Blue Field Plantation – Lake Marion – Berkeley County

Basic Information

• Location – Submerged under Lake Marion, Berkeley County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• 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

• ? – House built

• Early 1800s – John Palmer Jr. probably owned Blue Field Plantation (2, p. 221).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Green; John Palmer Jr.
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
   

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