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1921 Map of Bowman

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Bowman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1921
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1921

About this map

Four Hole Swamp and its many tributaries, including Goodbys Swamp and Bull Swamp, dominate this Lowcountry landscape during the early 1920s. This survey reveals a dense network of rural community hubs, represented by dozens of neighborhood schools such as Livingston Mill School and Indian Camp School. The settlement of Bowman serves as a central point for local travel, connected by the Branchville and Bowman Road.

Evidence of historical transit and social gathering is found in the Five Chop Road and the Campmeeting Grounds near Shady Grove Church. In the northern section, the Atlantic Coast Line railroad skirts the edge of Felderville, while numerous smaller branches and creeks like Cow Castle Creek and Wadboo Swamp define the agricultural boundaries. Genealogists will find value in the specific locations of family-named landmarks like Bochette Cemetery and various country churches that anchored these early twentieth-century South Carolina communities.