Villa Plantation – Cooper River – Charleston County

Basic Information

• Location – Eastern branch of the Cooper River, Charleston County

• Comments – John Guerard invented the first rice pounding mill in America in 1691.
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Gerard's, Harriott's Villa

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Bonneau, Ellis, John Guerard, Hamilton, Harleston, Harry, Horry, Lucas, Lynch, Pinckney, Rutledge, St. Clair
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Initial references: 6