Cool Springs Plantation – Camden – Kershaw County

Basic Information

• Location – Camden, Kershaw County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Cedar Grove, Witherspoon

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• 1832 – Earliest known date of existence

  John Boykin established the plantation (3).
  

• ? – House built

  John Boykin constructed a house at Cool Springs (3).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Blalock, Bonner, Boykin, Carer, Conner, Chesnut, Cureton, Elmore, Kirkland, Knight, Miller, Salmond, Shell
  

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
   

3. Information contributed by Roger Boykin, a Boykin family descendant.