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Windhams Crossroads, South Carolina
Windhams Crossroads, South Carolina, is an unincorporated area of land where South Carolina Highway 403 and U.S. Route 401 cross near Lamar in Darlington County, South Carolina, named after the Windham surname. The area is documented in the 1825 Atlas of South Carolina by Robert Mills. Charles Windham arrived in the colony of Virginia in 1706 on a ship captained by Col. Robert Boiling. He eventually left to settle in the area of what was then called Craven County, South Carolina, where he petitioned and received a royal land grant of 300 acres in 1754 from the Council of King George II of Great Britain , house = Hanover , religion = Protestant , father = George I of Great Britain , mother = Sophia Dorothea of Celle , birth_date = 30 October / 9 November 1683 , birth_place = Herrenhausen Palace,Cannon. or Leine .... Other land in this area is attributed to Charles' son Amos Windham, who received seven hundred acres in royal land grants be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina Highway 403
South Carolina Highway 403 (SC 403) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves the town of Timmonsville and the surrounding rural area with the cities of Lake City and Hartsville. Route description SC 403 is a two-lane rural highway that traverses for beginning north of Lake City, along SC 341. Going through a northeasterly direction to Hobbs Crossroads, it then goes north to Sardis. Connecting with Interstate 95 (I-95) north of Sardis, it continues north connecting with U.S. Route 76 (US 76) near and then through Timmonsville. At Windhams Crossroads, it connects with US 401, where it provides access to I-20. At Lees Crossroads, it reaches its northern terminus, an intersection with US 15/ SC 34. The vast majority of the landscape along the route is farmland, with the exception in and around Timmonsville. History SC 403 was established in 1933 as a renumbering of US 301 from US&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamar, South Carolina
Lamar is a town in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 989 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. History In March of 2019, the Mayor of Lamar, Darnell Byrd McPherson, called police to her home to investigate a hate crime. She said her car and her husband's car had been sprayed with a yellow substance by some vandals. However, police determined that the substance was just pollen. Geography Lamar is located in southwestern Darlington County at (34.170388, -80.062526). U.S. Route 401 passes through the town, leading northeast to Darlington, the county seat, and southwest to Sumter. Exit 131 on Interstate 20 is to the northeast of Lamar on US 401. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,015 people, 417 households, and 286 families residing in the town. The population density was 874.6 people per square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darlington County, South Carolina
Darlington County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 62,905. Its county seat is Darlington. Hartsville is the largest city in the county. Darlington County is home to the Darlington Raceway, which hosts the annual NASCAR Southern 500. Darlington County is also home to Coker College in Hartsville. Darlington County was named by an act in March 1785. Darlington County is included in the Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county's population was nearly 60% rural in 2000. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.0%) is water. National protected area * Great Pee Dee River Heritage Preserve Wildlife Management Area (part) State and local protected areas/sites * Great Pee Dee Heritage Preserve * Kalmia Gardens Major water bodies * Back Swamp * Black Creek * Cedar Creek * Great Pee Dee River * High Hill Creek * Lake Robinson * Lynch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windham (other)
Windham is an English surname and may refer to: People Surname *de Wymondham (Windham), lords of Wymondham, later of Felbrigg Hall **Ailward de Wymondham (''fl.'' 12th century), a person of some consideration in the time of Henry I of England, Henry the First **William Windham (of Earsham, senior) (died 1730), Member of Parliament 1722–1730 **William Windham (of Earsham, junior) (c. 1706–1789), his son, Member of Parliament 1766–1768 **William Windham, Sr. (1717–1761), of Felbrigg, traveler and militia advocate **William Windham (1750–1810), of Felbrigg, Whig statesman **William Lukin Windham (1768–1833), Royal Navy officer **William Windham (Liberal politician) (William Howe Windham, died 1854), son of the above, Member of Parliament 1832–1835 *Barry Windham (born 1961), American professional wrestlers *Charles Ash Windham (1810-1870), British Army officer and Conservative Party politician *Craig Windham (1949–2016), journalist for National Public Radio *David Wind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mills (architect)
