Mexico Plantation – Santee – Berkeley County

Basic Information

• Location – Santee River, Santee, St. John's Berkeley and St. Stephen's Parish, Berkeley County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Sea island cotton
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Cordes, Gaillard, Samuel Porcher, William Mazyck Porcher, Williams
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – Samuel Porcher owned nearly 400 slaves in total over his plantations upon his death in 1851 (1)

Buildings

Web Resources

• 1851 estate inventory of Samuel Porcher - fold3

Print Resources

• Initial references: See #1, 8, 19