City Directories and History: This pleasant frame house was, for many years, the residence of Judge Thomas Jefferson Withers, a signer of the Ordinance of Secession and a delegate to the Confederate Convention. The house was moved from Lyttleton Street to this site in 1910. [Courtesy of the Camden Tour Book]
“Gander Hill,” the historic residence of Judge Thomas Jefferson Withers, was completed in the early 1830’s. Withers achieved distinction as a signatory of the Ordinance of Secession that took South Carolina out of the Union in 1861. He also served in the South Carolina senate during the Civil War. Withers was the grandfather of Thomas Kirkland, co-author of Historic Camden, and uncle of Mary Boykin Chesnut. In 1 866, following the death of the judge, Wither’s son inherited the house, which he named Gander Hill. About 1918, the dwelling was acquired by the Nortons of Cleveland, Ohio. Initially, the house was a two-room residence at a site on Lyttleton Street. The Nortons moved it to its present location and added four rooms. [Camden Archives and Museum]
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