{"id":17163,"count":1,"description":"Kingstree is a town in and the county seat of Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,328 at the 2010 census.\nThe original town was laid out as Williamsburg by the Lords Proprietors in colonial times. But a lone, unusually large white pine was found along the Black River. Since tall white pines were ideal for use as masts for ships, King George claimed it. The king's broad arrow mark was put upon this tree to prevent anyone else from cutting it. It was never cut. The tree that the town gets its name from is the only tree of King George\u2019s ever found in the south. Over time, the county kept the name Williamsburg, but the county seat became known as The King's Tree, giving rise to its modern name.\nGeneral Francis Marion, known as the Swamp Fox, defeated the British at the Battle of the Lower Bridge in March 1781. There is a historical marker to mark the battle between US Highway 521 and the Black River.\nAfter the British had destroyed Charles Town during...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/kingstree\/","name":"Kingstree","slug":"kingstree","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/17163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=17163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}