Mount Pleasant Magazine Jan/Feb 2019

39 www.ReadMPM.com | www.BestOfMP.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com largest families over the years: Manigault, Jefferson, Moultrie, Horry and Campbell. According to Hamlin historian Elizabeth Hamlin “Liz” McConnell, the community was established in 1701, not long after Copahee Plantation was purchased by Thomas Hamlin, one of her ancestors, in 1696. The plantation originally encompassed around 1,200 acres of land. Later divided into Copahee and Contentment Cottage, part of what remains, around 400 acres, is known as Hamlin Farms and owned by McConnell’s brother, Osgood Darby Hamlin III. Sixteen years after they were freed from slavery by the outcome of the Civil War, in 1881, part of the plantation was purchased by African-American farmers. James Hibben Hamlin sold 30 lots of approximately 10 acres each in an area that became Hamlin Beach, between Copahee Sound and Boone Hall Plantation. Among the names of the buyers, noted on a copy of the plat stored among thousands of other bits of information in the “history room” in McConnell’s house, are Jefferson, Coakley and Daigle. The area is now bisected by Rifle Range Road and Hamlin Road. A handwritten note on the document in McConnell’s possession describes the sale: “Plat of a tract of land formerly a part of Cottage cut off and divided into lots for the purpose of sale situate in Christ Church Parish on the waters of Copahee Sound with such marks and boundarys as are shown. Surveyed at the request of J.H. Hamlin, Esq. and owned by Mssrs. J.H. and P.M. Hamlin and S.P. Girardeau.” Hamlin also is home to Cook’s Old Field Cemetery, which was established by the Hamlin, Hibben and Leland families before the Revolutionary War. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the cemetery is the final resting place of James Hibben, one of the founders of the town of Mount Pleasant. The community is home to generations of South Carolinians. Some have lived in other places temporarily, but many have returned to their roots in Hamlin. Liz McConnell. Photo by Brian Sherman. ACCURATECHIROPRACTIC 843.971.8814 Mustpresent coupon.Cannotbe combined.Expires2/28/19 NewPatientsOnly $ 40 Drs. Gina & Michael C ourson 3373 S. Morgans Point Rd., Ste. 307 Next to Charleston National Subdivision TWO LOCATIONS www.mtpleasantchiro.com 426W. Coleman Blvd., Ste. D Near ShemCreek open saturdays • Family Holistic Practice ~ Treating All Ages • Many Techniques Including Instrument Adjusting • Low Level Cold Laser Therapy • Personal Injury & Accidents • Insurance Accepted • Affordable Payment Plans •Walk-InsWelcome! feature