A History of the Lands Occupied by Naval Weapons Station Charleston
This report concentrates on the history of the plantations that were once located within the boundaries of Charleston Naval Weapons Station (NWSC). The NWSC is a large tract (17,000 acres) situated on the west side of the Cooper and Back Rivers, approximately 15 miles from Charleston. Currently comp...
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ftdatacite:10.6067/xcv8448184 2023-05-15T15:34:51+02:00 A History of the Lands Occupied by Naval Weapons Station Charleston Larimer, Terrence 2002 https://dx.doi.org/10.6067/xcv8448184 https://core.tdar.org/document/448184/a-history-of-the-lands-occupied-by-naval-weapons-station-charleston en eng Brockington and Associates, Inc. Charleston, SC Berkeley County Naval Weapons Station Charleston South Carolina State / Territory World War I World War II Cold War Woodland Historic Native American Mississippian Archaic Prehistoric Historic Middle Archaic Late Archaic Araret Plantation Brick Hope Plantation Back River Plantation Cow Jig Plantation Cedar Hill Plantation Maris Hill Hickory Hill Plantation Mount Pleasant Plantation Marrington Palmettos Plantation Old Tom Prioleau Parnassus plantation Sambo Hill Red Bank Plantation Sunnyside Plantation Snows Point Plantation Yeamans Hill Plantation Woods Point Plantation Liberty Hall Plantation Melgrove Plantation White House Historic Background Research Records Search / Inventory Checking Heritage Management Text article-journal ScholarlyArticle 2002 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6067/xcv8448184 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z This report concentrates on the history of the plantations that were once located within the boundaries of Charleston Naval Weapons Station (NWSC). The NWSC is a large tract (17,000 acres) situated on the west side of the Cooper and Back Rivers, approximately 15 miles from Charleston. Currently comprised of four main areas: Northside, Marrington, Southside and South Annex, the land occupied by NWSC was home to many historic plantations. Each of the four large modern tracts is a collection of multiple historic smaller tracts. These historic tracts were of modest size, between 300 and 1,000 acres. Available official records offer few details as to how the properties were used. Deeds that extend back to the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries rarely describe buildings or other improvements. Archaeological evidence, however, indicates that NWSC lands were used extensively for the production of bricks as well as for rice agriculture. Documentary evidence from wills, probate inventories, and census records support the material evidence for bricks and rice. Text Back River DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Sunnyside ENVELOPE(-54.615,-54.615,49.633,49.633) Woods Point ENVELOPE(-97.594,-97.594,58.628,58.628) |
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Charleston, SC Berkeley County Naval Weapons Station Charleston South Carolina State / Territory World War I World War II Cold War Woodland Historic Native American Mississippian Archaic Prehistoric Historic Middle Archaic Late Archaic Araret Plantation Brick Hope Plantation Back River Plantation Cow Jig Plantation Cedar Hill Plantation Maris Hill Hickory Hill Plantation Mount Pleasant Plantation Marrington Palmettos Plantation Old Tom Prioleau Parnassus plantation Sambo Hill Red Bank Plantation Sunnyside Plantation Snows Point Plantation Yeamans Hill Plantation Woods Point Plantation Liberty Hall Plantation Melgrove Plantation White House Historic Background Research Records Search / Inventory Checking Heritage Management |
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Charleston, SC Berkeley County Naval Weapons Station Charleston South Carolina State / Territory World War I World War II Cold War Woodland Historic Native American Mississippian Archaic Prehistoric Historic Middle Archaic Late Archaic Araret Plantation Brick Hope Plantation Back River Plantation Cow Jig Plantation Cedar Hill Plantation Maris Hill Hickory Hill Plantation Mount Pleasant Plantation Marrington Palmettos Plantation Old Tom Prioleau Parnassus plantation Sambo Hill Red Bank Plantation Sunnyside Plantation Snows Point Plantation Yeamans Hill Plantation Woods Point Plantation Liberty Hall Plantation Melgrove Plantation White House Historic Background Research Records Search / Inventory Checking Heritage Management Larimer, Terrence A History of the Lands Occupied by Naval Weapons Station Charleston |
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Charleston, SC Berkeley County Naval Weapons Station Charleston South Carolina State / Territory World War I World War II Cold War Woodland Historic Native American Mississippian Archaic Prehistoric Historic Middle Archaic Late Archaic Araret Plantation Brick Hope Plantation Back River Plantation Cow Jig Plantation Cedar Hill Plantation Maris Hill Hickory Hill Plantation Mount Pleasant Plantation Marrington Palmettos Plantation Old Tom Prioleau Parnassus plantation Sambo Hill Red Bank Plantation Sunnyside Plantation Snows Point Plantation Yeamans Hill Plantation Woods Point Plantation Liberty Hall Plantation Melgrove Plantation White House Historic Background Research Records Search / Inventory Checking Heritage Management |
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This report concentrates on the history of the plantations that were once located within the boundaries of Charleston Naval Weapons Station (NWSC). The NWSC is a large tract (17,000 acres) situated on the west side of the Cooper and Back Rivers, approximately 15 miles from Charleston. Currently comprised of four main areas: Northside, Marrington, Southside and South Annex, the land occupied by NWSC was home to many historic plantations. Each of the four large modern tracts is a collection of multiple historic smaller tracts. These historic tracts were of modest size, between 300 and 1,000 acres. Available official records offer few details as to how the properties were used. Deeds that extend back to the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries rarely describe buildings or other improvements. Archaeological evidence, however, indicates that NWSC lands were used extensively for the production of bricks as well as for rice agriculture. Documentary evidence from wills, probate inventories, and census records support the material evidence for bricks and rice. |
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A History of the Lands Occupied by Naval Weapons Station Charleston |
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A History of the Lands Occupied by Naval Weapons Station Charleston |
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