Wiskenboo Plantation – Berkeley County

Basic Information

• Location – Berkeley County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Whiskinboo (3)
  

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• Early 1700s – John Allston owned Wiskenboo Plantation (3)
  

• ? – Peter Allston inherited the plantation from his father John Allston (3)
  

• ? – Thomas Cordes purchased the plantation from Peter Allston (3)
  

• 1748 – Thomas Cordes died leaving the plantation to his son Thomas (3)
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – John Allston (Early 1700s); Peter Allston (?); Thomas Cordes (?-1748); Thomas Cordes (1748-?); Smith (?)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
   

2. 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
   

3. Information contributed by Ben Burroughs