Basic Information

• Location – Swinton Creek, Adams Run, St. Paul's Parish, Charleston County

  Off County Road 390 (Toogoodoo Road) six miles southeast from Adams Run
  

• Origin of name – Amarinthia Jenkins named the plantation "Summit" because it expressed the summit of her happiness.
  

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1694 – Earliest known date of existence

  Originally granted to Landgrave Thomas Smith in 1694 and re-granted to Joseph Blake six years later
  

• 1730 – House built by John Bull

  The original house fell into disrepair and was known as "Rat Hall."

• 1819 – A new home was built by William Wilkinson.
  

• 1929 – William Wilkinson received a silver loving cup from the Agricultural Society for the best five acres of cotton.
  

• 1982 – John Boineau built two one-room additions.
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Rice

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Joseph Blake (1700), John Boineau (1966), Mary Middleton and Pierce Butler, John Dorsius, Daniel Jenkins, Landgrave Thomas Smith (1694), Amarinthia Wilkinson, William Wilkinson (1847)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 1983 by Suzanne Pickens Wylie, John Wells, and David Chamberlain - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 49

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