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Mount Hope Plantation – Berkeley County
Basic Information
- Location – Santee River, now submerged under Lake Marion, Berkeley County
- Origin of name – ?
- Other names – ?
- Current status – In 1939, work began on the Santee Cooper Hydroelectric and Navigation Project. This project displaced many families and communities, and many historic homes were lost as the area was flooded.
Timeline
- ? – Earliest known date of existence
- ? – House built
- Early 1800s – Dr. Samuel Dwight owned Mount Hope Plantation (3, p. 221).
Land
- Number of acres – 453 (5)
- Primary crop – ?
Owners
- Alphabetical list – John Beels; Dr. Samuel Dwight (1810); Elliott; Thomas Gillard; Thomas Gourdin; John Hardwick; William McDonald; Stanley Thomas (3, p. 221) (5)
Slaves
References & Resources
- 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
- Caption on map of plantations along the Santee River in Upper St. John's Parish, SC 1865
- J. Russell Cross, Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley
(Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1985)
Order Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley
- Albert Sidney Thomas, Thomas Family, South Carolina (Self published 1964)
- Information contributed by John McKenzie from SC Department of Archives and History from Series: L10005 Reel: 0010 Plat: 05504.
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