Willington Academy

Two miles southwest is the site of the famous classical academy which was established in 1804 by Rev. Moses Waddel, D.D., one of the greatest educators of his day. Here from 1804-1819 he taught hundreds of ambitious boys of great ...

Site of Willington Presbyterian Church

Organized by the Rev. Moses Waddel, 1809

Joined Synod of the Carolinas, 1813

Building Collapsed, July 2, 1939

Pastors

Rev. Moses Waddel, D.D.,

1809-1819, 1830-1836

Rev. R.B. Cater 1820-1826

Rev. Aaron Foster 1828

Rev. Isaac Waddel 1837-1838

Rev. W.H. Davis 1839-1862; 1867-1869

Rev. J.O. Lindsay 1863-1866; 1884-1889

Rev. T.H. Law 1870

Rev. ...

Willington

A South Carolina Railroad Village

The community of Willington is significant as a reminder of the role of the railroad in community development in rural South Carolina at the close of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. During ...

Site of Willington Academy

Established 1804 by Moses Waddel, D.D.

Men who influenced the destony of our

county were educated here -- the

Calhouns, Crawfords, Legare, McDuffie, Longstreet, Simkins, Martin, Covan, Gilmer, Carey, Walker, Collier, Noble, Bulters, Brooks, Grayson, Wardlaws, Cobb, Harper, Dawson, Hunter, Petigru, Morrow, Et. ...

Willington

A South Carolina Railroad Village

The community of Willington is significant as a reminder of the role of the railroad in community development in rural South Carolina at the close of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. During ...