Richard Winn was an American

United States

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 merchant, surveyor, and politician from Winnsboro, South Carolina

Winnsboro, South Carolina

Winnsboro is a town in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,599 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Fairfield County. Winnsboro is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area....

. During the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

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 he was an officer in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment

3rd South Carolina Regiment

The 3rd South Carolina Regiment was raised on 6 June 1775, at Ninety-Six Court House, South Carolina, for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Siege of Savannah and the Siege of Charleston. The regiment was captured by the British Army at Charleston on 12 May 1780,...

. After the regiment was captured at Charleston, he served in a militia partisan unit under Thomas Sumter

Thomas Sumter

Thomas Sumter nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock" , was a hero of the American Revolution and went on to become a longtime member of the Congress of the United States.-Early life:Thomas Sumter was born near Charlottesville in Hanover County, Virginia in 1734...

. After the war he became a general in the South Carolina militia.

He represented South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

 in the U.S. House

United States House of Representatives

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from 1793 until 1797 and from 1803 to 1813.