Springwood Plantation – Berkeley County

Basic Information

• Location – Berkeley County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – On the shores of Lake Marion
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• Prior to 1861 – A survey of Samuel Foxworth's property shows he owned Springwood Plantation (1, p. 274).
  

• ? – Eliza Catherine Palmer Legare acquired Springwood Plantation (2).
  

  Eliza was the daughter of Francis Marion Dwight, the grand-nephew and adopted son of South Carolina Revolutionary War hero General Francis Marion(2).
  

• 1890 – Eliza Catherine Palmer Legare sold 17 acres of the plantation to Peter F. Murphy Sr for $66.00 (2).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. J. Russell Cross, Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley (Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1985)
    Order Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley

2. 1890 Legare to Murphy Bill of Sale for 17 Acres - Contributed by John Strobel