From 1752 to ] 768 the Catawba Indians’ best
friend and protector was a Quaker storekeeper
by the name of Samuel Wyly.
City Directories and History: “Frogden” was built by General James Chesnut about 1848 on a land grant to Samuel Wyly. His wife, Mary Boykin Chesnut, wrote A Diary from Dixie, which was later a source for the Pulitzer prize-winning volume, Mary Chesnut’s Civil War. Frogden’s long piazza looks over carefully tended stables and wooded areas. [Courtesy of the Camden Tour Book]
Chesnut sold the property to R.B. Johnson, who in turn, sold to Joseph Doby who resided here from 1854-1856, Mary DeSaussure from 1856 – 1877, Joseph Jenkins from 1877 – 1881, Ellen Nettles from 1881 – 1907. Other owners in the 20th century included Josephine Watkins, Ellen Williams, Shannon D. Kirkland, J.D. Crocker and Henry Savage and Caleb Ticknor.
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