45-6 Black Mingo - Willtown
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member David Taylor
N 33° 37.027 W 079° 26.113
17S E 645156 N 3720801
HM about early SC Colonial settlement. Located on Hwy 41/51 County Line Rd at intersection of Van Vlake Rd, one mile north of Rhems.
Waymark Code: WM2GFQ
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mvillian
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BLACK MINGO - WILLTOWNBy 1760, Charles Woodmason had established a store near here, following a 1745 Act of the General Assembly that provided for clearing of the watercourses at the head of Black Mingo Creek. Soon thereafter, schooners carried local products to Charlestown; by the early 1760s Black Mingo settlement, later known as Willtown, had developed on the creek.ERECTED BY THREE RIVERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1981The reverse of this marker contains the text for Black Mingo Baptist Church.
Marker Name: Black Mingo - Willtown

Marker Location: Roadside

Type of Marker: Historic Site

Marker number: 45-6

County: WIlliamsburg
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