As part of my photographing the Biggins Church area an important piece is the old site Childsbury. It is part of the Biggins history because the site belong to the churches parish. The town doesn’t exist now except for a chapel and grave sites.
A bit dramatic on the images, but there’s nothing else left.
Childsbury Towne was founded in 1707 on land owned by the Childs Plantation. The Cooper River is just beyond the trees here. It was the central purpose town. Interesting but Childsbury was created as an idea to have a place for plantations to get services and move goods down river to the port of Charleston.
For 50 years there was a general store, leather tanner, access to the Strawberry Ferry, a doctor, tavern, and chapel. Financially it didn’t work and all the services closed. The Chapel remains… the historical treasure that most people don’t know.
In this area, outside the towns, was a countryside filled with plantations. There was Comingtee, Ball, Strawberry, Mepkin, Rice Hope, and several others.
This is now woods, a wildlife area, and a dead end black top to here, Childsbury.