Editing Kingstree, South Carolina (section)

====Williamsburg Presbyterian Church====
Williamsburg Presbyterian Church was founded in August 1736.  The church consisted of three structures. Its founders built the first church in 1738 across from the Williamsburg Cemetery in town; the second building was constructed in 1828 and was across from the Williamsburg Cemetery as well. The third, the current structure of the church located on North Academy Street was built in 1914. The stained glass windows on the roof of the church today were imported from Austria. One of the stained glass windows on the roof was removed in 1989 during a renovation and was placed behind the pulpit of the sanctuary.<ref name="The Kingstree News">{{cite news|title=A Candlelight Tour of Homes and Churches on Academy Street|newspaper=The Kingstree News|date=November 1, 1990}}</ref> The first person to be buried in the church cemetery was John Witherspoon(1670–1737), the father of James Witherspoon, builder of Thorntree.<ref name="DayTime">{{cite book|last=Todd|first=Caroline W.|title=South Carolina: A Day at a Time|year=1997|publisher=Sandlapper Publishing Company, Inc.|location=Orangeburg, South Carolina|pages=333}}</ref>

Williamsburg Presbyterian Church celebrated its 275th Birthday in October 2011. The church held a service to share Kingstree's history. The church is the oldest church that still exists today between the Santee and Cape Fear Rivers in North and South Carolina. Williamsburg Presbyterian is the mother church to 33 other Presbyterian churches. Two daughter churches include nearby Union Presbyterian church in Salters, South Carolina, and Indiantown Presbyterian Church in Williamsburg County.<ref name="The Kingstree News 2">{{cite news|title=275th Anniversary of Williamsburg Presbyterian Church|url=http://www.kingstreenews.com/story/275th-Anniversary-of-the-Williamsburg-Presbyterian-Church|access-date=November 10, 2011|date=October 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002201700/http://www.kingstreenews.com/story/275th-Anniversary-of-the-Williamsburg-Presbyterian-Church|archive-date=October 2, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Kingstree company formed at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church's original churchyard in July 1780. The company was led by Captain Henry Mouzon and later turned into the battalion and then formed a brigade led by Francis Marion against the British.<ref name="Boddie" />{{rp|135}}