Basic Information

• Location – Cooper River, North Charleston, St James Goose Creek Parish, Charleston County
  

• Origin of name –

• Other names – Marsh Lands, Lawton
  

• Current status – Original property is part of the former Charleston Naval Base. The house was moved to James Island and is part of the Hollings Marine Laboratory.
  

Timeline

• 1682-83 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1810 – House built by John Ball

• 1861-1865 – During the Civil War, Union soldiers used Marshlands as headquarters for the United States Sanitary Commission.
  

• 1940s – House was restored
  

• 1961 – The house was loaded intact aboard a barge and floated from its site within the bounds of the Naval Base to James Island.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 30 in 1683; 822 in 1806
  

• Primary crop –

Owners

• Alphabetical list – John Ball, College of Charleston, Paul Grimball, Nathaniel Heyward, Cecilia Lawton, Charles and Elizabeth Manigault, United States Government Navy Yard and Reservation, John Wragg, Joseph Wragg
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves –

Buildings

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 1972 by Caroline Dixon - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8

• Michael J. Heitzler, Goose Creek A Definitive History Volume One Planters, Politicians and Patriots (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2005).
  

Contact Information

• Telephone:

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