Belvidere Plantation – Johns Island – Charleston County

Basic Information

• Location – Stono River, Johns Island, St. John's Colleton Parish, Charleston County

  Located off Chisolm Road in the vicinity of Gift Boulevard and Belvedere Road
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Gift, Laurel Point, Mount Pleasant, Waterside
  

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1708 – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• Prior to 1770 – John Gordon acquired Belvidere Plantation (2).
  

• 1780 – John Gordon passed away (2).
  

• 1920s – The house burned down.
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Gordon; Hart; LaRoche; Rivers; Waight
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. Layton Wayne Jordan and Elizabeth H. Stringfellow, A Place Called St. John's (Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, 1998)
   
   

2. Information contributed by Charlotte Hutson Wrenn, a descendant of the plantation's early owner, John Gordon.