Robert Mills (August 12, 1781 – March 3, 1855) was a South Carolina architect known for designing both the first Washington Monument, located in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as the better known monument to the first president in the nation's capital, Washington, DC. He is sometimes said to be the first native-born American to be professionally trained as an architect. Charles Bulfinch of Boston perhaps has a clearer claim to this honor. Mills studied in Charleston, South Carolina, as a student in the lower school at the College of Charleston and of Irish architect James Hoban, and later worked with him on his commission for the White House. This became the official home of US presidents. Both Hoban and Mills were Freemasons. Mills also studied and worked with Benjamin Henry Latrobe of Philadelphia. He designed numerous buildings in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and South Carolina, where he was appointed as superintendent of public buildings. His Washington Monument in Washington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bolling
Colonel Robert Bolling (December 26, 1646July 17, 1709), sometimes called Robert Bolling, Sr., after he gave a son his own name, was a wealthy early American settler planter and merchant. Ancestry and early life Robert Bolling was the son of John Bolling (b. 1615) and Mary Carie (née Clarke) Bolling. He was named after his grandfather Robert Bolling; his grandmother was Anne Clarke. He was born at Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking Parish, in London on December 26, 1646.The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, 1899, pages 352-353. His father John, was one of the Bollings of Bolling Hall, near Bradford, England. Robert's ancestry could be traced to Robert Bolling, Esquire, who died in 1485 and was buried in the family vault in the church of Bradford. On October 2, 1660, at the age of fourteen, Bolling arrived in the colony of Virginia. In 1674, he married Jane Rolfe, daughter of Thomas Rolfe, the son of Pocahontas. They had one son, John Bolling (January 26, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craven County, South Carolina
Craven County, South Carolina was one of the three original counties established by the Lords Proprietor of the English colony of Carolana in 1682 to include the colony's lands stretching from Awendaw Creek north to the western shore of Winyah Bay and inland.Frederick A. Porcher: "Historical and Social Sketch of Craven County, So. Ca." in ''The Southern Quarterly Review'', April, 1852; reprinted in Thomas T. Gaillard: ''A Contribution to the History of the Huguenots of South Carolina'', New York, 1887. New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1887. 52 pp. In 1685, the original county of Berkeley was expanded to include the southwestern part of Craven County, and in 1691, land was added to Craven County from the previously unorganized land to its northeast. In 1706, the Lords Proprietor established the Church of England Parish system in South Carolina, reducing counties to geographic designations with no administrative functions; the southwestern half of Craven County was organized into S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George II Of Great Britain
, house = Hanover , religion = Protestant , father = George I of Great Britain , mother = Sophia Dorothea of Celle , birth_date = 30 October / 9 November 1683 , birth_place = Herrenhausen Palace,Cannon. or Leine Palace, Hanover , death_date = , death_place = Kensington Palace, London, England , burial_date = 11 November 1760 , burial_place = Westminster Abbey, London , signature = Firma del Rey George II.svg , signature_alt = George's signature in cursive George II (George Augustus; german: link=no, Georg August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 ( O.S.) until his death in 1760. Born and brought up in northern Germany, George is the most recent British monarch born outside Great Britain. The Act of Settlement 1701 and the Acts of Union 1707 positioned his grandmother, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Communities In Darlington County, South Carolina
Unincorporated may refer to: * Unincorporated area, land not governed by a local municipality * Unincorporated entity, a type of organization * Unincorporated territories of the United States, territories under U.S. jurisdiction, to which Congress has determined that only select parts of the U.S. Constitution apply * Unincorporated association Unincorporated associations are one vehicle for people to cooperate towards a common goal. The range of possible unincorporated associations is nearly limitless, but typical examples are: :* An amateur football team who agree to hire a pitch onc ..., also known as voluntary association, groups organized to accomplish a purpose * ''Unincorporated'' (album), a 2001 album by Earl Harvin Trio {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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