
  

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Edward Croft (1738), Edward Peter Croft-son (1756), Mortimer Williams (1760)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 38

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

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Print Resources

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