Wells Plantation – Berkeley County

Basic Information

• Location – Near Smith, Bull Head, Francis Marion National Forest, Berkeley County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• Prior to 1781 – House built

• 1781 – A skirmish during the American Revolutionary War occurred at Well's Plantation on August 24. The Wells family owned the plantation at this time and were publishers of Charlestown's Loyalist newspaper (2).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. Maxwell Clayton Orvin, Historic Berkeley County, South Carolina: 1671-1900 (Self published, 1973)
    Order Historic Berkeley County, South Carolina: 1671-1900

2. American Revolution in SC - August 24, 1781 battle at Well's Plantation