TOMOTLEY PLANTATION

Timeline

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• May 7, 1698 – Earliest known date of existence

  Created by patent issued to Landgrave Edmund Bellinger 

   

• 1706 – Landgrave Bellinger died.

   

• 1733 – Second Landgrave Edmund Bellinger, the grandson, held title to the land 

   

• 1739 – Second Landgrave Edmund Bellinger died. Tomotley Barony was then divided among 14 different family members and other heirs.

   

• ? – Elizabeth Butler Bellinger, Edmund's widow, sold 904 acres to James Deveaux 

   

• ? – James Deveaux's father owned adjoining Jericho Plantation which his will divided among the three sons. James received 311 acres which he made part of his plantation 

   

• 1756 – Deveaux sold Tomotley Plantation, which was 1,215 acres, to Ralph Izard. Deveaux had moved to Georgia in 1752

   

• 1761 – Izard passed away leaving Tomotley Plantation to his son Walter Izard 

   

• 1788 – Walter Izard died without any children. His wife had died before him so he left Tomotley to his brother Ralph Izard. Walter's inventory suggests that there was no main house at Tomotley when he died, just an overseer's home

   

• Circa 1813 – Ralph Izard passed away. His daughter, Patience Wise Blackett Izard (she married Colonel Abraham Eustis in 1823) inherited Tomotley 

   

• Circa 1820 – Avenue of oaks planted by Patience Wise Blackett Izard.

   

• 1860 – Patience died but it took years to settle her estate due to the Civil War and large number of heirs 

   

• 1864 – James H. Baggett bought the plantation for $75,000 

   

• 1865 – Sherman's troops burned the plantation and it was confiscated by the government. Baggett was able to obtain the property back in October of the same year 

   

• 1868 – The Izard heirs filled suit that the sale to Baggett should be voided since he paid with Confederate money which had no value. The case lingered on for years and was settle by the federal court declaring Tomotley Plantation was to be put up for sale 

   

• 1873 – Although Baggett was eligible to purchase the plantation, the highest bidders were George G. Martin and Charles J. C. Hutson 

   

• 1898 – Hutson purchased Martin's share of the plantation

   

• 1905 – William H. Brawley purchased Tomotley after Hutson's death 

   

• 1907 – Brawley sold the plantation to Henry O. Havemeyer 

   

• 1910 – Havemeyer died shortly after the purchase and his heirs sold it to Mary S. McCurdy. McCurdy constructed the existing house 

   

• Circa 1940 – Mr. Titus was owner and employed Edgar Marvin as Tomotley's manager

   

• ? – G.V. Hollins owned Tomotley

   

• 1990 – Billy and Barbara Mixon owned Tomotley
   

• 2020 - Lin Wood purchased Tomotley