Edward Middleton played a key role in shaping South Carolina's low country landscape. Edward first arrived from Barbados in 1678 with great knowledge and position in political ideal and roles. His legacy grew as his grandson, Henry Middleton served as the president of the Continental Congress and then becoming one of the wealthiest rice planters in the colonies. While his son Arthur lived their name on as being one of the signees of the Declaration of Independence. Their family plantation became through a marriage Henry had with Mary Williams which became a headstone to their family legacy. This rice plantation soon became one of the most profitable in Charleston as it's 10,000 acres sat on the Ashley River. This plantation holds a beautiful main house where they resided, different workshops, horse stables, one of the oldest gardens in the United States that was made in the 1740s, and slave quarters. The planation was kept up by the forced labor os slaves by the hundreds that had volatile rice planting knowledge from West Africa. The estate was overrun by British Troops in the Revolutionary War during the ongoing 'Siege of Charleston' and during this time Arthur Middleton - the son, was captured by British military. Later in 1781, Arthur was released then two years later in 1783, Middleton Plantation was the site where the surrender terms removing British troops from the Southern colonies was signed. Officially ending the British Occupation in southern colonies.