Seven Oaks Plantation – Johns Island – Charleston County

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Basic Information

• Location – Stono River, Johns Island, St. John's Colleton Parish, Charleston County

  Located off River Road in the vicinity of Seven Oaks Lane
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1901 – Quash Stevens and his son William F. Stevens bought Seven Oaks for $3,000.
  

• 1909 – Quash Stevens and his son William F. Stevens sold Seven Oaks for $3,500.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 1,100
  
  By 1901 Seven Oaks included only 839 acres.
  

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Phillips, Stevens, Ward

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 44

Buildings

• Slave cabins – 11

Web Resources

• A Short History of Kiawah Island and Quash Stevens

Print Resources

• Layton Wayne Jordan and Elizabeth H. Stringfellow, A Place Called St. John's (Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, 1998)