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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Adams Run Christ Church Cemetery
Charleston Bethany Cemetery
Charleston Brotherhood Cemetery
Charleston Brown Fellowship
Graveyard
Charleston Cathedral Church of St. Luke
and St. Paul
Charleston Church of St. James
Charleston Circular Congregational
Church Burying Ground
Charleston First Baptist Churchyard
Charleston First Scots Presbyterian
Churchyard
Charleston Friendly Union Cemetery
Charleston Huguenot Church Cemetery
Charleston Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim
Cemetery
Charleston Magnolia Cemetery
Charleston Marion Park
Charleston St. Johns Lutheran Church
Cemetery
Charleston St. Lawrence Cemetery
Charleston St. Michael's Church
Cemetery
Charleston St. Paul's Churchyard
Charleston St. Philip's Churchyard
Charleston Second Presbyterian
Churchyard
Charleston Unitarian Church
Cemetery
Charleston Unity Friendship
Cemetery
Edisto Island Gunbluff Plantation
Cemetery
Edisto Island Presbyterian Church on
Edisto Island Cemetery
Edisto Island Trinity Episcopal Church
Cemetery
Johns Island Johns Island Presbyterian
Church Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant Christ Church Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant Venning Cemetery
North Charleston Carolina Memorial
Park
Sullivan's Island Fort Moultrie
National Monument
Private or family
graveyards
Charleston County, South Carolina
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John Parker (1759-1832) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 24,
1759.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1786-88.
Died near Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
20, 1832 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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John Blake (1752-1810) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in 1752.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant;
banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1785, 1787-96, 1798-1800; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790; member
of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1802-10;
died in office 1810.
Episcopalian.
Died July 2,
1810 (age about 58
years).
Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment
at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Christ Church
Cemetery
Adams Run, Charleston County, South Carolina
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Douglas Jenkins (1880-1961) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Adams Run, Charleston
County, S.C., February
6, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Consul in St. Pierre and Miquelon, 1908-12; Gothenberg, 1912-13; Riga, 1913-17; Harbin, 1918-22; U.S. Consul General in Canton, as of 1924-29; Hong Kong, as of 1932; London, as of 1938; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1939-41.
Episcopalian.
Died in South Carolina, December
18, 1961 (age 81 years, 315
days).
Interment at Christ Church Cemetery.
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Bethany
Cemetery
10 Cunnington Avenue
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Ernest Frederick Hollings (1922-2019) —
also known as Ernest F. Hollings; Fritz Hollings;
"Foghorn Leghorn" —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
1, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1949-55; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1956,
1996,
2000,
2004;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1966-2005; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1984.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Sertoma.
Died in Isle of Palms, Charleston
County, S.C., April 6,
2019 (age 97 years, 95
days).
Interment at Bethany Cemetery.
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Brotherhood
Cemetery
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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Thomas Ezekiel Miller (1849-1938) —
also known as Thomas E. Miller —
of Grahamville, Beaufort County (now Jasper
County), S.C.
Born in South Carolina, 1849.
Republican. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1874-80, 1886-88, 1894-96; resigned 1896; member of South
Carolina state senate from Beaufort County, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 7th District, 1889-91;
defeated, 1890; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Carolina, 1896;
president,
South Carolina Industrial, Normal, and Agricultural College, 1896.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1938
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Brotherhood Cemetery.
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Brown Fellowship
Graveyard
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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Robert Carlos De Large (1842-1874) —
also known as Robert C. De Large —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., March
15, 1842.
Republican. Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Charleston
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1868-70; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1871-73.
African
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
14, 1874 (age 31 years, 336
days).
Interment at Brown Fellowship Graveyard.
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Cathedral Church
of St. Luke and St. Paul
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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John Drayton (1766-1822) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 22,
1766.
Lawyer;
author;
botanist;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1792-96, 1798, 1802-04;
Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1798-1800; Governor of
South Carolina, 1800-02, 1808-10; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1803-04; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1805-08; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1812-22.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
27, 1822 (age 56 years, 158
days).
Interment at Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul.
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John Lyde Wilson (1784-1849) —
of Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C.
Born in South Carolina, May 24,
1784.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08, 1810, 1812-14,
1816-18 (Marlborough 1806-08, Prince George Winyah 1810, 1812-14,
1816-18); intendant
of Georgetown, South Carolina, 1811-12; member of South
Carolina state senate from Prince George Winyah, 1818-22,
1826-30; Governor of
South Carolina, 1822-24; author Code of Honor, a rule book
for dueling.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
12, 1849 (age 64 years, 264
days).
Interment at Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul.
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Elias Edward Horry (1773-1834) —
also known as Elias Horry —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 21,
1773.
Intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1815-17, 1820-21.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
17, 1834 (age 61 years, 88
days).
Interment at Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul.
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John Dawson Jr. (1765-1823) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 8,
1765.
Intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1806-08.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 3,
1823 (age 57 years, 330
days).
Interment at Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul.
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Charles Burnham Cochran (1770-1833) —
also known as Charles Cochran —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February, 1770.
