Bull Head Plantation – Berkeley County

Basic Information

• Location – St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish, Berkeley County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Bulls Head

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• ? – John Singletary acquired the plantation (7).
  

• 1791 – John Singletary died. In his will, he wished his estate, including "my plantation in St Thomas Parish called Bull Head," to be divided between his two daughters Sarah Margaret Bennett and Mary Capers who was married to William Capers. It is unclear if the plantation was divided in half or if the Bennetts transfered their share of the plantation to the Capers as Bull Head Plantation was documented as being owned by William Capers at this time (3, p. 157) (4) (7).
  

• 1794 – Plat of Bull Head Plantation drawn for John Wigfall (2).
  

• 1813 – James Anderson owned the plantation (5).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 37 listed in the 1791 will of John Singeltary (8)

  Winter
  Abell
  Old Nanny
  Little Nanny
  Jenny
  Cinthia
  Anthony
  Sary and child Jemmy
  Daniel
  Celia and children Botto, Amey, and Jemmy
  Siras, his wife Molly and children Nancey and Susey
  Bella and children Peter and Toney
  Handy
  Prince
  Befs
  Tenah
  Scipio
  Polydore, his wife Hannah and children Jack, March, Tyrah, and Amaritta
  Dinah and children Lucy and Norrige
  Flora and child James
  

References & Resources

1. Maxwell Clayton Orvin, Historic Berkeley County, South Carolina: 1671-1900 (Self published, 1973)
    Order Historic Berkeley County, South Carolina: 1671-1900

2. 1794 Plat - held by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History
   

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

4. Capers, Brig. Gen. Ellison, from The Civil War in South Carolina
   

5. AfriGeneas Slave Research Forum Archive
   

6. Information contributed by Cyndi Shull from:
   The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 2 (South Carolina Historical Society, 1901), p. 283
   

7. Information contributed by Lodi Palmer.
   

8. Information contributed by Anne-Marie Miller from John Singletary's 1791 will: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3