Basic Information

• Location – Rantowles Creek, Red Top, Charleston County

  Located off US 17

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Savannah Plantation under the ownership of John Drayton (History of Bulow Plantation)
  

• Current status – Residential development with Ducks Unlimited Conservation Easement (Bulow Landing)
  

Timeline

• 1700s – Earliest known date of existence
  

  John Drayton was the plantation's first owner. He called the plantation Savannah (History of Bulow Plantation)
  

• 1818 – John Joachim Bulow purchased the plantation plus adjacent land on Rantowle's Creek. He would rename the plantation Bulow Plantation (History of Bulow Plantation).
  

• 1860 – The plantation remained in the Bulow family until the death of Thomas Lehre Bulow in 1860 when it was abandoned (History of Bulow Plantation).
  

• 1867 – Property sold to to William L. Bradley (History of Bulow Plantation).
  

  Bradley owned a fertilizer factory in Boston and used the land of Bulow Plantation as a washing station. He also ran a store, called Bulow Store, that served the employees of his mine. Special tokens were issued to purchase items from the store. Bulow ceased mining operations after the earthquate of 1886 (History of Bulow Plantation).
  

• 1894 – William L. Bradley died leaving the land to Peter and Robert, his two sons (History of Bulow Plantation).
  

• Mid 1990s – Property leased for farm use (History of Bulow Plantation).
  

• 2003 – 650 acres purchased by Bulow Land Company LLC with 250 acres deemed as a Ducks Unlimited conservation easement (History of Bulow Plantation).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 650 in 2003

• Primary crop – Rice and corn (History of Bulow Plantation)
  

Owners

• Chronological list – John Drayton, John Joachim Bulow (1818-?), Thomas Lehre Bulow (?-1860), Peter and Robert Bradley (1894-?), Bulow Land Company LLC (2003-present)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• Bulow Store operated on site of former plantation c. 1870s; served mining employees
  

Web Resources

• Bulow Landing: Click here
  

• History of Bulow Plantation: Click here
  

• William L. Bradley's Bulow Store 10 Cents Token

• Jason Hardin, Bulow Plantation Grants Easement (Post & Courier Newspaper: February 10, 2004)

Print Resources

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