Banker;
intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1805-06.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
21, 1833 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul.
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Theodore Dehon Wagner (1819-1880) —
also known as Theodore D. Wagner —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in South Carolina, March
24, 1819.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
23, 1880 (age 60 years, 336
days).
Interment at Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul.
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Church of St.
James
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
Circular
Congregational Church Burying Ground
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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John Mathews (1744-1802) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., 1744.
Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; circuit
judge in South Carolina, 1776; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1776-80, 1785, 1787-90;
Speaker
of the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1778-81; Governor of
South Carolina, 1782-83.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
17, 1802 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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Richard Hutson (1748-1795) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, July 9,
1748.
Lawyer;
planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1776-79, 1781-82, 1785,
1788; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1778-79; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1778; member of South
Carolina Legislative Council, 1780-82; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1782-83; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-85; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
12, 1795 (age 46 years, 277
days).
Entombed at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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Henry Laurens Pinckney (1794-1863) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., September
24, 1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1829-30, 1831-33; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1832; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1833-37 (1st District
1833-35, 6th District 1835-37); mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1837-40; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1841-42.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., February
3, 1863 (age 68 years, 132
days).
Interment at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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David Ramsay (1749-1815) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., April 2,
1749.
Physician;
author;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1782-83, 1785-86;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1783-90; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1790-1800.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by a crazed patient, and died two days later, in
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 8,
1815 (age 66 years, 36
days).
Interment at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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Isaac Edward Holmes (1796-1867) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 6,
1796.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826-29, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1839-51 (4th District
1839-41, 5th District 1841-43, 6th District 1843-51).
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
24, 1867 (age 70 years, 324
days).
Interment at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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John Bee Holmes (1760-1827) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
23, 1760.
Lawyer;
planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1790-98; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1794-95; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1799-1802.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
5, 1827 (age 67 years, 135
days).
Interment at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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Thomas Jones (1742-1836) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
13, 1742.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1781-85, 1787-90; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1789-90.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
30, 1836 (age 93 years, 322
days).
Interment at Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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First Baptist
Churchyard
Church Street
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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William Shorten Henerey (1827-1871) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., January
2, 1827.
Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1865-66.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
23, 1871 (age 44 years, 264
days).
Interment at First Baptist Churchyard.
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First Scots
Presbyterian Churchyard
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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John Geddes (1777-1828) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
25, 1777.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1808-16; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1816-18; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1817-19, 1823-24; Governor of
South Carolina, 1818-20.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 4,
1828 (age 50 years, 70
days).
Interment at First Scots Presbyterian Churchyard.
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Friendly Union
Cemetery
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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William Demos Crum (1859-1912) —
also known as William D. Crum —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
9, 1859.
Republican. Physician;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1890; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1900;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1904-10; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1910-12.
African
ancestry.
Died December
7, 1912 (age 53 years, 302
days).
Interment at Friendly Union Cemetery.
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Huguenot Church
Cemetery
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Robin Leo Beard Jr. (1939-2007) —
also known as Robin L. Beard, Jr. —
of Tennessee.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., August
21, 1939.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1973-83; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1982.
Died, from brain
cancer, in a hospice
at Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 16,
2007 (age 67 years, 299
days).
Interment at Huguenot Church Cemetery.
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Kahal Kadosh Beth
Elohim Cemetery
Huguenin Avenue
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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William Fatman (1852-1919) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1852.
Cotton
buyer; Consul
for Belgium in Charleston,
S.C., 1883-94.
Jewish.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
15, 1919 (age 66 years, 98
days).
Interment at Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Cemetery.
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Magnolia
Cemetery
70 Cunnington Avenue
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1978
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Hugh Swinton Legaré (1797-1843) —
also known as Hugh S. Legaré —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
2, 1797.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1824-30; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1830-32; U.S. Charge d'Affaires
to Belgium, 1832-36; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Attorney General, 1841-43; died in office 1843.
Scottish
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 20,
1843 (age 46 years, 169
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Magnolia
Cemetery.
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Langdon Cheves (1776-1857) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Ninety Six District (part now in Abbeville
County), S.C., September
17, 1776.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1808-10; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1810-15; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1814-15.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, American
Antiquarian Society.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., June 26,
1857 (age 80 years, 282
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Burnet Rhett Maybank (1899-1954) —
also known as Burnet R. Maybank —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 7,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; cotton exporter;
mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1931-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); Governor of
South Carolina, 1939-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1940; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1941-54; died in office 1954.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., September
1, 1954 (age 55 years, 178
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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John Schnierle (1808-1861) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 15,
1808.
Mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1842-46, 1850-52.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
14, 1861 (age 52 years, 334
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Robert Goodwyn Rhett (1862-1939) —
also known as R. Goodwyn Rhett —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March
25, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1903-11; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
English
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
16, 1939 (age 77 years, 22
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Daniel Elliott Huger (1779-1854) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Berkeley
County, S.C., June 28,
1779.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1804-19; circuit judge
in South Carolina, 1819-30; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1830-32, 1838-42; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1843-45; resigned 1845.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sullivan's Island, Charleston
County, S.C., August
21, 1854 (age 75 years, 54
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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George Dwight Bryan (1845-1919) —
also known as George D. Bryan —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
26, 1845.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1887-91; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1894-98.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 4,
1919 (age 73 years, 251
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Henry Whilden Lockwood (1891-1944) —
also known as Henry W. Lockwood —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
24, 1891.
