Wakefield Plantation – Sheldon – Beaufort County

Basic Information

• Location – Sheldon, Scott's Neck, Prince Williams Parish, Beaufort County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• ? – Isabel Fripp acquired the plantation (1).
  

• 1828 – Edgar Fripp inherited Wakefield Plantation from his sister Isabel Fripp after her death (1).
  

• 1846 – Henry M. Stuart purchased the plantation from Edgar Fripp in February (1).
  

• 1846 – Henry M. Stuart didn't own Wakefield long as he sold it to Mary Richardson in March (2).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 488 in 1828; 508 in 1846 (1) and (2)
  

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by John Strobel from:
   William Rice, Reports of Cases in Chancery, Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals and Court of Errors of South-Carolina
   

2. Information contributed by John Strobel from:
   Sale document