Wambaw Plantation – Berkeley County

Basic Information

• Location – Berkeley County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• 1757 – Peter Peter Gaillard was born at Wambaw Plantation (2, p. 14) (3).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

• Daniel Huger died on December 24, 1711 and is buried on the property.
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Peter Gaillard, Elias Horry, Daniel Huger
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
   

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

3. Information contributed by Evelyn Creech Wrightq, a Gaillard family descendant.