Oldfield Plantation – St Stephen – Berkeley County

Basic Information

• Location – St. Stephen St. Stephen's Parish, Berkeley County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• 1790 – Philip Porcher Jr was listed in the Census for the Parish in this year and most likely owned the plantation at this time (1, p. 204-205).
  

• 1817 – Philip Porcher Jr passed away (1, p. 79).
  

• 1839 – Thomas Cordes Porcher, Philip's son, owned Oldfield Plantation (3).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

• There is a cemetery at Oldfield Plantation (2).
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

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. Oldfield Plantation Cemetery, Berkeley County, South Carolina
   

3. From the description of Account book of Philip Porcher, 1776-1936. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 32108298