Basic Information
- Location – Store Creek, Edisto Island, St. John's Colleton Parish, Charleston County
Located about three miles west of SC 174
- Origin of name – ?
- Other names – Chisolm's, The Launch
- Current status – Privately owned
Timeline
- 1795 – Earliest known date of existence
- Circa 1800 – Susan Chisholm inherited the plantation from her father Dr. Robert Trail Chisolm (National Register, p. 3).
Susan married Oliver Hering Middleton, son of Governor Henry Middleton of Middleton Place Plantation (National Register, p. 3).
- Circa 1830 – The Middletons had a house built (National Register, p. 3).
- 2010 – Mrs. John H. Boineau owned the plantation. Her husband owns Summit Plantation.
Land
- Number of acres – ?
- Primary crop – Sea island cotton
Owners
- Alphabetical list – Mrs. John H. Boineau (2010), Dr. Robert Trail Chisolm (1815), Caroline and Alfred Clarkson, Cotton, Oliver Hering and Susan Chisolm Middleton, Dr. Jenkins Pope (1902), Dr. William M. Pope (1970)
Slaves
- Number of slaves – ?
Buildings
- Two-story wooden house (National Register, p. 2)
Web Resources
- National Register of Historic Places
– Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1970
– Photographs, architectural overview
Print Resources
- Catherine Campant Messner, South Carolina's Low Country: A Past Preserved
(Orangeburg, SC: Sandlapper Publishing Company, 1988)
Order South Carolina's Low Country: A Past Preserved
More about Charleston
- Learn more about historic Charleston County including the port city of Charleston. We have helpful guides to Charleston history and Charleston libraries and museums – plus Charleston restaurants, Charleston bed & breakfasts, Charleston hotels, Charleston real estate, and Charleston jobs.
