Woodstock Plantation – Shirley – Hampton County

Basic Information

• Location – Shirley, Hampton County

• Origin of name –

• Other names – Homestead

• Current status – Privately owned

Timeline

• 1737 – Earliest known date of existence

  Part of a 75,000-acre tract granted to Anthony Matthewes by King George II
  

• ? – Edward Martin acquired the land by marriage to Mary Ann Maner.
  

• 1823 – House built for Edmund Martin

• 1890 – The interior was remodeled.

• Comments – Edmund Martin's son was owner of Woodstock at the time of Sherman's March. Sherman sent a message to Edmund Martin that the home had been spared at the direction of his friend, whom he had met many times when summering at Saratoga Springs, New York.
  

• 1921 – The Marshall family, direct descendants of Edmund Martin, became owners of Woodstock.
  

• 2008 – The Marshalls still owned the plantation.
  

Land

• Number of acres – 3,500

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Chronological list – Anthony Matthewes (1737-?), Edward Martin, Edmund Martin , Marshall (1921-?)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Initial references: See #1 (30-15-182), 18, 62