Springsteen Plantation – Rock Hill – York County

Basic Information

• Location – Burgis Creek, Rock Hill, York County

  Located east of the City of Rock Hill in the Springstein area
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Springstein

• Current status – No longer exists (2)
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Spring

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• Cathy Belk Goodwin shares the following childhood memories, "My family moved to Springdale Road in 1959. I played at the old Springstein Plantation all through my childhood.
  

  My first memories of the home are a little fuzzy but I remember the house as white with a red brick foundation. It was tall and narrow. I went into the basement and saw the shackles and chains hanging from the brick walls.
  

  The house was two or three stories, maybe two stories with a basement. The stairway that we climbed to the attic was very narrow and the rooms were small.
  

  There was a smoke house to the left rear of the back door and slave quarters out behind that. There was an apple orchard and pears and grapes. I remember a well but there were stories that an unmarked open well was somewhere out back and was a big cause of concern for my parents. They warned us not to play there.
  

  I remember when the house was torn down the basement remained for years and I could crumble the bricks in my hands." (2)
  

References & Resources

1. 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
   

2. Information contributed by Cathy Belk Goodwin