Military Service: Captain: "Revolutionary War" (USA)

Note: He and his brother, Edward were commissioners to the Indians in 1775 to attempt to secure a treaty of peace with them. They returned from this errand to find their parents had fallen victim from the wrath of the savages.

Obituary in the Woodville, Miss. "Republican" and the "Columbia Telescope" - praised him as a Revolutionary War hero, for his public service, and for his virture as a father and husband. "Few men possessed a greater share of public and private worth..."

Note: Trader, planter, With South Carolina militia in Cherokee War, 1776; officer, 6th S.C. Regt. Cont. Line, 1778-80; col. of own regt. of dragoons, 1781; col. State Troops, Sumter's Brigade, 1781-82. Rep. Up Country S.C. House, 1776-78; Savannah & Edisto, 1779-80; East of Wateree, 1783-84; Broad & Catawba, 1785-86, Sheriff Camden Dist.,1783-85; justice, Fairfield Co., 1785. Moved to Ga. Justice, Liberty Co., Ga., 1786; justice, Richmond Co., Ga., 1790. Rep. Columbia Co., in Ga. Senate, 1792-95. Moved to Wilkinson Co. Miss. 1805; est. Sligo and Cherry Field plantations near Woodville, Miss. Est. plantation in Feliciana Parish, La. 1816. Died and buried at Cherry Field 1826. Listed in "Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives", Vol. 3.