South Carolina and the Declaration Of Independence

Four Men from South Carolina who caused a revolution.

The PreambleThe Declaration of Independence: A TranscriptionIN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united

States of America,When in the Course of human events, it becomes

necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation

Edward RutledgeDelegate to the Continental Congress from South

Carolina, 1774-76, 1779by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of CongressBorn: November 23, 1749 Birthplace: Charleston, S.C.

Education: Graduate of Oxford, Studied at Middle Temple (London), Member of the English Bar (Lawyer) Work: State Legislator, Representative to the Continental Congress, 1774-76, 1779; Captain, Charleston Battalion of Artillery, 1776-1779; State legislator, 1782-1796; College of Electors, 1788, 1792, 1796; Elected Governor for South Carolina, 1798. Died: January 23, 1800

Thomas Lynch Jr.

Representing South Carolina at the Continental Congress

by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of Congress

Born: August 5, 1749 Birthplace: Winyah, South Carolina Education: Graduated Cambridge University. (Lawyer) Work: Captain of a South Carolina Regimental Company, 1775; Delegate to the Continental Congress, 1776. Died: ca.

Arthur MiddletonRepresenting South Carolina at the

Continental Congressby Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of

CongressBorn: June 26, 1742 Birthplace: Charleston,

South Carolina Education: Graduate of Cambridge Work: Charleston Council of Safety, 1775; Delegate to the Continental Congress, 1776. Died: January 1, 1787

Thomas Heyward Jr.Representing South Carolina at the

Continental Congressby Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of

CongressBorn: July 28, 1746 Birthplace: St. Lukes

Parish, South Carolina Education: Private classical education, Law studies in America and England (Lawyer.) Work: Elected to the Continental Congress, 1775-1778; Judge, 1783-1798. Died: March 6, 1809

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