Plantation: Ashe of Colleton County,
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Hope Creek, a branch of the Edisto River, Colleton County
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Other Names: Ash
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Timeline: 1771 - Earliest known date of existence, owned by Joseph Ashe; 1790 - willed to Richard Cochran Ashe; 1918 - Bischoff heirs sold to Pon Pon Realty Company; 1929 - Pon Pon Realty Company sold to Donald Dodge. This purchase included three plantations (Ashe Plantation, Bluff Plantation and Village Plantation). He named his property Pon Pon. 2006 - The Dodge family still owns the property and uses it for recreation and hunting.
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Currently: Privately owned |
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Number of acres: 500 in 1790
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Crops: Primary crop - rice
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Number of slaves: 68 owned by Joseph Ashe
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Owners: Joseph Ashe (1711), Richard Cochran Ashe (1790), Bischoff, Donald Dodge (1929), Swinton Whaley.
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| References |
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Linder, Suzanne Cameron. (ACE Basin)Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of the ACE River Basin--1860. Columbia, South Carolina: Published by the South Carolina Dept. of Archives & History for the Archives and History Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, and the Nature Conservancy, 1995. |
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30-15 Plantation File, South Carolina Historical Society |
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