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The village was laid out and chartered in 1785 upon petition of Richard and John Winn, and John Vanderhorst. The brothers Richard, John and Minor Winn all served in the Revolutionary War. Richard became a general, and was said to have fought in more battles than any Whig in South Carolina.
Jul 7, 2016 · In 1768 John Winn began acquiring the land that would become Winnsboro. At the time of the Revolutionary War, Winnsboro was a small village with few residents and only twenty houses. The British general Lord Cornwallis occupied the town from October 1780 through early January 1781.
- Alexia Jones Helsley
In 1830 Richard Carthcart built an imposing townhouse in Winnsboro to enjoy the amenities of the bustling town life away from his country cotton plantation. An early cultural impetus for the growth of Winnsboro was the founding of the Mt. Zion Society in Charleston in 1777.
The town of Winnsboro, county seat of Fairfield County, had its beginnings in the middle decades of the eighteenth century. When in 1761 the Cherokee War was brought to a close, the upcountry was open for settlement, and many more whites came into Fairfield.
Located in the upper Piedmont region of South Carolina, the town of Winnsboro was named in honor of the Winn family, whose members fought in the Revolutionary War. During the War, Lord Cornwallis made his headquarters in Winnsboro for four months.
Dating back to the mid 1700’s, the Town of Winnsboro is rich in history from the American Revolution through present day. Winnsboro is approximately 30 miles from the State Capitol with easy driving time into Columbia, S.C. and Charlotte, N.C.
October 14, 1971. Winnsboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 33 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the county seat of Winnsboro.
