Goodale Inn

Still standing, but almost forgotten on the lower end of Sand Bar Ferry is one of the oldest homes in the Augusta area. Thomas Goodale, who operated the ferry for which SandBar Ferry got its name was granted the land in 1740. The Goodale Inn was built in 1799 as the plantation house for Goodale Plantation  by Christopher  Fitzsim-
mons, a wealthy Charleston merchant and later father-in-law of James Hammond, owner of Redcliffe Plantation.

When Fitzsimmon's daughter, Ann married Wade Hampton, II on March 6, 1817, the house was given in dowry. The famous Gen. Wade Hampton, III of the War was the oldest son of this marriage. In a little known personal tragedy for that family, Frank, youngest brother of Wade Hampton, III was killed at Brandy Station, June 9, 1863.

From 1830 - 1850 the inn was the home of Dr. Paul Fitzsimmon Eve, Dean of the Medical College, and a surgeon for the Confederacy. Later Jonathan Miller, Surgeon General for the Army of Tennessee called it home.

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Photos by J. M. House - http://cityofdust.blogspot.com/2004/10/goodale-inn.html