Archaeological Data Recovery Investigations at Edwards Plantation (38BU1), Lot 9, Old Boathouse Lane, Spring Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina

Part of the Edwards Plantation project

Author(s): Larry James; Ralph Bailey; Colin Brooker; Charlie Philips

Year: 2016

Summary

Stonemark Construction Management contracted Brockington and Associates, Inc. on behalf of the owners, Susan and Ronald Morrow, to conduct data recovery investigations at Lot 9, Old Boathouse Lane, on Spring Island, located near Beaufort, South Carolina. Lot 9 partially encloses the northern portions of archaeological site 38BU1. Site 38BU1 has been identified as the site of the eighteenth- through nineteenth-century Edwards Plantation complex. Site 38BU1 was first recorded by R.L. Stephenson in 1969. The site includes the remnants of a large tabby house and outbuildings, two slave settlements (north and south), a tabby building ruin (previously identified as a barn), and a historic landscape. Site 38BU1 is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Data recovery followed the Treatment Plan approved by the SHPO and is in compliance with the Memorandum of Agreement and the deed covenant for Lot 9, Old Boathouse Lane. The information recovered and documented in this report makes a significant contribution to the history of enslaved people who lived and worked on a Sea Island Cotton plantation in Lowcountry South Carolina and effectively mitigates adverse effects that development of Lot 9 may have on this site.

Cite this Record

Archaeological Data Recovery Investigations at Edwards Plantation (38BU1), Lot 9, Old Boathouse Lane, Spring Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Larry James, Ralph Bailey, Colin Brooker, Charlie Philips. 2016 ( tDAR id: 437501) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8B27XT2

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Late Archaic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Shell

Site Name
38BU1 • Edwards Plantation • Old House Plantation

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Hearth • Historic Structure • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Post Hole / Post Mold • Refuse Pit • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Structure

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Cotton house • Sea Island Cotton • Slave Village

Geographic Keywords
Beaufort County • Spring Island, South Carolina

Temporal Keywords
Antebellum South • Archaic, Late • Postbellum

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -2500 to 1950

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.829; min lat: 32.318 ; max long: -80.796; max lat: 32.353 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Colin Brooker

Field Director(s): Larry James

Project Director(s): Ralph Bailey

Record Identifiers

Brockington and Associates, Inc., report number(s): 4761

SC SHPO Project Number(s): 15-EJ0069

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Final Report