Seaside Plantation – Edisto Island – Charleston County

Basic Information

• Location – Edisto Island, St. John's Colleton Parish, Charleston County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – William Edings, Locksley
  

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1790 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1795 – House built by the Fripp family

• 1865 – Seaside Plantation became a center of activity for the Port Royal Experiment, a program of the United States government designed to train and educate the newly released slaves on the sea islands.
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Edings, Fripp

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 120

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 1981 by W. David Chamberlain - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: See #1, 4