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Captain Roger Gordon

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In 1732 Roger Gordon led 40 Scotch Irish to found Williamsburg Township (Kingstree), one of 11 inland sites granted by the Provincial Governor in King George’s plan to develop a successful English colony in South Carolina. In 1738 the town acquired 2 acres of his land to build Williamsburg Meeting House, the original site of Williamsburg Presbyterian Church and this cemetery. Captain Gordon died in 1750.
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