By 1733, Kingston Township had been marked out in this area, and by 1737 the town of Kingston was in existence, but because many landowners were non-residents, the township did not flourish. In 1801, the town was renamed Conwayborough. Robert Conway had come to this area from Charleston before 1790, became a large landholder and public official, served six terms in the South Carolina General Assembly, and in 1805 conveyed some 223 acres to the town. A veteran of the American Revolution, he succeeded Peter Horry in 1806 as Brigadier of the Sixth South Carolina Brigade. The town name was changed to Conway in 1883. Conway died in Georgetown in 1823 at age seventy.