Basic Information

• Location – Western branch of the Cooper River, Cordesville, Berkeley County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Burnt House, Goatfield, Retreat, Turnbull Place

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

  House built by Gabriel and Esther Marion (5).
  

• ? – Gabriel Marion was owner of the plantation, called Goatfield at this time (1, pp. 40-41).
  

  In 1732, Gabriel and Esther Cordes Marion's youngest child was born. Francis Marion, nicknamed the Swamp Fox, would became a legend for his military skill (1, pp. 40-41).
  

• Circa 1737 – The Marions left Goatfield, moving to a plantation near Georgetown so the children could attend an English school (5).
  

• ? – The plantation was folded into Lewisfield Plantation (1, pp. 40-41).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Cordes, Gabriel, Grant, Graves, Hart, Leigh, Gabriel Marion, Prioleau, Smith, Turnbull

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. John Beaufain Irving, A Day on Cooper River (1842) (Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010)
   
   

2. Virginia Christian Beach, Medway (Charleston, SC: Wyrick and Company, 1998)
   
   

3. Records held by the Berkeley County Historical Society

4. J. Russell Cross, Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley (Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1985)
    Order Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley

5. Mark Woodard, Francis Marion, Swamp Fox