Woodboo Plantation – Lake Moultrie – Berkeley County

Basic Information

• Location – Submerged under Lake Moultrie, St. John's Berkeley Parish, Berkeley County

  Original plantation lands were located on the old road from Biggin Church to Black Oak Church.
  

• 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

• 1740 – House built by Stephen Mazyck

Land

• Number of acres – 862

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – LeSerurier; Stephen Mazyck; Stephen Mazyck, Jr.; Dr. Henry Ravenel; Thomas Porcher Ravenel; St Julian
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Print Resources

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

2. J. Russell Cross, Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley (Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1985)
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3. Norman S. Walsh, Plantations, Pineland Villages, Pinopolis and Its People (Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 2007)
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