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Ladson is located in southwestern Berkeley County, northern Charleston County, and southeastern Dorchester County at (33.009563, -80.105553 It is bordered to the southwest by the town of Summerville, to the south by the city of North Charleston, to the east by the city of Goose Creek, and to the northwest by Sangaree, a census-designated place.
The Ladson family is an American family of English descent that belonged to the planter and merchant elite of Charleston, South Carolina from the late 17th century. The family were among the first handful of European settlers of the English colony of Carolina in the 1670s, where the family quickly became part of the American gentry. [1]
James Henry Ladson (1795–1868) was an American planter and businessman from Charleston, South Carolina. He was the owner of James H. Ladson & Co., a major Charleston firm that was active in the rice and cotton business, and owned over 200 slaves .
James Ladson was born in 1753 in Charleston to a prominent South Carolinian family of English origin. He was the son of William Ladson and Anne Gibbes. His great-grandfather John Ladson emigrated from Northamptonshire in England to Barbados and then to Carolina as one of the first English settlers in 1679, where he built a large plantation and served in the Commons House of Assembly from 1685. [1]
Judith Smith Ladson (May 1766 – September 4, 1820) was an American heiress and socialite who served as the Second Lady of South Carolina. A member of the colonial planter class, she was the daughter of the slave trader Benjamin Smith and the wife of the politician James Ladson, who served as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.
Ladson was born in Charleston, South Carolina to James Ladson, a wealthy planter and slave owner, and Judith Smith. [2] [3] A member of the prominent Ladson family, her father was a military officer in the American Revolutionary War and served as the Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, United States. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]
Dorchester County is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,540. [1] Its county seat is St. George. [2] The county was created on February 25, 1897 by an act of the South Carolina General Assembly. [3] Dorchester County is included in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan ...