Little Swamp Plantation – Bamberg County

Basic Information

• Location – Historically in Colleton County but annexed between 1919-1924 into Bamberg County (1)
  

  Highway 362 (1)
  

• Comment – Was once a part of Salkehatchie Plantation

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

  James Goodwin Sr acquired the property (1).
  

• ? – House built

  There was a house of log construction built at Little Swamp Plantation (1).
  

• 1870 – James Goodwin Sr inherited the plantation from his father, James Goodwin Sr (1).
  

• 1916 – After the death of James Goodwin Jr, the plantation was divided into 20 sections and distributed among his children (1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 2,100

• Primary crop – Cotton and food crop items sold in Charleston (1)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

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References & Resources

1. Information contributed by descendant Faye Goodwin Kerstetter from Colleton County Clerk Records, the Goodwin Reunion Book of 1986, and Mills Atlas of SC by Leroy Swindell.