Badwell, three miles west, was the home of James Louis Petigru (1789-1863), a leader of opposition to secession in South Carolina, an outstanding Charleston lawyer, and S.C. Attorney General. He studied at Willington Academy under Moses Waddel and at South Carolina College, and the Petigru Law School at the University of South Carolina is named in his honor. Badwell Cemetery, located four miles west, contains the graves of Rev. Jean Louis Gibert (1722-1773), leader of the 1764 French Huguenot settlement at New Bordeaux and grandfather of James L. Petigru; his son John Joseph Gibert; William and Louise Petigru, parents of James L. Petigru; and Louise Gibert Allston, daughter of Governor R.F.W. Allston.