Yes, that's named after Gen. Richard Winn, the South Carolina general, whose brother Col. John Winn and brother Minor ( I think this Minor was Minor H. ) all served in the South Carolina "regiment" of the Continental army. I have lots of stuff on them -- pictures of homes in Winnsborough, Richard's war memoirs (which I found on the internet), wills of their grandfather and father, Minor Winn and Minor Winn II (also on a message board) and other documents. Winnsborough was founded by Richard and John. Check the Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce webpage. I'll get it together and send to all those who asked. It may take a while because I'm in the middle of a big writing project, but I do have quite a bit and access to the Clayton Genealogy Library, which has really helped. Cicely Wynne (Winn until three generations ago). -----Original Message----- From: "R.Smart" <rsmart@olypen.com> Sent: Oct 10, 2003 9:14 PM To: WINN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WINN] Richard Winn My frolicking cousin, I found Richard Winn Academy in Winnsburough (a pre high school private school)-- see http://www.richardwinn.org/ but there is no documentation on the school. Do you know if it is named after gramps? Do they perhaps have some memorabilia that might be of interest to his decendants? Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: <vcwbjm@earthlink.net> To: <WINN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 5:45 PM Subject: [WINN] Richard Winn > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FgWBAEB/703 > > Message Board Post: > > Gen. Richard Winn, son of Minor Winn, and brother of Col. John Winn and Minor Winn II (or III?) founded Winnsboro, SC, and fought in Revolutionary War. Gen. Richard Winn wrote his war memoirs. Richard did move to Tennessee after the war and died there. Several books about the Winns, parts of which are online. Check the message boards and do searches for Richard Winn Winnsboro. I have all kinds of material about them. Minor, sometimes described as unprincipled and frolicking, was my direct ancestor. > >