Democrat. Mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1938-44; died in office 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940,
1944.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 5,
1944 (age 52 years, 286
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876) —
also known as Robert Rhett; Robert Barnwell
Smith —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., December
21, 1800.
Democrat. South
Carolina state attorney general, 1832; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1837-49 (7th District
1837-39, 6th District 1839-41, 7th District 1841-49); U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1850-52; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. James
Parish, La., September
14, 1876 (age 75 years, 268
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Ashmead Courtenay (1831-1908) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
4, 1831.
Book
publisher; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1879-87.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March
17, 1908 (age 77 years, 42
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Thomas Bennett (1781-1865) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
14, 1781.
Lumber
business; architect;
banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1804-06, 1808-18; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1814-18; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1812-13; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1819-20,
1836-40; Governor of
South Carolina, 1820-22.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
30, 1865 (age 83 years, 169
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Peter Charles Gaillard (1812-1889) —
also known as Peter C. Gaillard —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Berkeley
County, S.C., December
29, 1812.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; hit by a shell
during the war, and lost his
left arm; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1865-68.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
11, 1889 (age 76 years, 13
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Aiken Jr. (1806-1887) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., January
28, 1806.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1838-42; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1842-44; Governor of
South Carolina, 1844-46; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1851-57 (6th District
1851-53, 2nd District 1853-57); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1872.
Slaveowner.
Died in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., September
6, 1887 (age 81 years, 221
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Lee Trenholm (1836-1901) —
also known as William L. Trenholm —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
3, 1836.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Comptroller of the Currency, 1886-89; insurance
executive.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1901 (age 64 years, 342
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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George Irvin Cunningham (1835-1902) —
also known as George I. Cunningham —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Monroe
County, Tenn., September
8, 1835.
Republican. Mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1873-77; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Carolina, 1896,
1900;
postmaster at Charleston,
S.C., 1898-1902.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
29, 1902 (age 67 years, 82
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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John Frederick Ficken Jr. (1843-1925) —
also known as John F. Ficken —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 18,
1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1876-91; resigned 1891; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1891-95.
German
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
16, 1925 (age 81 years, 302
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Tristram Tupper Hyde (1862-1931) —
also known as Tristram T. Hyde —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., July 3,
1862.
Democrat. Real estate
business; banker; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1915-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
27, 1931 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Andrew Gordon Magrath (1813-1893) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
8, 1813.
U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1856-60; resigned 1860; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-61; resigned 1861; secretary
of state of South Carolina, 1860-62; Governor of
South Carolina, 1864-65.
Ousted
as Governor by Union
authorities in 1865 and imprisoned.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 9,
1893 (age 80 years, 60
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Ernest Edward Wehman Jr. (1891-1964) —
also known as E. Edward Wehman, Jr. —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
27, 1891.
Insurance
business; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1944-47.
Died May 1,
1964 (age 72 years, 126
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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George Alfred Trenholm (1807-1876) —
also known as George A. Trenholm —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
25, 1807.
Democrat. Banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1852, 1853-56, 1874-76
(St. Philip & St. Michael 1852, 1853-56, Charleston County 1874-76);
Confederate
Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65.
Arrested
by Union
forces in 1865, and imprisoned
at Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until October.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
9, 1876 (age 69 years, 288
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Hiram Brawley (1841-1916) —
also known as William H. Brawley; William Huggins
Brawley —
of Chester, Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., May 13,
1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, Va., 1862, and lost an
arm; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1882-90; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1891-94;
resigned 1894; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1894-1911; retired 1911.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
15, 1916 (age 75 years, 186
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Arthur Bonnell Schirmer Jr. (1933-2008) —
also known as Arthur B. Schirmer, Jr.;
"Bro" —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born February
24, 1933.
Mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1975.
Lutheran.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 18,
2008 (age 75 years, 145
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Thomas Sanders McMillan (1888-1939) —
also known as Thomas S. McMillan —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born near Ulmers, Allendale
County, S.C., November
27, 1888.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1916-24; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1925-39; died in
office 1939; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1936.
Died September
29, 1939 (age 50 years, 306
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Richard Smith Whaley (1874-1951) —
also known as Richard S. Whaley —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 15,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1900-10, 1912-13; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1907-10;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1913-21; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1930.
Died in 1951
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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George Swinton Legaré (1869-1913) —
also known as George S. Legaré —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Rockville, Charleston
County, S.C., November
11, 1869.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1903-13; died in
office 1913.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
31, 1913 (age 43 years, 81
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Turner Logan (1874-1941) —
also known as W. Turner Logan —
of South Carolina.
