Basic Information

• Location – East bank of the Ashley River, Dorchester County

• "There are on this place the remains of two residences. One at the spot marked on the old plats as Thomas Waring's residence was evidently a brick house of fair size. The other at a spot also marked on the old plats as 'Steads settlement,' and apparently on the part acquired from William Stead is too broken and dispersed to tell what sort of 'settlement' it was. The old bricks have been removed and only a few sattered broken bricks remain. The old plats give the name as 'Corn Hill'" (Walker, 1941, Reference 45).
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1701 – Earliest known date of existence

  Granted to John Boisseau

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – 770

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – John Boisseau (1701); Elijah Postell (1774); William Postell; Benjamin Waring; Thomas Waring (1745); Thomas Waring, son (1758)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Initial references: 45

More about Dorchester County

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