Basic Information

• Location – Kiawah Island, St John's Colleton Parish, Charleston County
  

  This plantation was located on the whole of Kiawah Island and bounded by the Kiawah River, the Stono River, and the Atlantic Ocean.
  

• Origin of name – Kiawah Plantation, Kiawah Island, and today's Kiawah River (which separates Kiawah Island from Johns Island) are all named for a Cusabo tribe that lived on the western shore of the Ashley River when the English settlers landed there in 1670. In fact, area tribes called this river the Kiawah River.
  

  As more settlers arrived, the Kiawah were pushed westward, and the name Kiawah River was changed to Ashley River.
  

• Other names – Kyawah, Kyawha, Oristo

• Current status – Gated community and resort
  

Timeline

• 1699 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1807 – House built

Land

• Number of acres – 5,000

• Primary crop – Cotton, indigo

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Bradley, Gibbes, Moore, Raynor (Rayner, Reiner), Royal, John Stanyarne (1739), Arnoldus Vanderhorst (1807), Wilson
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 150 (1860)

Buildings

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form - submitted in 1973 by Elias Bull - requires Adobe Reader
  

• A Short History of Kiawah Island and Quash Stevens

• Vanderhorst Mansion

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 12, 49

Contact Information

• Telephone:

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