Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 34: Lawson's Pond Plantation now
By Warner M.Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Philip Porcher purchased Lawson's Pond and the surrounding land soon after 1800 and turned it into a working cotton farm. Philip left the property to his son, Charles Cordes Porcher (1801- 1877) who built a house on the plantation in 1823.
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Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 34 Extra: Ferguson, a lost town
By Warner M.Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Ferguson is not on the map today. It existed only 25 years and is now at the bottom of Lake Marion. Founded in 1890 on the banks of the Santee River north of Eutawville by the Santee River Cypress Lumber Company of Chicago, Ferguson was home to 1,000 sawmill workers and their families.
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