Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
- Also Known As: Magnolia-on-the-Ashley
- Address: 3550 Ashley River Rd
- Vicinity: 10 mi NW of Charleston on SC 61
- Neighborhood of West Ashley in Charleston, SC
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1676/00/00 | Arriving from Barbados to the new English colony of Charles Towne, Thomas Drayton and his wife Ann establish Magnolia Plantation along the Ashley River. | |||||
| 1700/00/00 | Thomas Drayton III | Born | Thomas Drayton is born at Magnolia Plantation along the Ashley River, outside of Charleston, the son of Thomas Drayton Jr and Ann Fox Drayton. | |||
| 1708/00/00 | Thomas Drayton IV | Born | Thomas Drayton is born. | |||
| 1716/00/00 | John Drayton | Born | John Drayton is born in 1715 or early 1716, the youngest of three sons to Thomas Drayton III and Ann Drayton at the family's Magnolia Plantation. | |||
| 1724/00/00 | Thomas Drayton III dies. His estate includes 1380 head of cattle, 112 horses, 3027 acres and 91 slaves who work five rice plantations. | |||||
| 1732/03/21 | Judge William Drayton | Born | William Drayton is born the son of Hon Thomas and Elizabeth Bull Drayton at Magnolia Plantation, St Andrews Parish, in the Province of South Carolina, British America. | |||
| 1825/00/00 | Rev John Grimke Drayton | Home | Thomas and John Grimke inherit Magnolia Plantation from their uncle, Thomas Drayton, the great grandson of Magnolia's first Drayton (Thomas). A condition in the will requires that they take their mother's maiden name of Drayton. | |||
| 1840/00/00 | Rev John Grimke Drayton | Health | After contracting tuberculosis, John G Drayton takes the advise of his doctor, ("If you want to live, John, you must dig in the soil.") begins gardening at Magnolia-on-the-Ashley. | |||
| 1870/00/00 | Magnolia Plantation and Gardens opens for public tours. | |||||
| 1886/08/31 | Rev John Grimke Drayton | Plantation Owner | Charleston Earthquake destroys plantation buildings and cracks the Drayton family tomb at Magnolia-on-the-Ashley. | 1886 Charleston Earthquake |
| Particulars for Magnolia Plantation and Gardens: | |
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| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Physiographic feature | Forest |
| Historic Use | Graves, burials |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Secondary structure |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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