Elms Plantation – North Charleston – Charleston County

Basic Information

• Location – North Charleston; Charleston County; St. James, Goose Creek Parish
  

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Charleston Southern University is located on part of the original plantation lands.
  

Timeline

• 1682 – Earliest known date of existence

  Land granted to Ralph Izard

• ? – Original house built

• 1809 – House burned

• 1810 – House rebuilt by Henry Izard

  Damaged by the earthquake of 1886, the house was allowed to fall into decay.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 4,350

• Primary crop – Rice

• The Izard family developed a grand garden (Trinkley and Hacker, p. 26).
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Ralph Izard I (1682), Ralph Izard II (1688-1749), Henry Izard (1771-1826), Middleton
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• A Context For the Study of Lowcountry Gardens - PDF - Michael Trinkley and Debi Hacker, 2007, for the Chicora Foundation.
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 6, 11, 19, 20