Tri S Ranch
Horse Trails are along side this project. Our Stables join Sanctuary's property. To board your horse and have all access
to the trails, register early to reserve your stall or stalls.
One of the Eleven Most Endangered Historic Sites in S. C
The community had its origin in the opening of the Willington Academy,
founded by Presbyterian minister, Dr. Moses Waddel, in 1804. That Academy was one of the most prestigious education institutions
in the south in the years from 1804-1830. Its founder was a brilliant teacher. He educated many outstanding young men from
South Carolina and Georgia, including 11 future governors of SC, Georgia and Alabama, a vice
president of the US , 3 secretaries of state, 3 secretaries of war, 32 members of congress, and 8 college presidents..
He was called by some the unoffical headmaster to South Carolina. He left Willington in 1819 to become
president of a struggling little school in Athens, called Franklin College and later the University of Georgia, but he never
lost his love for Willington, and returned in 1830 to teach and farm.
(a Huguenot congregation) and (a Scots Irish congregation)
The town's name "Willington" was because these two distinct groups, Scots
Irish Presbyterians and French Protestants, were "willing" to unite for Christian worship and to support the education of
young men.
