[1] Wadmalaw Island was landed upon by Captain Robert Sandford and the crew of the Berkeley Bay in mid-June 1666 after an excursion up the Bohicket Creek.
On June 23, 1666, Captain and crew carried out the ritual of turf and twig, claiming the land for England and the Lords Proprietors.
[2] In 1670, 148 colonists arrived and settled on the west bank of the Ashley (Kiawah) River.
They survived the first four years of poor crop production through the generosity of natives who shared beans and corn.
[3] In 1890, planters organized the first sailing regatta at Rockville, less than a mile from the tea garden.