Basic Information

• Location – Wedgefield, St Mark's Parish, Sumter County

  SC 261

• Origin of name – Named so because it was midway between the older place, Woodlawn, owned by Mr. Orlando Rees, and Oakley, the home of Mr. William Rees.
  

• Other names –

• Current status –

Timeline

– Earliest known date of existence

– House built

Was occupied by J. J. Pringle Smith of Charleston during whose occupancy it was destroyed accidently by fire.

Land

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• Primary crop –

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Broun, Mayrant, Orlando Rees, Waites W. Rees, William Rees, Major John Singleton, J. J. Pringle Smith
  

Slaves

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Buildings

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Web Resources

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Print Resources

• Initial references: 4, 43, 54

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