The Mouzon Plat Book surveys lands held by various individuals and families in Craven County [now in parts of Berkeley, Charleston, Georgetown, and Williamsburg counties], Colleton County and Berkeley County in South Carolina. Plats are drawn in pencil and ink. Book includes an index at the beginning and at the end are two pages of accounts and also lands to be resurveyed for the estate of Henry Mouzon Jr.
1850-1859, 1870-1879, 1860-1869, 1840-1849, 1830-1839, and 1820-1829
Description:
This is the plantation register by Mathurin Guerin Gibbs (1788-1849) for Rice Hope Plantation (January 1, 1824 to December 1844) and Jericho Plantation (December 1844 to 1875). Gibbs, a lawyer before becoming a planter, used the first several pages of the manuscript dating January 1824 to May 1829 for summarizing legal cases. The plantation register primarily documents daily labor activities on the plantation including cultivation and harvesting of staple crops such as corn, cotton (Sea Island Cotton and Santee black seed cotton), rice and potatoes, livestock, and building fences. Gibbes also writes about the use and management of slave labor, the movement of enslaved people between the plantation and Charleston, and selling and purchasing of enslaved people. Slave names are included in portions of the register. Gibbs notes throughout the register the struggles he encounters as a planter including being unable to pay the mortgage of Rice Hope Plantation and the property going into foreclosure. Most of the entries at the end of the register are regarding slave births, slave deaths and distribution of blankets. Gibbs died in 1849 and the management of the plantation was carried out by his son.
Copy of a plat laid out at Goose Creek now belonging to Benjamin Mazyck. 200 acres of land commonly called Busharia. Butting and bounding on the north and west on Col. James Moore land and the south on Captain Schrenckingh and on the east on Madam Davis' land. Names associated with this plat are Benjamin Mazyck, Davis, Lawson, Thomas Smith, Benjamin Schrenckingh, James Moore, and David Daw. Notable geographic locations include Busharia, Booshee, and Goose Creek.
Plat of 1126 acres in St. James Goose Creek on Wasamasaw [Wassamassaw] Swamp. Plat is in pencil and is difficult to read the few details, although there are a few outlines of buildings included, but difficult to tell what they are. Names associated with this plat include Daniel Gelyer, J. Ferrels, Thomas Cusack [?], and James Haney. Notable geographic locations include Wasamasaw [Wassamassaw] Swamp, Sheep Island, Goose Creek, Road to Dorchester, and Ekells Branch.
Plat of 419 acres near Goose Creek sold to Benjamin Wood by John Parker. Only the trees located on the property line and names on neighboring property owners are included. Names associated with this plat are John Parker, Benjamin Wood, Thomas Barker, John Barley, James Boswood, Benjamin Woods, John Stevens, Thomas Hodson, I. Drayton, Thomas Mell, and Ben Godin.
"Copy of a plat of a tract now belonging to Richard Goughlr." The tract contains 500 acres and states that it was granted to Isaac Lewis on March 21, 1715. Names associated with this plat are Isaac Lewis, John Broughton, John Glover, John Diamond, and Richard Goughlr [?]. Notable geographic locations include Goose Creek, St. James Parish and Black Jon Bay.
Copy of a plat of 150 acres and granted to Jobe Howes now forming part of Hickory Hill plantation in St. James Goose Creek and part in St. John and St. James Parish.
Plat of 100 acres of land conveyed by William Norman to Edward Keating situated at Goose Creek. Names associated with this plat are Edward Keating, William Norman, John Bayly, and Moultrie. Notable geographic locations are Goose Creek.
Plat contains 59 (1/2) acres. Plat contains the road to Ladson running west to east through the property the plat also includes the location of the house as well as the brickyard. Names associated with this plat include E.J. Jackson, M. Brailsford, Caines, Edon, F.C. Shutty and W.B. Guerard. Notable geographic locations include St. James Parish and Goose Creek.
