Bowen's Corner

Bowen's Corner was an African-American farming community from the mid-19th century through the late-20th century. It originated on land that had been part of a rice plantation established along Goose Creek in 1680, first granted by the Lords Proprietors to Barnard Schenckingh, later owned by Benjamin Coachman, and by 1785 passed to John Bowen, a state representative for whom the community was named. Through the antebellum and post-Civil War era, Bowen and later absentee owners often employed slaves and freedmen as overseers or managers, giving them an opportunity to work toward self-sufficiency. After the war, Bowen's Old Place was subdivided into small farms. By 1936 the community, located between the railroad and the Goose Creek Reservoir, was centered on Bethel A.M.E. Church and Bowen's Corner School for grades 1-8, which closed in 1954.

Hanahan, South Carolina · United States