Basic Information

• Location – Submerged under Lake Marion, St John's Berkeley Parish, Orangeburg County
  

• Origin of name –

• Other names – Richardsons

• Current status – In 1939, work began on the Santee Cooper Hydroelectric and Navigation Project. This project displaced many families and communities, and many historic homes were lost as the area was flooded.
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – Black Branch became part of Pond Bluff plantation owned by Francis Marion's widow.
  

• ? – Black Branch was left to Mrs. Marion's grand niece, Mary, the daughter of Richard Singleton of Sumter.
  

• ? – Black Branch was sold by Richard Singleton to J.B. Richardson.
  

Land

• Number of acres –

• Primary crop –

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Francis Marion; J.B. Richardson; Mary Singleton; Richard Singleton
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves –

Buildings

Web Resources

• Black Branch Plantation - a brief summary of the owners (scroll down menu at left)
  

Print Resources

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

• Claude Henry Neuffer (editor), Names in South Carolina, 1943-1983 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company).
  

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