Basic Information

• Location – 1345 Springbank Road, Kingstree - Hebron Crossroads, Williamsburg County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Springbank

• Current status – Owned by Catholic Dominican Order of Men which deeded it to the Ecumenical Board of Directors and is operated as a retreat/conference center

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1782 – House built and was burned in 1947 but was quickly rebuilt following the original plan

• February 10, 1807 – John McElveen, Sr. and his wife Elizabeth Fullwood sold Springbank to William Smith and his wife Jannet (Frierson) Smith
  

• March 4, 1830 – William Smith died at the plantation and his son Henry John Smith inherited Springbank from his father
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – rice and cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Burgess, Catholic Dominican Order of Men, Ecumenical Board of Directors, Goelet, Hadden, Elizabeth Fullwood and John McElveen Sr., Martha Julia Epps and John Henry Smith (1830), Jannet Frierson and William Smith (1807)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – 1850 Federal Slave Census stated Martha Smith owned 32 slaves consisting of 17 females and 15 males

Buildings

Web Resources

• Springbank Retreat

Print Resources

Contact Information

• Springbank Retreat
  1345 Springbank Road
  Kingstree, SC 29556
  

  Telephone: 800-671-0361