Basic Information

• Location – Salkehatchie River, Ehrhardt, Bamberg County

  Located on SC Road 31, close to Rivers Bridge State Historic Site

• Origin of name – ?
• Other names – ?
• Current status – Operated as a bed and breakfast and as a hunting retreat

Timeline

• Late 1700s – Earliest known date of existence (3)
• 1850s – The five bedroom house was built (3).
• 1865 – The Civil War's Battle at Broxton Bridge took place on the southern end of the plantation February 1, 1865. The remains of the battleground with the Confederate breastworks still remain (3).
• 2014 – The plantation has been owned by the Varn family for nine generations. It is being operated it as a hunting retreat and bed and breakfast by the family of G.D. "Jerry" Varn who passed away in 2007 (3).

Land

• Number of acres – Over 7,000 in 2014 (3)
• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
   –  Online Catalog

2. Jane Ockershausen, The South Carolina One-Day Trip Book (McLean, VA: EPM Publications, 1998)
3. Broxton Bridge Plantation Today - Click here

Contact Information

1. Broxton Bridge Plantation
   PO Box 97
   Ehrhardt, SC 29081

   Telephone: 800-437-4868
   Website: Click here