Early History - Town of Williston South Carolina Are the names Joseph West, Dr. Henry Woodward, and Lord Ashley familiar to you? They should be, for Joseph West commanded three English ships that left England in order to establish a province less than one hundred miles from here. History tells us that upon arrival these early settlers happened upon Dr. Woodward, who had miraculously escaped from the Spaniards. The West-Woodward party landed on the western side of the Ashley River in April, 1670. [PDF] ... _www.jstor.org/stable/27575150_ (http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575150) - The romantic story of Dr. Henry Woodward, the first. English settler in South Carolina, was first revealed when the papers of the great Earl of Shaftsbury. Dr. Henry Woodward and a New Archaeological site | Charleston ... charlottehutson.wordpress.com/.../dr-henry-woodward-and-a-new- archaeologic.. .Joseph West Called Father Of South Carolina . - Google News news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19911031&id... Proprietors, met with the other seven proprietors and suggested that a second expedition be sent to Carolina under the leader' ship of Joseph West. Jun 28, 2013 ... A new archaeology site near Middleton Place is 'ground zero' for early English influence in S.C. SUMMERVILLE . . Ashley's holdings included the Goose Pond tract It was here that many picnics, barbecues and horse races took place. The tracted statewide interest. The annual Goose Pond Park Picnic Basket and Ball at Weathersbee Hall Brought the Well-to-do to Williston for well over an hundred years. The Ashley cemetery is located about three miles from Williston on the road to Barnwell, The Ashley-Willis House is significant as a rare example of an intact gable-front Greek Revival residence in South Carolina In fact, residential Greek Revival architecture such as this is uncommon outside of Charleston. The two-and-a-half story home with a unique gable-front form was probably built for the Ashley or Willis families between 1830 and 1850. Although more elaborate examples of the front-gable form were built in Georgia and Mississippi, very few were built in South Carolina.