Richmond Plantation – Mount Pleasant – Charleston County

— Richmond 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

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• 1700s – William Vanderhorst owned the plantation (1).
  

• 1784 – Joshua Toomer married William's daughter Sabina. They combined the neighboring Vanderhorst Point Plantation and Richmond 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 – Archaeologists found hundreds of articfacts associated with the families that once lived at the plantation during an excavation of the property (1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Bricks, oak firewood, rice, livestock (1)
  

Owners

• Chronological list – William Vanderhorst (?); Joshua Toomer (?); Joshua and Sabina Vanderhorst Toomer (1784-1796); Anthony V. Toomer (1796-?)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

• Historical Markers in Mount Pleasant - PDF - p. 9