Basic Information

• Location – Ashley River, Dorchester County

  Opposite Middleton Place, northwest of Oatland
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Private

Timeline

• 1696 – Earliest known date of existence

  Granted to Job Bishop

• 1730 – House built probably by Walter Izard

  House burned during the Civil War. Home site includes remnants of a garden mount. The shapeless pile of bricks indicates the former site of the house. It is also believed Izard developed a grand garden with drainage system (Trinkley and Hacker, p. 26).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 1,770

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Charles S. Dwight, Isaac Marion Dwight (1857), John Izard Middleton, John Izard, Walter Izard, Thomas P. Lockwood, Henry Middleton, John Parker (1820-1830), Pepper, Francis Turgis (1696)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• A Context For the Study of Lowcountry Gardens - PDF - Michael Trinkley and Debi Hacker, 2007, for the Chicora Foundation.
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: See #1

More about Dorchester County

• Learn more about historic Dorchester County, including the lovely town of Summerville as well as nearby Charleston. We have helpful guides to Summerville history and Summerville libraries and museums – plus Summerville restaurants, Summerville bed & breakfasts, Summerville hotels, and Summerville real estate.