Berwick Plantation
Fast Facts:
General Information --
- Location – on the ocean side of the public road on the south side of Broad Creek, this would probably fall into contemporary Shipyard Plantation. Lot 35 of Bayley’s Barony.
- Land - 312 acres
Owners -
- Daniel Desaussure, lessee
- J. Berwick, circa 1783
Maps - Mosse, Hilton Head Island, 1783. Lot 35
Bibliography -
Peeples, An Index to Hilton Head Island Names.
Additional Information:
J. Berwick apparently acquired a 312-acre plantation around 1783 – lands formerly leased by planter Daniel DeSaussure, as indicated on Dr. Mosse’s Survey. On the ocean side of the public road on the south side of Broad Creek, this would probably fall into today’s Shipyard Plantation.
- Peeples, Robert E.H., An Index to Hilton Head Island Names (Before the Contemporary Development),p. 3