Pierpont Plantation – West Ashley – Charleston County

Basic Information

• Location – Ashley River, West Ashley, St. Andrew's Parish, Charleston County

  Original plantation lands were located off SC 61 in present-day Pierpont Subdivision.
  

• Origin of name – Named for Benjamin Pierpont, an early owner
  

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Land has been developed into Pierpont Subdivision
  

Timeline

• 1677 – Earliest known date of existence

  George Bedon (Beadon) received a grant for 510 acres at the location in 1677.
  

• ? – House built

  The colonial plantation house no longer exists, having been burned by Union soldiers in 1865. It was supposed to have been an old colonial-looking brick mansion with basement loopholes for musketry (Kennerty, p. 9).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 510 in 1677

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Bedon (Beadon); William Fuller; Simon Magwood; Benjamin Pierpont; Henry Symonds
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Rosina Sottile Kennerty, Plantations on the South Side of Ashley River (Charleston, SC: Nelson Printing Corporation, 1983).