Spring Vale Plantation – Winnsboro – Fairfield County

Basic Information

• Location – Winnsboro, Fairfield County

  16 miles north of Winnsboro

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

• Circa 1834 – David St. Pierre Gaillard acquired the plantation (1) (2, vol. XXI: 50).
  

• 1855 – David Gaillard passed away (1).
  

• 1865 – House burned by Sherman troops in February (2, vol. XXI: 50).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Print Resources

1. Information contributed by Cyndi Shull from:
   Low-Country Families Influence Fairfield (PDF), (Columbia, SC: The State, July 31, 1938)
   

2. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII