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Old Fort Plantation – Beaufort – Beaufort County
Basic Information
Timeline
Land
- Number of acres – 700 in 1850
- Primary crop – Sea island cotton
Owners
- Alphabetical list – John Joyner, John Joyner Smith
Slaves
- Number of slaves – 131 in 1860 (4)
- John Joyner Smith built a mission church on his plantation for the slaves (3, p. 358).
References & 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
- News & Courier Newspaper (predecessor to the Charleston Post & Courier) February 26, 1933 issue reprint of Free South April 4, 1863 listing of St. Helena Island plantation sales prior to the Civil War
- Lawrence S. Rowland, Alexander Moore, and George C. Rogers, Jr. The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: Volume 1, 1514-1861
(Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1996)
Order The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: Volume 1, 1514-1861
- Information contributed by Kate Eakman from Ancestry.com.
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