Clarendon County
South Carolina
Clarendon County is the home of several of my ancestors—primarily Briggs, Cantey, Manning and Richardson and allied families.
For a sense of what life was like in the town of Summerton in 1904, I have transcribed an article from "the Watchman and Southron newspaper" from that year. I have added several footnotes to expand on the information given in the article. click here for PDF version of that article
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View Briggs in a larger map
1895 map showing Clarendon County and
surrounding area
Clarendon Townships
Clarendon County Plantations
- Big Home Plantation (Gen. Richard Richardson)
- Cedar Grove Plantation
- Elmswood Plantation (John Peter Richardson, Jr.)
- Farmingdale plantation (Lucien Richardson)
- Gilman Plantation (Richard I Manning)
- Hickory Hill Plantation (John Peter Richardson)
