Willingham Plantation – Bull Pond – Allendale County

Basic Information

• Location – Brier Creek (a branch of the Savannah River), Bull Pond, Allendale County
  

  Located on SC 492, north of US 321 and west of SC 3
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• 1900s – In the early 1900s, Arthur J. Morris purchased the plantation from the five Willingham brothers (1, p. 51).
  

• 1973 – Arthur J. Morris died. The property changed hands a few times. The fields were neglected and the buildings began to deteriorate (1, p. 52).
  

• 1993 – Robert Clement, Jr. and Robert Clement, III purchased the plantation. The son later bought out his father's share. The father then bought a portion of the neighboring plantation, Burnt Orange (1, p. 50).
  

  The father-son team have spent thousands of dollars to restore the land and buildings on the property.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 495 in 1993

• Primary crop – Cotton

Owners

• Chronological list – Willingham (?-early 1900s); Arthur J. Morris (early 1900s-1973); Robert Clement, Jr. and Robert Clement, III (1993-)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. Making History: Quilts-Then and Now - PDF
   

2. Plantation's land returns to nature
   

3. Alexania Easterling Lawton and Minnie Reeves Wilson, Allendale on the Savannah, (Bamberg, SC: Bamberg Herald Printers, 1970)