The South Carolina State Library has gathered documents, books, and maps in this collection that reflect the work done by the S.C. American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission, South Carolina state agencies, United States federal agencies, and historic items from the South Carolina State Library State Documents Depository.
Born in Chester County, South Carolina, John Adair was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician.
Benjamin Cleveland was an officer in the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution and a resident of Oconee County.
William Henry Drayton was a planter and lawyer from Charleston, SC, who served as a delegate for South Carolina to the Continental Congress.
Christopher Gadsden was a merchant and politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution.
Emily Geiger risked her life by serving as a messenger for the Colonial Army during the Revolutionary War.
Issac Hayne was hanged by the British for espionage and treason during the American Revolution.
Richard Hutson was a founding father of the United States and a lawyer, judge, and politician from Charleston, SC.
Born in Lancaster County, South Carolina, Andrew Jackson was the President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
Henry Laurens was a merchant, political leader, and rice planter who was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
Lawyer, Provost-Marshall, South Carolina Senate, South Carolina House of Representatives; Charleston, SC
Thomas Lynch, Jr. from Georgetown County, SC, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion was a strategic fighter against the British during the War of Independence.
John Mathews was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1781, where he endorsed the Articles of Confederation on behalf of South Carolina.
Henry Middleton was the 2nd President of the Continental Congress and served as President of the provincial congress and senator in the newly created South Carolina Government.
Rebecca Motte was a widower and landowner along the Congaree River who graciously allowed Francis Marion and other Patriot soldiers to set fire to her plantation home when the British took command of the house.
William Moultrie was a general in the Revolutionary War who had Fort Moultrie built out of Palmetto logs on Sullivan’s Island, in the Charleston Harbor.
Andrew Pickens was a militia leader in the American Revolutionary War and US Representative from Abbeville County, SC.
Eliza Lucas Pinckney was a daughter of a plantation owner who is best known for her experiments with creating blue dye from indigo plants, which led to indigo becoming one of the colony’s most important cash crops.
Thomas Pinckney was an early American statesman, diplomat, and soldier in the American Revolution and the War of 1812.
Edward Rutledge was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence and later governor of South Carolina from 1798-1800.
John Rutledge was a signer of the US constitution and the first governor of South Carolina following the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Sumter was a distinguished general in the Revolutionary War who lived in Sumter County.
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