Bluford Plantation – Pineville – Berkeley County

— Bluford Plantation Circa 1975 © Library of Congress —
(Prints & Photographs Division HABS SC-236)

Basic Information

• Location – Pineville, St. Stephen's Parish, Berkeley County

  Oakland Club Road (5)
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Oakland Club

• Current status – Has been turned into a hunt club and is now called Oakland Club
  

— Bluford Plantation Mantel Circa 1975 © Library of Congress —
(Prints & Photographs Division HABS SC-236)

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• Late 1700s – Bluford Plantation was owned by Philip Williams (2, p. 205).
  

• ? – Peter Sinkler purchased Bluford Plantation from Philip Williams (2, p. 205) (6).
  

• ? – Peter Sinkler willed the plantation to his son, also named Peter Sinkler (II) (6).
  

• ? – Peter Sinkler II died childless and either left the plantation to his sister Elizabeth Sinkler Dubose or her son William Dubose (2, p. 205, 231) (4) (6).
  

• ? – Julius Dubose, William's nephew, was the next owner of Bluford Plantation (6).
  

• Early 1800s – The house pictured was constructed (3).
  

• 1903 – Bluford Plantation was purchased, developed into a hunt club and renamed Oakland Club. Apparently, another house was constructed for the hunt club about 1905 (5).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Dubose; Robert L. Montague; Robert P. Tucker; Peter Sinkler; Philip Williams
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
   –  Online Catalog
   

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

3. Library of Congress File - HABS SC-236

4. Bluford's Plantation, Dubose Plantation

5. Roots and Recall - Oakland Club or Bluford Plantation

6. Francis Marion and Isaac DuBosc (DuBose) Families Forum