Gravel Hill Plantation – Bonneau – Berkeley County

Basic Information

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

  Original plantation lands were located east of US 52 in the vicinity of Gravel Hill Road
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – The plantation no longer exists
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

  John "Turpentine" Pamor acquired the property (3).
  

• ? – House built

• 1785 – John Pamor passed away. His will instructed that his children were to spell their names Palmer instead of Pamor (2) (3).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Turpentine (3)
  

• The plantation cemetery contains ten members of the family. The earliest is that of Marianne Gendron Pamor with date of death 1783.
  

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. Information contributed by Ramona L. Grimsley, Digital Projects Librarian for Berkeley County Library, from:
   – Gravel Hill Plantation Cemetery Records
   

3. Information contributed by Ramona L. Grimsley, Digital Projects Librarian for Berkeley County Library, from:
   – Springfield Plantation - Palmer Family