Point Plantation – Mount Pleasant – Charleston County

— Point Plantation Historical Marker © Gazie Nagle, 2013 —
(Do Not Use Without Written Consent)

Basic Information

• Location – Toomer Creek, Mount Pleasant, Charleston County

  North James Gregarie Road (1)
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – No longer exists; in 1997 the site was excavated by archaeologists (1)
  

Timeline

• 1715 – Earliest known date of existence

  John Vanderhorst paid £360 for 540 acres (1).
  

• ? – House built

• 1740 – John's son Joseph Vanderhorst lived at the plantation ? (1).
  

• 1770s – John's grandaughter Mary and her husband Joshua Toomer owned and lived at the plantation (1).
  

• 1784 – Joshua Toomer married William Vanderhorst's daughter Sabina after the death of Mary. Joshua and Sabina combined the neighboring Richmond Plantation and Point Plantation (1).
  

• 1796 – The property passed to Joshua and Sabina's son Anthony V. Toomer (1).
  

• 1856 – The plantation remained in the Toomer family until this year (1).
  

• 1997 – Only ruins remained of the plantation. Archaeologists found hundreds of articfacts associated with the families that once called Point Plantation home during an excavation of the property (1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 540 acres in 1715 (1)
  

• Primary crop – Timber and livestock (1)
  

Owners

• Chronological list – John Vanderhorst (1715-?); Joseph Vanderhorst (1740); Joshua and Mary Vanderhorst Toomer (1770s-?); Anthony V. Toomer (1796-?)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 29 in 1740 (1)

Buildings

• There had been a house on the plantation.
  

References & Resources

• Historical Markers in Mount Pleasant - PDF - pp. 8-9