— Walnut Grove Plantation © Darby Nolan —

Basic Information

• Location – St. James Santee Parish, north of Awendaw, Charleston County
  

  Between US Highway 17 and the Intercoastal Waterway
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Part of the Francis Marion National Forest
  

— Walnut Grove Plantation House © Darby Nolan —

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – Major Percy was the owner

• 1828 – David Doar purchased the plantation

• Early 1990s – The house that is still standing was built

— Walnut Grove Plantation Avenue of Oaks © Darby Nolan —

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – David Doar; Gourdin; Major Percy
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• A house built in the early 1900s remains but is abondonded.
  

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
   Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
   Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
  

Contact Information

• Francis Marion National Forest
  PO Box 788
  McClellanville, SC 29458
  

  Telephone: 843-887-3257
  Website: Click here
  

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