Culler Plantation – Limestone – Orangeburg County

— Culler Plantation © Tyler Melnick, 2005 —
(Do Not Use Without Written Consent)

Basic Information

• Location – Limestone, Edisto River, Orangeburg County

  5523 North Road / US Highway 178

• Origin of name – Named for founder Jacob Culler

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – Jacob Culler acquired the property.
  

• 1805 – House built

  Jacob Culler constructed a two-story frame house with lumber harvested from the property. He also constructed a kitchen building set back a distance from the house. Over the years, additions were made to the house to accommodate the growing Culler family. Jacob had 16 children by three different wives (1).
  

• 1858 – Jacob Culler died (1).
  

• 1865 – Sherman's troops ransacked the plantation but didn't burn the house (1).
  

• Early 1930s – The house was upgraded with modern conveniences (1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 7,000 under Jacob Culler's ownership (1)
  

• Primary crop – Cotton, indigo, rice, gin (1)
  

• There is an Antebellum era graveyard to the side of the house (2).
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 2 in 1790 (1)
  

References & Resources

1. James Culler Genealogy - scroll down to Generation No. 4
   

2. Information contributed by Tyler Melnick.