Bennett's Bluff Plantation – Berkeley County

Basic Information

• Location – South side of the Santee River, Berkeley County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• Earliest known date of existence – Thomas Walter acquired the plantation after the American Revolutionary War (3)

• House built – ?

• ? – Thomas Walter, a noted American botanist who compiled the 1788 book Flora Caroliniana cataloging over 1,000 plants found in the Carolinas (2) (3)

• 1789 – Thomas Walter passed away willing Bennett's Bluff to his youngest daughter, Emily Walter Charlton (2)

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Rice (3)

Owners

• Chronological list – Thomas Walter (?-1789); Emily Walter Charlton (1789-?)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. J. Russell Cross, Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley (Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1985)
    Order Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley
   

2. Information contributed by John Doggett from the will of Thomas Walter.
   

3. Find a Grave – Thomas Walter - contributed by John Doggett.