Born in Summerville, Dorchester
County, S.C., June 21,
1874.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1900-04; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1921-25.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
15, 1941 (age 67 years, 86
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Julius Waties Waring (1880-1968) —
also known as Julius W. Waring —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 27,
1880.
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of South Carolina,
1942-52; took senior status 1952.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
11, 1968 (age 87 years, 168
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William John Grayson (1788-1863) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., November
2, 1788.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1813-15, 1822-25; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1826-31; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1833-37.
Slaveowner.
Died in Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., October
4, 1863 (age 74 years, 336
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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James Conner (1829-1883) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
1, 1829.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1856-60; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
Died in Richmond,
Va., June 26,
1883 (age 53 years, 298
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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John Phillips (1803-1875) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., 1803.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1861-62; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1866-67.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
1, 1875 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Clara Gooding McMillan (1894-1976) —
also known as Clara G. McMillan —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Brunson, Hampton
County, S.C., August
17, 1894.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1939-41;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940.
Female.
Died in Barnwell, Barnwell
County, S.C., November
8, 1976 (age 82 years, 83
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Alfred Huger (1788-1872) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
1, 1788.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1818-33; postmaster at Charleston,
S.C., 1834-67.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 11,
1872 (age 83 years, 192
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Nelson Taft (1847-1889) —
also known as William N. Taft —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Smithfield, Providence
County, R.I., 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1876-80; postmaster
at Charleston,
S.C., 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Carolina, 1884.
Died in 1889
(age about
42 years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure (1822-1886) —
also known as Wilmot G. de Saussure —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 23,
1822.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1848-49, 1854-57,
1860-63; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1862.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., February
1, 1886 (age 63 years, 193
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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James Butler Campbell (1808-1883) —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., October
27, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1850-55, 1862-64,
1865-66 (St. Philip & St. Michael 1850-55, 1862-64, Charleston
1865-66); delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1868;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1877-78; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1882.
Died, from congestion of
the lungs, in Washington,
D.C., November
8, 1883 (age 75 years, 12
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Charles Otto Witte (1823-1908) —
also known as Karl Otto Witte —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Blomberg, Germany,
November
23, 1823.
Importer
and exporter; banker; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Charleston,
S.C., 1865-1903; Consul
for Germany in Charleston,
S.C., 1871-1907; Vice-Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Charleston,
S.C., 1881-1907.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 2,
1908 (age 84 years, 100
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Johann Friedrich Witte and Christianna (Linnemann) Witte; married
to Charlotte Sophia Reeves. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jacob Motte Alston Pringle (1827-1886) —
also known as Motte A. Pringle —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., November
9, 1827.
Consul
for Argentina in Charleston,
S.C., 1849-86; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
27, 1886 (age 59 years, 18
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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John Blake (1752-1810) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in 1752.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant;
banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1785, 1787-96, 1798-1800; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790; member
of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1802-10;
died in office 1810.
Episcopalian.
Died July 2,
1810 (age about 58
years).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Charleston County, S.C.; reinterment at Magnolia
Cemetery.
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Huger Sinkler (1868-1923) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Charleston District (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C., February
20, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1896-1906; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1906-18; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
13, 1923 (age 55 years, 174
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Storen Legaré (1900-1930) —
also known as William S. Legaré —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
6, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1924-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1926-30; died in
office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Fatally injured in an automobile
accident near Wolfton, S.C., and died two hours later in a hospital
at Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
7, 1930 (age 30 years, 32
days). Also killed was Sen. W.
Claude Martin; Rep. J.
Rutledge Smith, Jr. was injured but survived.
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Arthur Rutledge Young (1876-1947) —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn., July 3,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1916-18; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1918-22, 1925-26.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 16,
1947 (age 70 years, 317
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Edward Young and Elizabeth (Rutledge) Young; married, December
19, 1907, to Nannie Cabell Conner. |
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Samuel Thane Poinier (1837-1909) —
also known as Samuel T. Poinier —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March
17, 1837.
Republican. Postmaster at Spartanburgh
Court House, S.C., 1866-69, 1880-86; Spartanburg,
S.C., 1890-94, 1899-1909; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1900.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
27, 1909 (age 72 years, 10
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Benjamin Huger Rutledge (1861-1925) —
also known as Benjamin H. Rutledge —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
4, 1861.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1890-92; Consul
for Belgium in Charleston,
S.C., 1907.
Episcopalian.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
12, 1925 (age 64 years, 69
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Daniel Elliott Huger Smith (1846-1932) —
also known as D. E. Huger Smith —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., April 2,
1846.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Charleston,
S.C., 1877-1902.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 5,
1932 (age 85 years, 338
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Benjamin Huger Rutledge (1829-1893) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Statesburg, Sumter
County, S.C., June 4,
1829.
Lawyer;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1876-80.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
30, 1893 (age 63 years, 330
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Thomas Young Simons (1828-1878) —
also known as Thomas Y. Simons —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., October
1, 1828.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1860,
1872;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; newspaper
editor; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1876.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
30, 1878 (age 49 years, 211
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Stephen Robinson Bell (1860-1897) —
also known as Stephen R. Bell —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 13,
1860.
