History
According to one South Carolina legend, the first joggling board was built in the early 19th century at Acton Plantation, which was located in the "Midlands" of South Carolina, near Stateburg in Sumter County; it is maintained that it was constructed with reference to the design of a model shipped to the plantation owner's sister by relatives at the family estate of Gilmerton House in Scotland, and originally developed for exercise purposes.
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