Shadows Of Time Tomotley Plantation Live Oak Art

by Reid Callaway

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Shadows Of Time Tomotley Plantation Live Oak Art

Artist

Reid Callaway

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Photograph - Photography

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Shadows Of Time......by Reid Callaway
Tomotley Plantation
Live Oak Art

The beautiful live oak trees of this old plantation road welcomed my photography as I stumbled upon them after visiting the Old Sheldon Church ruins near Beaufort, SC. Little did I know but it was Tomotley Plantation and the Lord had heard my silent prayers that morning to help me find such a place as this to photograph in the low country of South Carolina.

Basic Information and Timeline:
Location: Sheldon, Prince William Parish, Beaufort County
Cotton Hall Road, 1 miles northeast of US 17 (entrance on right side of Cotton Hall Road close to intersection of Old Sheldon Road)
Origin of name: Grey Allred, whose grandparents are the current owners of Tomotley, said, "The origin of the name seems to have come from the Cherokee language; I'm unsure of the meaning."
Other names: Part of Tomotley Barony
Current status: Privately owned

Timeline......
May 7, 1698.... Earliest known date of existence
Created by patent
1706.... Captain Edmund Bellinger, the original owner, died.
1739.... Edmund Bellinger's grandson (also named Edmund) died. Tomotley Barony was then divided among 14 different family members and other heirs.
1820...... Avenue of oaks planted by Patience Wise Blackett Izard.
1865..... Sherman's troops burned the original plantation house. This house was rebuilt in the late 1800s.
1910.... R.H. McCurdy constructed the existing house.

Land
Number of acres.... 1,400 in 1864
Primary crop.... Cotton and rice
The avenue of oaks was planted by Patience Wise Blackett Izard circa 1820.
Owners
Chronological order.....
Captain Edmund Bellinger (1698-1706); Edmund Bellinger (?-1739); DeVeaux; Izard; Eustis; Bull; Pringle; Hutson; Martin; Havenmeyer; McCurdy; Pringle; Billy and Barbara Mixon (1990)

Buildings....
In 2010 Grey Allred said, "The current residence was built by R.H. McCurdy in 1910. There is a second home that was built in the late 1800s after the original house burned, as well as a caretaker's residence, several barns and a stable that survived Sherman's wrath and predates the Civil War."

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