Cotton
exporter;
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Russia in Charleston,
S.C., 1892-97.
Scotch-Irish
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Aiken
County, S.C., February
8, 1897 (age 36 years, 240
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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James Marsh Seignious (1847-1923) —
also known as James M. Seignious —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., November
4, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; accountant;
banker;
cotton
factor; financier;
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Charleston,
S.C., 1901-07.
French
Huguenot, English,
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Summerville, Dorchester
County, S.C., January
24, 1923 (age 75 years, 81
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis P. Seignious and Martha Hester (Wightman) Seignious;
married to Christiana Hannah Pelzer; married, January
5, 1891, to Esther Barnwell Heyward. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Langdon Cheves Jr. (1814-1863) —
Born in Pennsylvania, 1814.
Engineer;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Peter's, 1860-62;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Hit by a shell,
and killed, while defending the Confederate-held
battery on Morris Island, Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 10,
1863 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Charles Pinckney Brown (1823-1864) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in South Carolina, May, 1823.
School
teacher; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. James, Goose
Creek, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Drewrys Bluff, Chesterfield
County, Va., May 14,
1864 (age about 41
years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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John Sanders O'Hear (1806-1875) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in South Carolina, September
6, 1806.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Thomas' & St.
Dennis', 1860-62.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
21, 1875 (age 69 years, 15
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Alexander Henry Brown (1809-1879) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., December
31, 1809.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Andrew's, 1860-62.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
25, 1879 (age 69 years, 84
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Andrew William Burnet (1811-1896) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C., June 12,
1811.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62.
Died December
6, 1896 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Alfred Merchant (1862-1932) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., January
13, 1862.
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Charleston,
S.C., 1897-98.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
16, 1932 (age 70 years, 3
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Robert Goodwyn Rhett Jr. (1894-1985) —
also known as Robert G. Rhett, Jr. —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
7, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Charleston,
S.C., 1926.
Died March 1,
1985 (age 90 years, 84
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Marion
Park
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) —
also known as John C. Calhoun —
of Pickens District (now Pickens
County), S.C.
Born in Abbeville District (part now in McCormick
County), S.C., March
18, 1782.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1808; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1817-25; Vice
President of the United States, 1825-32; resigned 1832; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office
1850; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1844-45.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
31, 1850 (age 68 years, 13
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard;
cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Marion Park.
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Relatives: Son
of James Patrick Calhoun and Martha (Caldwell) Calhoun; married, December
27, 1809, to Floride Bonneau and Floride
Calhoun (daughter of John
Ewing Colhoun (c.1749-1802)); father of Anna Maria Calhoun (who
married Thomas
Green Clemson); uncle of John
Alfred Calhoun and Martha Catherine Calhoun (who married Armistead
Burt); great-granduncle of John
Temple Graves; first cousin of John
Ewing Colhoun (c.1749-1802) and Joseph
Calhoun; first cousin once removed of Andrew
Pickens; first cousin twice removed of Francis
Wilkinson Pickens; second cousin once removed of Sarah Ann
Calhoun (who married Alexander
Henry Brown); second cousin twice removed of William
Francis Calhoun. |
| | | Political family: Calhoun-Pickens
family of South Carolina (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Calhoun counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Miss., S.C., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The John C. Calhoun State
Office Building (opened 1926), in Columbia,
South Carolina, is named for
him. — Lake
Calhoun (now known by its Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska), in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, was named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John C. Calhoun (built 1941-42 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; destroyed in cargo explosion at Finchhafen,
Papua New Guinea, 1944) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
C. Johnson
— John
Calhoun Nicholls
— John
Calhoun Cook
— John
C. Sheppard
— John C.
Bell
— John
C. C. Mayo
— John
C. Phillips
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes (1861) and $100 notes
(1862). |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Liberty dearer than
union." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John C. Calhoun: Margaret
L. Coit, John
C. Calhoun : American Portrait — Clyde N. Wilson, John
C. Calhoun — Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — Warren
Brown, John
C. Calhoun (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: James Smith Noel
Collection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
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St. Johns
Lutheran Church Cemetery
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Jacob F. Mintzing (d. 1842) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Lumber
merchant; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820-35; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1840-42; died in office 1842.
Lutheran.
Died, from stomach
cancer, March
14, 1842.
Interment at St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery.
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Edward W. North (1778-1843) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1778.
Physician;
intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1833-36.
Died May 15,
1843 (age about 64
years).
Interment at St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery.
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St. Lawrence
Cemetery
60 Huguenin Avenue
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Patrick Grace (1874-1940) —
also known as John P. Grace —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
30, 1874.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1911-15, 1919-23.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 25,
1940 (age 65 years, 178
days).
Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
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Michael Patrick O'Connor (1831-1881) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., September
29, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1858-66; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1872,
1876;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1879-81; died in
office 1881.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
26, 1881 (age 49 years, 209
days).
Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
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Christopher Columbus Bowen (1832-1880) —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., January
5, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1867-71; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Charleston
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1871-72; Charleston
County Sheriff, 1873-80.
