By tradition, Healing Springs received its name during the Revolutionary War. In 1781, after a bloody battle at nearby Windy Hill Creek, four wounded Tories sent inland from Charleston by General Banastre Tarleton were left in the care of two comrades under orders to bury them when they died. Native Americans found them and took them to secret, sacred healing springs, and six months later the Charleston garrison was astonished when the six men reappeared strong and healthy. Ownership of the springs later passed from the native tribes who revered them to Nathaniel Walker, who bought them with corn, then through several hands until L. P. Boyleston acquired the site. On July 21, 1944, he deeded the land and springs to GOD. The waters are exceptionally pure by analysis and contain healthful minerals, and people today, as in the past, believe they truly are Healing Springs.