Richard Hutson, 8th Lt. Gov. of South Carolina

• Not the same as Richard Hutson
• not the husband of Sarah Hutson

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Richard Hutson

• Gender: Male
• Birth: July 09, 1748 - Stoney Creek, Granville County, Province of South Carolina
• Death: April 12, 1795 (46) - Charleston, Charleston District, South Carolina, United States
• Parents: Rev. William Hutson and Mary (Woodward) [Chardon] Hutson
• died unmarried April 12, 1795

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Biography

Richard Hutson (1748 – April 12, 1795) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from Charleston, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation. After the British captured Charleston in 1780, he was held as a prisoner at St. Augustine, Florida for a time. After he returned home, he served as the eighth Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1782 and 1783.

Born in Beaufort County to Rev. William Hutson and Mary (Woodward) Hutson, he moved to Charleston with his family in 1756. The Pennsylvania Gazette of October 10, 1765 lists him as a member of the graduating class of 1765 at Princeton University (then known as The College of New Jersey). He is buried in a vault at the Independent Congregational (Circular) Churchyard in Charleston.

References

1. Hutson, William Maine (1908) The Hutson Family of South Carolina. Page 128. < Archive.Org >
2. https://www.politicalfamilytree.com/samples%20content/members/signe... (shows with wife & children in error)
3. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6907417
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hutson
5. https://www.charleston-sc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/25362/No-1-Hutson...
6. https://www.theconstitutional.com/blog/2020/12/23/richard-hutson-on...
7. http://www.halseymap.com/flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=4
8. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=19238
9. https://www.carolana.com/SC/Early_Statehood/sc_founding_fathers.html