Located across Charleston Harbor just southwest of the city,
McLeod Plantation encompasses 60 acres of fields and woods. In
addition to its location and accessibility, the property
features an antebellum plantation house and one of the most
remarkably intact rows of slave quarters in existence. McLeod is
not currently open to the public. The area that is now known as
McLeod Plantation first appeared on a 1695 map as a 617-acre
plantation along the Wappoo and Stono rivers on James Island.
Originally belonging to Morgan Morris, the land changed hands
several times during the 18th century. The first owner to
apparently cultivate the land was Samuel Perroneau, who
purchased the property in 1741. Perroneau’s daughter, Elizabeth,
inherited a portion of the land with her husband, Edward
Lightwood II in 1771. Edward Lightwood and his partner Thomas
Everleigh operated the slave trading firm of Lightwood and
Everleigh. The property remained in the family when their
daughter, Sarah Lightwood Parker, inherited the planta