The Hampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1891.
The charter called for the carrier to build a line the Savannah River below Hamburg, South Carolina, through the town of Hampton, South Carolina, and the counties of Hampton, Colleton, and Orangeburg.
[1] The first records of the carrier date from January 1, 1901, at which time its line stretched from Hampton to a connection with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Branchville Junction, South Carolina, 16 miles away.
By 1909, an eight-mile extension from Hampton to Smoaks, South Carolina, was completed and opened for operation.
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