Gallant Hill Plantation – North Charleston – Charleston County

Basic Information

• Location – Head of Goose Creek, North Charleston, Charleston County
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Wee John, Strohecker

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• 1781 – A plat was made this year by a Joseph or John Purcell (1).
  

• ? – Dr. John Frederick Poppenheim acquired the plantation. The Poppenheim family referred to the plantation as Wee John which was the nick-name of Dr. Poppenheim's father (2, p. 184).
  

• 1868 – John Lewis Poppenheim purchased the 1,070 acre plantation from his father John Frederick Poppenheim and wife Aphra Ann Poppenheim. Click here to see the title (1).
  

• ? – John Strohecker purchased Gallant Hill Plantation. It was known as Strohecker Plantation under his ownership (2, p. 184).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 1,070 in 1868; 4,004 under Strohecker ownership (1) (2, p. 184)
  

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by John Strobel.
   

2. Michael J. Heitzler, Goose Creek: A Definitive History - Volume One: Planters, Politicians and Patriots (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2005)