Back Pen Plantation – Johns Island – Charleston County

Basic Information

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

  Original property was bounded by Main Road and Chisolm Road
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Pond

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1790 – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – 1,040

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – John LaRoche, Mary Waight (1790), Hugh Wilson (1842), James R. Wilson
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Initial references: See #12

More about Johns Island & Charleston County

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