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Williams Middleton's daughter, Elizabeth, inherited Middleton Place in 1900, and made minor restorations. Upon her death in 1915, she left the plantation to her cousin, John Julius Pringle Smith (Smith was a great-great-great-grandson of Henry Middleton). Smith and his wife, Heningham, used Middleton Place as their winter residence.
Ashley's sack was given to Middleton Place, in Dorchester County, South Carolina, one of the nation's preeminent slavery-era plantation sites. While still owned by Middleton Place, the sack was on long-term loan to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. until 2021 when it returned to Middleton Place.
Williams inherited Middleton Place in 1846 and he pursued the family's interest in rice culture, carried out agricultural experiments, and further enhanced the gardens with the introduction of azaleas. [2] In addition to Middleton Place, Williams Middleton made his home in town at 1 Meeting St., a house he owned between 1855 and 1870. [3]
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (Charleston, South Carolina) Mansfield Plantation; Medway (Mount Holly, South Carolina) Middleburg Plantation; Middleton Place; Milldam Rice Mill and Rice Barn; Mulberry Plantation (Moncks Corner, South Carolina) Mulberry Plantation (Kershaw County, South Carolina)
Sherman's forces did burn down Middleton Place Plantation in the 1865 march to the sea. The Charleston and Savannah Railway extended from downtown to West Ashley during the 19th century, and the Union had attempted to cut it off in 1864, but were beaten back at the Battle of Burden's Causeway on nearby Johns Island [ citation needed ] .
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She moved back to her father’s plantation, Roseville, but decided to volunteer as a Confederate nurse at the outbreak of the war. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Thomas Alfred Clarke (1864-1909), great-great-great-great grandson, partner in the McCown and Clarke Company, “Planters, Stock Raisers, and Merchants” in Florence South Carolina, established 1909.
Mala Compra Plantation Archeological Site; McKinney Homestead; Middleton Place; Millwood (Richland County, South Carolina) Montpelier Mansion (Fulton, Maryland) Moore-Webb-Holmes Plantation; Mount Athos (Kelly, Virginia) Mount Holly (Foote, Mississippi) Mount Ida Plantation; Mount Prospect (Leggett, North Carolina)