Find A Grave - Berkeley County

Bee, Thomas b. 1739 d. February 18, 1812
US Continental Congressman. He was a Delegate to the First and Second Provincial Congresses 1775 and 1776 from South Carolina. He was a member of the Continental Congress 1780 to 1782. He was also a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1776 to 1779 and again in 1782. He served as Speaker of the House from 1777 to 1779. He was a member of the Council of Safety in 1775 and 1776 during the American Revolution. He served as a law judge from 1776 to 1778. He also served...[Read More] (Bio by: SGS/DML)
Woodstock Cemetery, Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Beresford, Richard b. June 3, 1755 d. February 6, 1803
Continental Congressman. Beresford grew up in a wealthy land owning family and was sent to attend Middle Temple school in London, England to study law. He graduated in 1773 and soon upon his return to South Carolina opened his law practice. He served under General Isaac Huger in Georgia during the Revolution and was a captain and an aide to General Moultrie. After he was captured at the fall of Charleston in May of 1780 he was exiled and imprisoned at St. Augustine, but later exchanged...[Read More] (Bio by: John Schneider)
Saint Thomas Cemetery, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Caradeux, Gen. Jean Baptiste b. 1741 d. May 25, 1810
General and Commander in Chief of the Island of San Domingo. Caradeuc was a Frenchman of an ancient and noble family. Although he was born in San Domingo, now Haiti, he was educated in the finer schools of France. He was descended from the likes of Raoul de Caradeuc, Siegneur de la Bellangerie and probably the most famous De Caradeux de la Chalotais, generally known in history as La Chalotais. He was appointed the commander in chief of the Royal forces, as well as Governor General of the...[Read More] (Bio by: John Schneider)
Saint Thomas Cemetery, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Flagg, Alice b. 1834 d. 1849
American Folk Figure. It is claimed that her ghost appears at 'The Hermitage' at Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Huger, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Gourdin Sr., Theodore b. March 20, 1764 d. January 17, 1826
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1813 to 1815.
Saint Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery, Saint Stephen, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Izard, Ralph b. January 23, 1742 d. May 30, 1804
US Senator, Continental Congressman. United States Senator from South Carolina, serving from 1789 to 1795. Elected to serve as a Delagate to the South Carolina Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783.
Saint James Goose Creek Cemetery, Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Jordan (Rigney, Jr.), Robert (James Oliver) b. October 17, 1948 d. September 16, 2007
Author. Born James Oliver Rigney, Jr. in Charleston, South Carolina, he attended The Citadel Military College of South Carolina and graduated with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. He published his first novel, "The Fallon Blood", in 1980, and completed the trilogy with "The Fallon Legacy" in 1982 under the pen name Reagan O'Neal. He then wrote...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Saint James Goose Creek Cemetery, Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Laurens, Henry b. March 6, 1724 d. December 8, 1792
Continental Congressman. At the age of twenty he left his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina to go to England to learn a trade. While there he made many friends that caused later caused him personal conflict when he had to choose between siding with the Patriots or remaining loyal to the mother country. He returned to America in 1747 and quickly established a successful international merchant. He reinvested his profits into real estate and by the time of the Revolutionary War was one of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Laurens Family Cemetery, Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Laurens, John b. October 28, 1754 d. August 27, 1782
Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer, US Diplomat. Joined George Washington's staff as volunteer aide, served in every battle Washington was in, including Battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, Germantown, Savannah, and Charleston. Helped plan for siege of Yorktown, in which he received Lord Cornwallis' sword at Yorktown. (Bio by: Laurie)
Laurens Family Cemetery, Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Luce, Clare Boothe b. April 10, 1903 d. October 9, 1987
Author, Stateswoman. A playwright, editor, and society figure, she had a notable political career and was long a "grand dame" of the Republican Party. The illegitimate daughter of a violinist and a lady of dubious reputation, she was early on imbued by her father with a love of good literature and music. Raised under unstable circumstances with a variety of last names in Chicago, Memphis, New York City, and elsewhere she understudied Mary Pickford on Broadway at 10 and graduated from high...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Luce Family Cemetery, Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Luce, Henry Robinson b. April 3, 1898 d. February 28, 1967
Magazine Magnate. Publisher of Sports Illustrated, Life and Time Magazine.
Luce Family Cemetery, Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Marion, Francis 'The Swamp Fox' b. 1732 d. February 27, 1795
Revolutionary War Continental Brigadier General. In 1753 he joined a militia company to fight in the French and Indian War, but does not see action. During the 1760 Cherokee War he served as a Lieutenant under Captain William Moultrie. In 1773 he established Pond's Bluff Plantation, and was elected to the South Carolina Provincial Congress. Upon the outbreak of hostilities against the British, he was made a Captain in the 2nd South Carolina Regiment. In November 1775 he participates in Snow's...[Read More] (Bio by: K M)
Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery, Saint Stephen, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
McNair, Robert Evander b. December 14, 1923 d. November 17, 2007
US Governor. Served as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1963 to 1965 and as Governor from 1965 to 1971. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Ballsdom Plantation, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Middleton, Henry b. 1717 d. June 13, 1784
Continental Congressman. Second President of the First Continental Congress. He fought valiantly in the Cherokee Wars of 1760-1761. (Bio by: Dan Silva)
Saint James Goose Creek Cemetery, Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Moultrie, Maj. William [cenotaph] b. December, 1730 d. September 27, 1805
Major General William Moultrie. Born in Charleston, S.C., November 23, 1730. Second in command of Charleston's defenses during the American Revolution. He was taken prisoner when Charleston fell to the British in 1780. Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives 1783-1784. Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1784 and Governor in 1785. He was elected to the South Carolina Senate in 1787 and was again elected Governor in 1792. Moultrie published in 1802 Memoirs of the American...[Read More]
Saint James Goose Creek Cemetery, Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Parker, John b. June 24, 1759 d. April 20, 1832
Continental Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, serving from 1786 to 1788.
Saint James Goose Creek Cemetery, Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
Rivers, Lucius Mendel b. September 28, 1905 d. December 28, 1970
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent South Carolina's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1941 until his death in office in 1970. He was notable for being the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee during the War in Vietnam.
Saint Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery, Saint Stephen, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA

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