[1] Charles Windham arrived in the colony of Virginia in 1706 on a ship captained by Col. Robert Boiling.
[2] He eventually left to settle in the area of what was then called Craven County, South Carolina, where he petitioned and received a royal land grant of 300 acres in 1754 from the Council of King George II of Great Britain.
[5] During the Revolutionary War, Amos Windham served in the South Carolina Militia.
He received his appointment as Lieutenant on February 21, 1776, in the St. David's Parish, and began his service in Colonel G.C.
He served as Captain during 1781, 1782, and 1783 in Colonel Kolb's Regiment, Marion's Brigade, and was commissioned Major after the war ended.