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
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 Race ...
, 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 between 1769 and 1772. During the Revolutionary War, Amos Windham served in the South Carolina Militia. He received his appointment as Lieutenant on February 21, 1776, in the St. David's Parish, and began his service in Colonel G.C. Powell's Regiment. He served as Captain during 1781, 1782, and 1783 in Colonel Kolb's Regiment, Marion's Brigade, and was commissioned Major after the war ended. Following the Revolutionary War, Major Amos Windham received thousands of acres in state land grants between 1785 and 1795 in Cheraw District, which was formerly Craven County and later became Darlington County.
References
External links
Atlas of the State of South Carolina by Robert Mills(Map). South Carolina Department of Archives and History Digital Collections. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History Plats for State Land Grants 1784–1868.
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Unincorporated communities in Darlington County, South Carolina
Unincorporated communities in South Carolina