Baynard's Old Place Plantation – Edisto Island
Charleston County

Basic Information

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

• Origin of name – Named for the Baynard family
  

• Other names – Mr. Charles Seabrook's Place, Seabrook Place, Pine Ridge
  

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1772 – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – 200 before 1839; 400 in 1844; 447 in 1846; 460 in 1860
  

• Primary crop – Sea island cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Edward Mitchell Baynard, John C. Baynard, Thomas Baynard, William Baynard, William G. Baynard, Charles and Eva Whaley Seabrook
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

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