Ivy Gates Plantation – Troy – McCormick County

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Basic Information

• Location – Troy – McCormick County

  2644 Old Charleston Road

  This area of the South Carolina is steeped in history which includes the Long Canes Massacre of 1760 and the Revolutionary War battle, Long Cane.
  

• Origin of name – The name comes from the ivy growing on the gate posts (1).
  

• Other names – Wideman's (1)

• Current status – Privately owned
  

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Timeline

• 1854 – Earliest known date of existence

• 1854 – House built by Dr. A. T. Wideman. It was constructed by Henry Jones of Atlanta during the same period he also worked on Eden Hall Plantation and nearby Long Cane Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1).
  

• Over the decades, three generations of the Wideman family would call Ivy Gates their home.
  

• 1979 – Howard Clayton purchased Ivy Gates (1).
  

• 2003 – On December 8, 2003, Edward and Susan Carmody purchased the property from Howard Clayton (1).
  

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Land

• Number of acres – 1300 acres in 1854

• Primary crop – Cotton and naval stores

• The home still has its original English boxwood garden dating from 1856 (1).
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 36 according to the 1860 census

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Buildings

• Buildings include a two-story white clapboard house, barn, and smokehouse.
  

References & Resources

1. Information contributed by Ned Carmody
   

2. Joy Stagg Rust, Old Homes of South Carolina (Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 1992)
   
   
   
   — Christmas at Ivy Gates Plantation © Ned Carmody, 2007 —
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   — Well at Ivy Gates Plantation © Ned Carmody, 2004 —
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   — Yard at Ivy Gates Plantation © Ned Carmody, 2004 —
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   The following three photographs show Ivy Gates Plantation blanketed in snow from the February 2010 storm that covered the state of South Carolina.
   
   
   
   — Ivy Gates Plantation © Ned Carmody, 2010 —
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   — Horses of Ivy Gates Plantation © Ned Carmody, 2010 —
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   — Ivy Gates Plantation © Ned Carmody, 2010 —
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