Pointe Plantation – McClellanville – Charleston County

Basic Information

• Location – Jeremy Creek, McClellanville, St. James Santee Parish, Charleston County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other spellings – Point

• Current status – Plantation no longer exists; land has been subdivided with a portion of it now the eastern side of the Town of McClellanville
  

Timeline

• 1705 – Earliest known date of existence

  John Whilden was granted 493 acres but never developed or built on the land.
  

• 1717 – Whilden sold the land to Colonel Thomas Lynch. Lynch also owned nearby Peachtree Plantation.
  

• ? – George Benison purchased the tract.
  

• ? – The land was passed to George's son William Benison.
  

• 1771 – Archibald McClellan bought the land and gave it the name Pointe Plantation.

• Mid 1850s – McClellan, along with Richard Tillia Morrison II of Laurel Hill Plantation, began selling lots near the creek to planters and the village of McClellanville was born.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 493 in 1705
  

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – George Benison; William Benison; Colonel Thomas Lynch (1717-?); Archibald McClellan (1771-?); John Whilden (1705-1717)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?
  

Buildings

Web Resources

Print and Archive Resources

• James Osgood McClellan (Jr), The McClellans of St. James Santee Parish, McClellanville, South Carolina, (J.O. McClellan, Jr., Publisher, 1988)