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Calhoun, John C. b. March 18, 1782 d. March 31, 1850
7th United States Vice-President, US Congressman, US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. One of the earliest and strongest proponent of secession from the Union, he fought hard to preserve slavery. He resigned his position as Vice-President and continued to lead the fight for secession. St. Philips Church has a graveyard on three sides of the church and then additional graves across the street. In order to be buried on the side of the street of the church, one must have been born in...[Read More]
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Gadsden, Christopher b. February 16, 1723 d. August 15, 1805
Delegate to Stamp Act Congress in New York, 1765; Delegate from South Carolina to the First Continental Congress, 1774-1776; brigadier general, Continental Army; served in the defense of Charleston; elected Governor of South Carolina in 1781, but declined.
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Gadsden, Gen. James b. May 15, 1788 d. December 26, 1858
US Army General, Ambassador to Mexico. A graduate of Yale, he served in the War of 1812 and was appointed aide-de-camp to General Andrew Jackson. After the war he became a planter in Florida and was a member of the State Legislature. In 1853 Gadsden was appointed Ambassador to Mexico during the Franklin Pierce administration, and was directed by the President to negotiate a treaty to purchase a large portion of northern Mexico so a transcontinental railroad could be continued westward along a...[Read More] (Bio by: John Schneider)
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Plot: 442
Heyward, DuBose b. August 31, 1885 d. June 16, 1940
Author. A noted Southern writer of the early 20th. century, he is remembered for his 1925 novel "Porgy" and for the subsequent libretto of George Gershwin's 1935 opera "Porgy and Bess". Born Edwin DuBose Heyward to a distinguished family he attended the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina, then was a Charleston insurance and real estate salesman who turned to literature after banking sufficient money to support himself. Heyward had a long interest in the South Carolina...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Saint Philips Episcopal Church Cemetery , Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Huger, Daniel b. February 20, 1741 d. July 6, 1799
US Congressman. He was educated in Charleston and England and became a rice planter, also becoming active in South Carolina's colonial government, serving in the Colonial Assembly from 1773 to 1775 and as Justice of the Peace in 1775. After the United States declared independence Huger served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1778 to 1780, and on the Governor's Council in 1780. He was a member of the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788. After the ratification of the US...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Johnson, Robert b. 1676 d. May 4, 1735
Proprietary Governor and Royal Governor of South Carolina. Johnson was the son of Proprietary Governor Sir Nathaniel Johnson who was Governor of Carolina from 1703 to 1709. The younger Johnson, Robert was first appointed Proprietary Governor of South Carolina in April of 1717. He came to Carolina at a time when many coastal cities were being terrorized by pirates, including Charleston. One of his first official acts was to appoint [Read More] (Bio by: Saratoga)
Saint Philips Episcopal Church Cemetery , Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Johnson, William b. December 27, 1771 d. August 24, 1834
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he studied law at Princeton, where he graduated in 1790 and was admitted to the bar in 1793. He was a state legislator and a judge in South Carolina, when nominated for the position of Associate Justice by President Thomas Jefferson on March 22, 1804. Johnson was the first of Jefferson's appointments to the Supreme Court and was thought to have the most similar beliefs about the Constitution. As a Justice...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Saint Philips Episcopal Church Cemetery , Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Lowndes, Rawlins b. January 6, 1720 d. August 24, 1800
South Carolina Governor. Lowndes was born on the island of St. Kitts in the Eastern Caribbean, and after coming to South Carolina studied law and became provost marshal of the South Carolina province in 1740. He was a member of the colonial assembly almost continuously from 1749 until the Revolution and was speaker of the assembly from 1763 to 1765 and 1772 to 1775. From 1774 to 1776 he was a member of the first provincial congress and was instrumental in the writing of the first State...[Read More] (Bio by: John Schneider)
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Motte, Isaac b. December 8, 1738 d. May 8, 1795
Continental Congressman. The son of Jacob Motte, South Carolina's Royal Treasurer, Isaac Motte received a military education and in 1756 was appointed an Ensign in Great Britain's Sixtieth American Regiment. Motte served during the French and Indian War, receiving promotion to Lieutenant in 1759. He resigned from the British Army in 1766. In 1772 he was a member of the Colonial Legislature, and from 1774 to 1776 he was a Delegate to South Carolina's Provincial Congress. In 1775 he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Pinckney, Charles b. October 26, 1757 d. October 29, 1824
US Senator and Congressman. Governor of South Carolina. Signer of US Constitution. Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina this son of a wealthy lawyer and planter became one of the framers of the US Constitution through his passionate speeches and problem solving abilities. He served in his state's militia participating in the Siege of Savannah in 1779. The next year he was captured by the British and was a Prisoner of War until the summer of 1781. During and after the war he also served...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Pinckney, Thomas b. October 23, 1750 d. November 2, 1828
Served in Continental Army; Governor of South Carolina, 1787-1789; United States Minister to Great Britain, 1792-1796, and Envoy Extraordinary to Spain, 1794-1795; United States Representative from South Carolina, 1797-1801; major general, War of 1812.
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Rutledge, Edward b. November 23, 1749 d. January 23, 1800
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina, he was the youngest signer at age 26. His wife�s brother, Arthur Middleton, also signed the Declaration of Independence. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he studied law with his older brother, John. Both boys were then sent to England to continue their legal studies, and Edward returned home in 1773 to set up a law practice in Charleston, SC. The next year he married Henrietta Middleton, a member of a prominent South...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Smith, William Loughton b. 1758 d. December 19, 1812
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 1st District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1789 to 1797. Also served as a Member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives from 1784 to 1788, and in 1808, and United States Minister to Portugal from 1797 to 1801. (Bio by: K)
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Sullivan, Gen. Joseph P. b. January 7, 1894 d. November 30, 1977
US Army Major General. Sullivan graduated from West Point in 1917, and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant. He was then assigned to the 10th Infantry Brigade. During WWI he fought in the battles of San Mihiel and the Muesse Argonne where he was badly wounded. In 1920 he was transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps. By the end of the 1920's, now a major he returned to school and received his master's degree from Harvard Business School in 1932. Just prior to World War II he was promoted to Colonel...[Read More] (Bio by: John Schneider)
Saint Philips Episcopal Church Cemetery , Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA

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