Basic Information

• Location – St Pierre Creek (a branch of the South Edisto River), Edisto Island, St. John's Colleton Parish, Charleston County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Point Saint Pierre

• Current status – Privately owned
  

Timeline

• 1821 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1840 – House may have been built by Isaac Jenkins Mikell.
  

  An alternate source suggests that the house is much older and was not built, but simply remodeled, by Mikell.
  

  The house is said to have been used as headquarters by the Union Army during the Civil War.
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Sea island cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Jenkins; George L. Mikell; Issac Jenkins Mikell; Whaley
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 225

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 1973 by Elias Bull - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: See #1, 4

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