Hurst's Plantation – North Charleston – Charleston County

Basic Information

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

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Richmond, Simpson's

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1698 – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – 200 in 1698; Benjamin Hurst added 75 acres to make 275; 575 in 1737;452 in 1778; 470 in 1781

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Thomas Bourke, William Holliday, Benjamin Hurst, Joseph Hurst, Robert Hurst, Thomas McMillan, Jonathan and William Simpson
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Initial references: 4

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

Contact Information

• Telephone: ?