Wyoming Plantation – Jonesville – Union County

Basic Information

• Location – Jonesville, Union County
  

  Original plantation lands were located between Jonesville and today's Spartanburg County line.
  

• Origin of name – Named for a poem, Gertrude of Wyoming, written in 1809 by Thomas Campbell.
  

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• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1815 – Earliest known date of existence

  Nathaniel Gist built a house on the property.
  

• 1830 – Gist enlarged the house to twice its size.
  

• 1831 – Gist's son, States Rights, was born. He became a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army.
  

• 1984 – The house was partially restored by owner Fred Dodkin. He moved the house half a mile from its original location.
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

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Owners

• Alphabetical list – Fred Dodkin, Nathaniel Gist
  

Slaves

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Buildings

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Web Resources

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Print Resources

• Allan D. Charles, The Narrative History of Union County (Greenville, SC: A PRESS Printing Company, 1997).
  

• Walter Brian Cisco, States Rights Gist: A South Carolina General of the Civil War (Ragged Edge Pr, 1991).