Anderson, Webster b. July 15, 1933 d. August 30, 2003 Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipent. His citation reads "Sfc. Anderson (then S/Sgt.), distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as chief of section in Battery A, against a hostile force. During the early morning hours Battery A's defensive position was attacked by a determined North Vietnamese Army infantry unit supported by heavy mortar, recoilless rifle, rocket propelled grenade and automatic weapon fire. The initial enemy onslaught...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Lander) Blackjack Baptist Church Cemetery, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA GPS coordinates: 34.3428802, -81.1256714 (hddd.dddd)
Boyce, William Waters b. October 24, 1818 d. February 3, 1890 US Congressman, CSA Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent South Carolina's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 to 1860. He was one of the six sitting South Carolina Congressional Representatives to withdraw from the House on December 21, 1860, the day after the state declared it had seceded from the Union. On January 4, 1861 he was appointed to the Provisional Confederate States Congress as a delegate from South Carolina...[Read More] Saint John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
Bratton, John b. March 7, 1831 d. January 12, 1898 Brigadier General, Confederate States Army. He was educated at South Carolina College and received a diploma in medicine. Bratton enlisted a private in the 6th South Carolina Volunteers. He served in Charleston and Seven Pines, where he was wounded and captured. Bratton was promoted to Brigadier General on May 6, 1864 after the death of General Micah Jenkins. He surrender the largest brigade at Appomattox. After the war, he was elected to the South Carolina State Senate 1865-1866 and a member...[Read More] Saint John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
Evans, David Reid b. February 20, 1769 d. March 8, 1843 US Congressman. He immigrated to the United States in 1784, was admitted to the bar in 1796 and commenced law practice from his plantation in Winnsboro, South Carolina. From 1802 to 1805, he was a member of the State House of Representatives and solicitor of the middle judicial circuit, 1804 to 1811. In 1813, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress, serving until 1815. He declined to be a candidate for reelection, returned to his plantation and was a member of the State Senate...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Evans Plantation, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
Ladd, Catherine b. October 28, 1809 d. January 30, 1899 Educator. Wrote and contributed poems, news-letters, and articles on education and art to southern journals and magazines. In Winnsborough, South Carolina, she successfully conducted a large boarding school until the Civil War began. She also published in the "Floral Wreath" and other periodicals tales, essays, and poems under the pen-names "Minnie Mayflower," "Arcturus," "Alida," and "Morna." She is also believed to be the originator of the first design of the Confederate Flag. (Bio by: Laurie) Presbyterian Cemetery, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
Pearson, John b. May 30, 1743 d. October 25, 1819 Brigadier General, South Carolina Militia. During the American Revolution, he served as militia major under Thomas Sumter. After the war, he was elected as brigadier general of the South Carolina Eight Brigade. Pearson was elected to South Carolina House of Representatives and later the Senate. Pearson Memorial Site, Parr, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
Woodward, William b. October 7, 1762 d. July 23, 1820 US Congressman. At the start of the Revolution his father Thomas raised a militia company, of which William was a member. Thomas was killed in battle in 1779, and William's brother John took command of the unit. William Woodward served until the end of the war and was involved in most major actions that took part in North and South Carolina, and his contemporaries referred to him as "the boldest fighter of the Revolution." After the war he became a farmer and was also ordained as a minister in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Woodward Family Cemetery, Rockton, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA
b. July 15, 1933 d. August 30, 2003