Basic Information

• Location – Fort Motte, St Matthews Parish, Calhoun County
  

  Located south of Fort Motte off US 601
  

• Origin of name – The plantation was named Midway because it was located between Belleville and Bellbroughton plantations. Belleville was the family home of original owner William Russell Thomson, and Bellbroughton was the home of his wife's father.
  

• Other names –

• Current status –

Timeline

• 1785 – Earliest known date of existence

  William Russell Thomson built a house on the property.
  

• 1807 – Thomson died and left the place to his son, Charles Robert Thomson.
  

• 1855 – Charles Thomson died but it is unknown at this time who became the next owner.
  

• ? – Sometime after the Civil War the plantation was purchased by Robert E. Clark.
  

• 1879 – Philip W. Fairey purchased the plantation.
  

• 1889 – Jacob Risher Fairey inherited the plantation from his father, Philip.
  

Land

• Number of acres –

• Primary crop –

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Robert E. Clark, Jacob Risher Fairey, Philip W. Fairey, Charles Robert Thomson, William Russell Thomson
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves –

Buildings

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - submitted in 1975 - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 1, 44

• Daniel Marchant Culler, Orangeburg District 1768-1868 History and Records (Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1995), pp. 144-145.
  

Contact Information

• Telephone:

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