Willtown Black Mingo was on Black Mingo Creek in Williamsburg County. The terms "Willtown" and "Black Mingo" were used interchangeably. It was also the site of an important battle in the Revolutionary War.

Resources:

• History of Williamsburg County
• Black Mingo Historical Marker

Willtown on the Edisto River was first known as New London. It was the second planned town in South Carolina, after Charleston. The remaining buildings are now on the National Register of Historic Places.

Here are the resources I used in this episode...

• Willtown: An Archeological and Historical Perspective
• Willtown Bluff Study
• Historical and Archeological Study
• Willtown Past and Present
• Blog Post - Paddling to Willtown on the Edisto

The ghost town of Shelton is located in northwest Fairfield County, South Carolina, along the banks of the Broad River. The early settlement featured a ferry, but grew into a town with the coming of the railroad. The major industries were shipping for the surrounding and the Shivar Springs Bottling Company, located just south of the town. Resources used in this episode:

• Blog post on RandomConnections
• Shelton photos from 1960s - State Newspaper
• interview with Tom McConnell
• Ron Chicone's History of Shelton
• Shivar cisterns on SC Picture Project
• National Register Listing for Shivar
• Shelton Cemetery
• McConnell Cemetery