Spring Hill Plantation – Jasper County

Basic Information

• Location – Jasper County

  Between Ridgeland and Coosawhatchie

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Includes two old plantations known as "Retreat" and "Fairfield"
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

  Remnants of a brick foundation marks the location of a pre-war home which was owned by the Huguenin family.
  

• 1914 – Julian B. Clark purchased land and built new house
  

Land

• Number of acres – 25,000 (Huguenin era), 4,000 (c. 2005)

• Primary crop – ?

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
   

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