Captain William Henry Mouzon (1741-1807), a prominent militia officer in the American Revolution, was of Huguenot descent and was educated in France as an engineer. He served as a lieutenant in the 3rd S.C. Regiment, then raised the King's Tree Company and became its captain. This militia company numbered about 75 men when it disbanded after Charleston fell to the British in May 1780. The company reformed in July 1780 and then joined Col. Francis Marion. In August, British troops under Col. Banastre Tarleton burned Mouzon's plantation house and outbuildings. Shortly thereafter, on September 28, 1780, Mouzon was severly wounded in Marion's victory at Black Mingo Creek and was forced to retire from further active service. He died in 1807 and is buried in the Mouzon family cemetery nearby.