Tivoli Plantation – Landsford – Chester County

Basic Information

• Location – Catawba River, Landsford, Chester County

  On the Catawba River near Landsford

• Origin of name – Named for an Italian river town (2, Volume XVII: 23).
  

• Also spelled – Tiovoli (2, Volume XVII: 23).
  

• Current status – Part of Landsford Canal State Park

Timeline

• 1805 – Earliest known date of existence (2, Volume XVII: 23).
  

  Major General William Richardson Davie established Tivoli on the Catawba River (2, Volume XVII: 23).
  

• ? – House built

• 1820 – Richardson died (1, p. 4)
  

• 1865 – The house was burned at the end of the Civil War (1, p. 4)
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Cotton and corn (1, p. 4)
  

Owners

• Chronological list – Major General William Richardson Davie (1805-1820)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 116 in 1820 (1, p. 4)
  

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. Finding Tivoli: An Archaeological Search for William Richardson Davie's Home at Land's Ford, Chester County, South Carolina - PDF
   

2. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
   

Contact Information

• Landsford Canal State Park
  2051 Park Drive
  Catawba, SC 29704
  

  Telephone: 803-789-5800
  Website: Click here