Evening Everyone, This is especially for Melody.......I found the house!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, we went up to Camden today and spent over three hours at the Camden Museum and Archives. There was a very nice older lady who was especially helpful. You could tell she knew her history of Camden and Kershaw County :-) She was very proud of her knowledge and she was baffled and stumped that we weren't finding anything on the house. She, Ray and I spent almost three hours looking through book after book; reading the note from Melody and then looking through more books, only to re-read the letter to see what we were 'missing'. Based on the message from Melody (posted here last Monday), all we knew was the house had once been used for a 'stage coach mile marker' known as 'four mile house' and was later owned by a Kirkland family. We looked at everything in the building on the Kirkland families but came up empty-handed each time. We had just about given up and I'd already asked her to make a couple of copies of pages for me. She was at the copier doing this when another lady came in. Not to be 'outdone' because you could tell all this had really flustered her, she turned to this 'repeat researcher' and asked her if she might know of the house we were seeking. In a matter of seconds, we had a file folder in our hands and she was as delighted as I was :-) Cut to the chase.....we weren't able to actually find directions to the exact location of the house. She is going to find the directions and call me ASAP. See, the house is not directly on the highway and it's privately owned now so there are obviously gates up to keep the general public out :-) Here's the deal. I have several copied sheets of information on the house. Do you want me to post all of it on the list? Or do those interested want to email me and I can snail copies that way. You decide; whatever works best for everyone. A little 'snippet' of info is this. The origins of the plantation's name can be traced to a 1767 deed of 500 acres to Sarah Nesbitt. The property was purchased by John Boykin and three other gentlemen in 1831 and divided into four parcels, each with access to the spring. Thomas Jefferson Kirkland, coauthor of Historic Camden later owned it, and in 1913 it was converted into a tourist home known as Kirkland Villa. The present owners purchased the home in 1974 and began a careful and extensive preservation of the dwelling. The name is now known as the 'Cool Springs' house. Just a little something to whet your interest :-) The photos are beautiful (although they are just zerox copies). Regards, Nancy E Parr