born Dec. 4, 1730, Charleston, S.C.
died Sept. 27, 1805, Charleston, S.C., U.S.
American Revolutionary officer.
He served in the provincial assembly of South Carolina (175262) and gained military experience fighting the Cherokee. In the American Revolution he took command of a log fort on Sullivan's Island in Charleston harbour, where he repulsed a British attack in 1776. The fort was named in his honour, and he was made a brigadier general. He fought the British at Beaufort, S.C. (1779), but surrendered with the fall of Charleston (1780). He later served as governor of South Carolina (178587, 179294).