Oceda Plantation is a part of the original Lenud’s Ferry Plantation, located on the northern bank of the Santee River, two miles north of Jamestown, South Carolina. Lenud’s Ferry Plantation was the center of trade between the Oceda and other Indian tribes of the Santee River Delta.

According to local legend, General Francis Marion, 'The Swamp Fox' of historical fame, and 'The Patriot' of Hollywood movie fame, and his army of local farmers and property owners laid out their saddle blankets for the night on the grounds of Oceda Plantation along the banks of the hauntingly beautiful oxbow lake, known today as Ferry Lake.

Situated on the edge of what is now the Wee Tee State Forest, under the management of the South Carolina Forestry Commission, Ferry Lake took its name from the nearby ferry crossing on the Santee River and site of the Revolutionary War battle known as, The Battle of Lenud’s Ferry. It was here on May 6, 1780 that British Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton (Colonel William Tavington, played by Jason Isaacs in the movie, ‘The Patriot’) and his force of 150 Dragoons, tipped off by a local Tory, ambushed Colonel Anthony White’s forces capturing 67 and killing 41 of the 350 Continental’s under Colonel White’s command.

Lt. Colonel Tarleton gave General Francis Marion his nickname, 'The Swamp Fox' for his ability to disappear into the Santee Swamp.  Colonel Tarleton, who had been ordered to track down Marion and his army of locals, knew better than to follow Marion into the Santee Swamp.  Marion having grown up on the banks of the Santee River, under what is now the lake named after him, Lake Marion, knew the Santee Swamp like most of us know our back yards in modern suburbia.

In 2003, the present owner, purchased 170 acres of cut over mixed pine timber and hardwoods.  Over the past four years, the owner spent well over $1 million creating his own "private' horse farm and shooting preserve, known as, Ferry Lake Farm & Shooting Preserve.  In September 2007, Ferry Lake's owner purchased International Paper Company's, "Private Executive" Hunting, Fishing, and Outdoor Sporting Retreat and merged with it with Ferry Lake to form, Oceda Plantation.

During the four years of construction at Ferry Lake, a number of Revolutionary War and earlier period artifacts were uncovered, which indicate that along with 'The Swamp Fox' and the Santee Delta Indians before him, Col. Tarleton's British Dragoons also pitched their tents on the grounds of Oceda Plantation. These artifacts are preserved in a small wooden glass covered display box in Oceda Plantation Lodge.