Hickory Grove Plantation – Fort Motte – Calhoun County

Basic Information

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

  Highway 601
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Privately owned by Hane descendant

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1825 – House built

• Legend has it that Sherman did not burn the house during the Civil War because the Hane family had taken care of a Yankee soldier. Apparently the soldier sent a letter to Sherman telling him what the Hane family had done, and the house is still standing today.
  

• Hickory Grove remains in the Hane family, being passed down generation to generation.
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Hane; William Lynn Lewis; Elizabeth Hane Taber; Rhett (Elizabeth's youngest son) and Pam Taber (?-present, 2012)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• House

References & Resources

1. Daniel Marchant Culler, Orangeburgh District, 1768-1868: History and Records (Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1995)
    Order Orangeburgh District, 1768-1868: History and Records