Acorn Hill Plantation – Johns Island – Charleston County

Basic Information

• Location – Bohicket Creek (a branch of the North Edisto River), Johns Island, St. John's Colleton Parish, Charleston County

  Located off Bohicket Road across the creek from Bugby Road on Wadmalaw Island
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1860 – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – 600

• Primary crop – Rice

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Ann Stanyarne, James L. Walpole
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 25 in 1860 (Walpole)
  

Buildings

• Slave cabins – 7

Web Resources

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Print Resources

• Initial references: See #12

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