aka Brookgreen Plantation. aka Lynches Creek Swamp. Some sources claim this happened on Jan. 6th.

Recently commissioned Brigadier General Francis Marion sent recently promoted Lt. Col. Peter Horry and 80 mounted militia to attack some Loyalists butchering cattle not far north of Georgetown. The Loyalists captured a six-man advance guard but these Patriots managed to escape. At the same time, Lt. Col. Horry heard the commotion and led his men forward and opened fire on the Loyalists. The Loyalists quickly left the area, leaving the Patriots in possesion of the field. The Loyalists soon reappeared, charging towards the Patriots. Lt. Col. Horry ordered his men into a nearby swamp. The British did not pursue them, fearing an ambush.

Another larger group of Loyalists (totaling 60) in Georgetown, under Lt. Col. George Campbell, hearing the shots sallied out to protect their friends. Lt. Col. Horry's force was dispersed, and thus began a series of minor skirmishes of small parties (sometimes as small as two or three men), back and forth, taking place through much of the large "V" between the Sampit and Black River roads, the latter approximating the route of State Highway 51.

Another source describes the Waccamaw event this way. Lt. Col. George Campbell with a detachment of mounted Kings American Regiment and a troop of Queens Rangers, under Lt. John Wilson, skirmished with a larger sized force of Lt. Col. Peter Horry's mounted men near the Wacccamaw River outside of Georgetown, and Lt. Col. Horry was beaten back.

According to Brig. Gen. Marion, in his letter to Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene of 14 January, the British lost three men and three horses killed, and two prisoners, Lt. Col. Horry lost 2 men wounded, two horses killed, and Capt. John Clarke was captured and paroled. British sources speak of Campbell losing one killed and two captured.

Capt. John Saunders, of the Queen’s Rangers, quoted in Simcoe: “On the 6th January following, Lt. Col. [George] Campbell having marched some distance into the country, saw about a dozen mounted men on the road: he order Lt. [John] Wilson with his party to charge them. They instantly went to the right about, and retreated with precipitation within a corps and taken a strong and advantageous post in a swampy thick wood on each side of the road. Lt. Wilson and his party received a heavy and unexpected fire from this ambuscade, but impelled by their wonted spirit and intrepidity, and unaccustomed to defeat, they continued the charge and obliged the rebels to betake themselves to their horses, and to flight. Serjeants Burt and Hudgins, having charged through them, were carried off by them; Corporal Hudgins was killed, covered with wounds; two or three of the men were wounded, and three horses killed.”

Lt. Col. Peter Horry - Commanding Officer

Kingstree Regiment detachment of four (4) known companies with 80 men, led by:
- Capt. John Clarke (captured/paroled)
- Capt. Daniel Conyers
- Capt. Samuel Price
- Capt. Henry Sparkes
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Lt. Col. George Campbell - Commanding Officer

King's American Regiment

Queen's Rangers, Capt. John Saunder's Troop of Cavalry led by Lt. John Wilson with Cornet Thomas Merritt

SC Rangers led by Capt. "Unknown"