Bulls Island Plantation - Charleston County South Carolina SC

Bulls Island Plantation – Charleston County



Basic Information

Timeline

  • ? – Earliest known date of existence

  • ? – House built

  • ? – Captain John Collins acquired land on Bulls Island (2).

  • 1707 – Captain Collins died and left Bulls Island Plantation to his son Alexander Collins (2).

  • 1723 – Alexander Collins passed away willing Bulls Island to his brother Jonah Collins (3).

  • 1834 – George Morris died and Bulls Island Plantation was part of his estate. The plantation was left to his wife Maria Whaley Morris but was sold for $19,471.78 after George's brother Lewis Morris recommended the sale since it would be too much for Maria to manage plus funds were needed to pay off George's debts (1, p. 206).

  • ? – Mr. Dominick owned Bulls Island. There was a house on the back beach used as a winter residence (4, p. 163).

  • 1932 – The 64,000 acre Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge was formed as a as a migratory bird refuge and is accessible only by boat (4, p. 163).

Land

  • Number of acres – 4,588 in 1834 (1, p. 206)

  • Primary crop – ?

Owners

  • Chronological list – Captain John Collins (?-1707); Alexander Collins (1707-1723); Jonah Collins (1723-?); George Morris (?-1834); Maria Whaley Morris (1834-?); Dominick; Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge (1932-present)

Slaves

  • Number of slaves – 8 in 1834 (1, p. 206)

Buildings

References & Resources

  1. Suzanne Cameron Linder, Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of the ACE River Basin - 1860 (Columbia, SC: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1995)
     Order Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of the ACE River Basin - 1860

  2. Abstracts of Wills of the State of S.C. (1687-1710) Vol. I, p. 25 - (Chief Jeremy & Elizabeth Cacique - contains excerpt) - contributed by Kenneth Collins

  3. Abstracts of Wills of the State of S.C. (1670-1740) Vol. I, p. 99 - (Chief Jeremy & Elizabeth Cacique - contains excerpt) - contributed by Kenneth Collins

  4. 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

  5. Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge



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