branching question

We have a subversion repository (1.6) that has x (say 1000) files in trunk. When we release- we only need to branch 5 of those files for instance as we only develop and push those 5 files out. The branching works fine for files directly under trunk- but if I try to branch a file on a sub directory- I get a path not found. Examples below (using Tortoise 1.6 client).

1-Branch /trunk/a.sql to /branches/CR500/a.sql - works fine.

2-Branch /trunk/US_1/sql/ to /branches/CR500/US_1/sql - works but copies all files under sql into the branch which is undesired.

3-Branch /trunk/US_1/sql/a.sql to /branches/CR500/US_1/sql/a.sql - path not found (basically svn copy command will not create the subdir).

The work arounds would be-
a- set up the sub structure manually in every branch before branching, which is very undesired as we have very nested structures.
b- instead of branching- set up just the files I need from trunk and add to the branch. The problem here is I lose all history as subversion sees it as a new file.
c- use method 2 above, which presents some risks with our deployment process as well as other issues.

For our front end projects- we branch the whole structure as we deploy the whole structure every time. So no issues. For this environment's projects, we have so many files, deploying in that manner is not beneficial.

I am rather new to subversion, but this doesn't seem like it would be an uncommon usecase, so I have a feeling I missing something fundamental here. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

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