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Black Mingo-Willtown

By 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.

Black Mingo Baptist Church

By 1804 Black Mingo stage stop had a tavern and about twelve wooden houses. About 1843, local merchant Cleland Belin built on his own land the Black Mingo Baptist Church. Now listed in the National Register of Historic Places, this church is all that remains of the early inland settlement.

45-06Williamsburg County

Where it stands. County Line Rd. (S.C. Hwy. 41/51), about 1 mi. N of Rhems, Rhems

Nearby

  1. 21-10Skirmish at Black Mingo Creek0.4 miles
  2. 45-07Black Mingo Presbyterian Church1.1 miles
  3. 22-25Birthplace of Jeremiah John Snow1.7 miles
  4. 45-08Benjamin Britton Chandler (1854-1925)4.9 miles
  5. 22-51Pleasant Hill School5.9 miles
  6. 22-41Prince George Winyah Parish (1721)6.2 miles