Charlie was the 4th son, 6th child of George Samuel Briley & Elizabeth Timmons Huggins and was most probably born Johnson Township, Williamsburg County, South Carolina and died in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina 15 days after being admitted to the State Hospital.

His cause of death was Pellagra, which is a vitamin deficiency, B3, niacin and treatable. Little was known about this disease in 1919. There was an epidemic of pellagra in the early 1900's and pellagra patients were shunned, many left to die alone in institutions.

Charlie was loved by his father ( his Mother had died in 1883) as is evidenced in his father's will. George Samuel Briley Huggins left his entire estate to his youngest daughter, Minnie Mable and her husband, Henry Ginn "Providing they care for him and his "Idiot" son "in a "fatherly way" for the rest of their natural lives. They did care for GSB for the remainder of his life and cared for Charlie for 5 years after the death of his father in November of 1914.

Charlie became unmanageable (which is a symptom of the end stages of pellagra) and was committed to the State Hospital about October 29th or 30th, 1919. He died 15 days later. His death certificate states that he was buried in Hemingway, SC. To date I have been unable to locate his gravesite. I have come to the conclusion that he is probably buried in an unmarked grave at Ebenezer Cemetery, Muddy Creek, SC beside his mother or in the Old Johnsonville near his father. His father is buried in the Old Johnsonville Cemetery beside his second wife, Emily who was the sister of Elizabeth. The undertaker listed on his death certificate is J. W. McCormick, Columbia, SC.

On the 1880 census Charlie is listed as "idiotic". This was actually a term used to describe mental retardation. He is also listed as working "farm labor", and probably worked on his fathers farm. In the 1900 census his occupation is listed as "farm laborer, cannot read and write" and in the 1910 census his occupation is listed as "farm laborer, home farm. In 1910 he and his father were the only members of the household. So , from this information I have concluded that Charlie was able to work and function (for more that 30 years) at some level, probably with gentle, "fatherly" guidance of George Samuel Briley.

On a family tree diagram done by George Allen Huggins, Charlie is referred to as "Jinks".

Source: Census records, South Carolina Death Certificate, commitment papers, the will of George Samuel Briley Huggins, family tree drawn by George Allen Huggins, John Huggins I of Sea Wee Bay by Otis Prince, 1965.