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African American Pee Dee Marion

Edited by Avery Parker for South Carolina Genealogy · Marion County topic · Last reviewed July 11, 2026 · How we work & cite

River plantation estates to 1870 clusters to church founding.

Follow the classic Pee Dee path: plantation inventories → 1870 clusters → church and land after freedom. Mullins and Marion town churches densify later decades.