Richard Winn (1750December 19, 1818) was an American merchant, surveyor, and politician from

Winnsboro, South Carolina Winnsboro is a town in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,550 at the 2010 census. The population was 3,215 at the 2020 census. A population decrease of approximately 9.5% for the same 10 year period. It is the c ...

. During the

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...

he was an officer in the

3rd South Carolina Regiment The 3rd South Carolina Regiment was an infantry regiment of the South Carolina Line during the American Revolutionary War. Raised in the western part of South Carolina, the regiment fought in the Siege of Savannah and the Siege of Charleston, surre ...

. After the regiment was captured at Charleston, he served in a militia partisan unit under

Thomas Sumter Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734June 1, 1832) was a soldier in the Colony of Virginia militia; a brigadier general in the South Carolina militia during the American Revolution, a planter, and a politician. After the United States gained independen ...

. After the war he became a general in the South Carolina militia. He represented

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

in the

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from 1793 until 1797 and from 1803 to 1813.

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204 North Zion Street - Wynn Dee Plantation in Winnsboro, S.C.
Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives South Carolina militiamen in the American Revolution Continental Army officers from South Carolina American militia generals 1750 births 1818 deaths Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina {{South Carolina-politician-stub