Catholic.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 23,
1880 (age 48 years, 170
days).
Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
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Ditlev Frederik Grube (1861-1892) —
also known as D. F. Grube —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Marstal, Denmark,
September
22, 1861.
Consul
for Netherlands in Charleston,
S.C., 1891-92.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
14, 1892 (age 30 years, 174
days).
Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
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Eugene Huchet (1816-1878) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., 1816.
Merchant;
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Charleston,
S.C., 1866-77.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 23,
1878 (age about 62
years).
Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
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St. Michael's
Church Cemetery
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
25, 1746.
Lawyer;
law partner of Edward
Rutledge; planter;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1783-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1790-96,
1800-04; U.S. Minister to France, 1796-97; received one electoral vote, 1796;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1800; candidate for President
of the United States, 1804 (Federalist), 1808.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
16, 1825 (age 79 years, 172
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery.
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John Rutledge (1739-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., September
18, 1739.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina House of Commons, 1761-76; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1764-65; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774; President
of South Carolina, 1776-78; Governor of
South Carolina, 1779-82; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782, 1784-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
received 6 electoral votes, 1789;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-91; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1795; common pleas court judge in
South Carolina, 1791-95.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 23,
1800 (age 60 years, 308
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery.
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Robert Young Hayne (1791-1839) —
also known as Robert Y. Hayne —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in South Carolina, November
10, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1814-18; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1818; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1818-22; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1820; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1823-32; Governor of
South Carolina, 1832-34; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1836-37.
Slaveowner.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., September
24, 1839 (age 47 years, 318
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery.
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Arnoldus Van der Horst (1748-1815) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, March
21, 1748.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1776-78, 1794, 1799-1800
(Christ Church 1776-78, 1794, St. Philip & St. Michael 1799-1800);
member of South
Carolina state senate from Christ Church, 1779-86, 1788-91; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1785-86, 1790-92; Governor of
South Carolina, 1794-96.
Episcopalian.
Died in Kiawah Island, Charleston
County, S.C., January
29, 1815 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery.
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Arthur Peronneau Hayne (1788-1867) —
also known as Arthur P. Hayne —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
12, 1788.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1858; appointed 1858.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
7, 1867 (age 78 years, 301
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery.
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Francis Kinloch (1755-1826) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 7,
1755.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1780; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1786-92; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
8, 1826 (age 70 years, 338
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery.
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George Seabrook Bryan (1809-1905) —
also known as George S. Bryan —
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., May 22,
1809.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1866-86; retired 1886.
Died in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., September
28, 1905 (age 96 years, 129
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery.
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William Dickinson Martin (1789-1833) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., October
20, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Luke, 1816-17;
Clerk of the South Carolina Senate, 1818-25; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1827-31; circuit
judge in South Carolina, 1831-33.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
17, 1833 (age 44 years, 28
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery.
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William Rouse (1756-1829) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Yorkshire, England,
January
30, 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08, 1820-25; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1808-10; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1812-15.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 15,
1829 (age 73 years, 136
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery.
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James R. Pringle (1782-1840) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1782.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1808-13; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1814-19; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1819-20; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1830-31.
Died July 11,
1840 (age about 58
years).
Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery.
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Henry Workman Conner (1797-1861) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, N.C., 1797.
Merchant;
banker;
president, South Carolina Railroad;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-61; died in office 1861.
Died, from peritonitis,
in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., January
11, 1861 (age about 63
years).
Interment at St. Michael's Church Cemetery.
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Pierce Butler (1744-1822) —
of South Carolina.
Born in County Carlow, Ireland,
July
11, 1744.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-89; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1789-96, 1802-04.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
15, 1822 (age 77 years, 219
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; cenotaph at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery.
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St. Paul's
Churchyard
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Thomas Lowndes (1766-1843) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
22, 1766.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1792-1800; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1801-05.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 8,
1843 (age 77 years, 167
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard.
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William Hans Campbell (1823-1901) —
also known as William H. Campbell —
of Greenville, Greenville District (now Greenville
County), S.C.
Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., October
22, 1823.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Greenville, 1860-62.
Died in Charleston
County, S.C., November
16, 1901 (age 78 years, 25
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard.
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St. Philip's
Churchyard
146 Church St.
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) —
also known as John C. Calhoun —
of Pickens District (now Pickens
County), S.C.
Born in Abbeville District (part now in McCormick
County), S.C., March
18, 1782.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1808; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1817-25; Vice
President of the United States, 1825-32; resigned 1832; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office
1850; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1844-45.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
31, 1850 (age 68 years, 13
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Marion Park.
