Basic Information

• Location – Western branch of the Cooper River, St John's Berkeley Parish, Berkeley County
  

• Origin of name – Believed to be named for an old runaway slave who hid in "Gippy Swamp" in a hollow tree.
  

• Other names – Jippy

  Both Gippy and Jippy are Bantu (African) words for "short." For example, Tshitupa tshipi means "in a short time, in a jiffy" (Holloway).
  

• Current status – Originally part of Fairland Barony, it has been subdivided into residential and commercial properties.
  

Timeline

• Earliest known date of existence –

• House built by John S. White – 1852

• Replaced original house that burned in 1852

• Early 1900s – Nicholas Roosevelt introduced a herd of Guernsey cattle whose "Gippy" milk was still available as of 1987.
  

• 1982 – Gippy was selected for the filming of several scenes for the movie Lords of Discipline
  

Land

• Number of acres –

• Primary crop –

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Manuel Cohen (1942), John R. Cumbie, Jim Daniel (1972), Percy Hauglie (1972), Nicholas G. Roosevelt (1927), Samuel Gaillard Stoney (1895), John White (1821), J. St. Clair White
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves –

Buildings

Web Resources

• Overview of African Place Names in the United States
  Joseph E. Holloway, Ph.D.
  California State University Northridge
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 2, 19

Contact Information

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