Ashe Plantation – Little Edisto Island – Charleston County

Basic Information

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

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Ashe's, Little Edisto, Windsor
  

• Current status –

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Sea island cotton
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – John Ashe, Abigail Mikell Baynard, Sarah Ann Seabrook, Edward C. Whaley, Ephraim Mikell Whaley, James Swinton Whaley
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 68

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Initial references: See #1

• Porcher, Richard Dwight and Sarah Fick. The Story of Sea Island Cotton. Charleston: Wyrick & Company, 2005.