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Relatives: Son
of James Patrick Calhoun and Martha (Caldwell) Calhoun; married, December
27, 1809, to Floride Bonneau and Floride
Calhoun (daughter of John
Ewing Colhoun (c.1749-1802)); father of Anna Maria Calhoun (who
married Thomas
Green Clemson); uncle of John
Alfred Calhoun and Martha Catherine Calhoun (who married Armistead
Burt); great-granduncle of John
Temple Graves; first cousin of John
Ewing Colhoun (c.1749-1802) and Joseph
Calhoun; first cousin once removed of Andrew
Pickens; first cousin twice removed of Francis
Wilkinson Pickens; second cousin once removed of Sarah Ann
Calhoun (who married Alexander
Henry Brown); second cousin twice removed of William
Francis Calhoun. |
| | | Political family: Calhoun-Pickens
family of South Carolina (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Calhoun counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Miss., S.C., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The John C. Calhoun State
Office Building (opened 1926), in Columbia,
South Carolina, is named for
him. — Lake
Calhoun (now known by its Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska), in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, was named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John C. Calhoun (built 1941-42 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; destroyed in cargo explosion at Finchhafen,
Papua New Guinea, 1944) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
C. Johnson
— John
Calhoun Nicholls
— John
Calhoun Cook
— John
C. Sheppard
— John C.
Bell
— John
C. C. Mayo
— John
C. Phillips
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes (1861) and $100 notes
(1862). |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Liberty dearer than
union." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John C. Calhoun: Margaret
L. Coit, John
C. Calhoun : American Portrait — Clyde N. Wilson, John
C. Calhoun — Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — Warren
Brown, John
C. Calhoun (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: James Smith Noel
Collection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
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Edward Rutledge (1749-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Christ Church Parish, Charleston District (now part of Charleston
County), S.C., November
23, 1749.
Lawyer;
law partner of Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1787-96; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1796-98; Governor of
South Carolina, 1798-1800; died in office 1800.
Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., January
23, 1800 (age 50 years, 61
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
23, 1750.
Lawyer;
major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1776-87, 1789-92; Governor of
South Carolina, 1787-89; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1792-96; received 59 electoral votes, 1796;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1797-1801 (at-large 1797-99,
1st District 1799-1801); general in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Florida, 1812-14.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
2, 1828 (age 78 years, 10
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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James Gadsden (1788-1858) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 15,
1788.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Florida
state legislature, 1840; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1853-56.
Negotiated the treaty which led to the Gadsden Purchase, which added
30,000 square miles to the U.S. (parts of southern Arizona and New
Mexico).
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
25, 1858 (age 70 years, 224
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Charles Pinckney (1757-1824) —
of Christ Church Parish (now Mt. Pleasant), Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
26, 1757.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1785-87; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives from Christ Church,
1786-89, 1790-91, 1792-96, 1798; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Governor of
South Carolina, 1789-92, 1796-98, 1806-08; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1798-1801; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1801-04; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1819-21.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
29, 1824 (age 67 years, 3
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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William Loughton Smith (1758-1812) —
also known as William Smith —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., 1758.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1784-88, 1808; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-93,
1st District 1793-97, at-large 1797); U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1797-1801.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
19, 1812 (age about 54
years).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Daniel Huger (1742-1799) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Berkeley
County, S.C., February
20, 1742.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-80; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1786-88; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 6,
1799 (age 57 years, 136
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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William McGillivray Morrison (1903-1960) —
also known as William McG. Morrison —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., January
8, 1903.
Democrat. Mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1947-59; defeated, 1959; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1952,
1956.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
1, 1960 (age 56 years, 358
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Isaac Motte (1738-1795) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., December
8, 1738.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1779, 1783-90; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1780; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1781-82.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., May 8,
1795 (age 56 years, 151
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Christopher Gadsden (1723-1805) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
16, 1723.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774-76; general in
the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1778-80.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
15, 1805 (age 82 years, 211
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Rawlins Lowndes (1721-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in St.
Christopher, January
6, 1721.
Lawyer;
planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1776-78, 1787-90; President
of South Carolina, 1778-79; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1788-89.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
24, 1800 (age 79 years, 230
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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John Palmer Gaillard Jr. (1920-2006) —
also known as J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr. —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
20, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lumber
business; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1959-75.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
American
Legion.
Killed in an automobile
accident, in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 29,
2006 (age 86 years, 100
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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John Lewis Gervais (1741-1798) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Hanover, Germany
of French Huguenot parents, 1741.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Ninety-Six District, 1779-86; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1782-83; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1785, 1788.
French
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
18, 1798 (age about 57
years).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Alexander Moultrie (1750-1807) —
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 2,
1750.
South
Carolina state attorney general, 1776-92; impeached
for embezzling
state money into the Yazoo Land Company, and resigned.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August, 1807
(age 57
years, 0 days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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John Gadsden (1787-1831) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born March 4,
1787.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1819; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1820-31; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1827-29.
Died January
24, 1831 (age 43 years, 326
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Thomas Roper (1760-1829) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 20,
1760.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1796-1802; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1799-1801.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
15, 1829 (age 68 years, 330
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Joseph Johnson (1776-1862) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Charleston
County, S.C., 1776.
Whig. Physician;
druggist;
banker;
intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1825-27.
Died in Pineville, Berkeley
County, S.C., October
6, 1862 (age about 86
years).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Thomas Winstanley (1755-1832) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1755.
Intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1804-05.
Died November
4, 1832 (age about 77
years).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Thomas Shubrick (1710-1779) —
Born in Stepney, London, England,
August
17, 1710.
Sea
captain; merchant;
insurance
business; planter;
member of South
Carolina Legislative Council, 1776-78.
Anglican.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
14, 1779 (age 68 years, 362
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Charles Pinckney (1732-1782) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charles Town (now Charleston), Charleston
County, S.C., March 7,
1732.
Lawyer;
planter;
member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1779-80.
Anglican.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
22, 1782 (age 50 years, 199
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard; cenotaph at Christ Church Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
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John Julius Pringle Smith (1816-1894) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born October
15, 1816.
Lawyer;
planter;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62.
Died November
25, 1894 (age 78 years, 41
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Huger Sinkler (1908-1987) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born January
13, 1908.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1936.
Died January
26, 1987 (age 79 years, 13
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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William Johnson (1771-1834) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
27, 1771.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1787-90, 1794-99; common pleas court judge in South
Carolina, 1799-1800; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1804-34.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1834 (age 62 years, 220
days). His remains were apparently lost in
transit.
Cenotaph at St. Philip's Churchyard.
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Second
Presbyterian Churchyard
342 Meeting Street
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
Founded 1809
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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James Adger Smyth (1837-1920) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 8,
1837.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; cotton
broker; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1896-1903.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
25, 1920 (age 82 years, 322
days).
Interment at Second Presbyterian Churchyard.
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Thomas Allen Legaré Jr. (1915-2010) —
also known as T. Allen Legaré, Jr. —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Wadmalaw Island, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 22,
1915.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1947-48, 1951-53; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1953-66.
Presbyterian.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 11,
2010 (age 94 years, 324
days).
Interment at Second Presbyterian Churchyard.
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Unitarian Church
Cemetery
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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Francis James Porcher (1821-1872) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., May 3,
1821.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
20, 1872 (age 50 years, 293
days).
Interment at Unitarian Church Cemetery.
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Unity Friendship
Cemetery
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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Alonzo Jacob Ransier (1834-1882) —
also known as A. J. Ransier —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
3, 1834.
Republican. Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Charleston
County, 1868; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1868-70; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1871-72; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1873-75.
African
ancestry.
Died August
17, 1882 (age 48 years, 226
days).
Interment at Unity Friendship Cemetery.
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Gunbluff
Plantation Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook (1792-1855) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Edisto Island, Charleston
County, S.C., June 30,
1792.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer; author;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1814-25; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1826-34; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1834-36; Governor of
South Carolina, 1848-50.
Episcopalian.
Died in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C., April
16, 1855 (age 62 years, 290
days).
Interment at Gunbluff Plantation Cemetery.
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Presbyterian
Church on Edisto Island Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
Trinity Episcopal
Church Cemetery
Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
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Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr. (1924-2016) —
also known as Burnet R. Maybank —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 2,
1924.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1953-58; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1959-61.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
25, 2016 (age 92 years, 176
days).
Interment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Joseph Evans Jenkins (1793-1874) —
of Edisto Island, Colleton District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Edisto Island, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., 1793.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1818-19, 1832-33; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1834-38; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Paul's, 1860-62.
Died in Edisto Island, Colleton County (now Charleston
County), S.C., March 6,
1874 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth (Evans) Jenkins and Joseph Jenkins; married to Ann
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Johns Island
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
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George Washington Seabrook (1808-1866) —
of Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C.
Born in Edisto Island, Colleton District (now Charleston
County), S.C., November
14, 1808.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. John's, Colleton,
1860-62.
Died in Orangeburg, Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg
County), S.C., June 22,
1866 (age 57 years, 220
days).
Interment at Johns Island Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Christ Church
Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina
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Peter Porcher Bonneau (1814-1871) —
Born in Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., 1814.
Physician;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Christ Church,
1860-62.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
1, 1871 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Christ Church Cemetery.
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Charles Pinckney (1732-1782) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charles Town (now Charleston), Charleston
County, S.C., March 7,
1732.
Lawyer;
planter;
member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1779-80.
Anglican.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
22, 1782 (age 50 years, 199
days).
Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard,
Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph at Christ Church Cemetery.
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Venning
Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina
Carolina Memorial
Park
North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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Robin Chandler Duke (1923-2016) —
also known as Grace Esther Tippett; Robin
Chandler —
of New York.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
13, 1923.
Democrat. Model;
journalist;
stockbroker;
U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 2000-01.
Female.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
6, 2016 (age 92 years, 116
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Carolina Memorial Park.
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Fort Moultrie
National Monument
Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
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William Moultrie (1730-1805) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., November
23, 1730.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1783-84; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1784; Governor of
South Carolina, 1785-87, 1792-94; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1787-92.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., September
27, 1805 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Windsor Hill Plantation, North Charleston, S.C.; reinterment in
1977 at Fort Moultrie National Monument; cenotaph at St.
James Goose Creek Episcopal Churchyard, Goose Creek, S.C.
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