The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the American Revolution in South Carolina

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The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the american revolution in south carolina South Carolina Encyclopedia Editorial Advisory Board Michael Allen William P. Baldwin Barbara L. Bellows Earl Black Orville Vernon Burton Dan T. Carter David Chesnutt Thomas Clark Pat Conroy William J. Cooper, Jr. Susan L. Cutter Chester B. DePratter Don H. Doyle Leland Ferguson Elizabeth Fox-Genovese William Freehling Eugene Genovese Cole Blease Graham, Jr. Jonathan Green Jan Nordby Gretlund Robert Hicklin A. V. Huff, Jr. M. Thomas Inge Charles Joyner Rachel N. Klein Charles F. Kovacik Daniel C. Littlefield Melton McLaurin William Moore Idus A. Newby Patricia C. Nichols Theda Perdue Genevieve Peterkin Robert V. Remini Robert N. Rosen Dale Rosengarten Theodore Rosengarten Lawrence S. Rowland Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Dori Sanders Constance Schulz Mark M. Smith Stanley South Lester D. Stephens Allen Stokes Rodger E. Stroup C. James Taylor Thomas E. Terrill Robert Weir Susan Millar Williams Joel Williamson Mary Ann Wimsatt The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the american revolution in south carolina Edited by Walter Edgar A Project of the Humanities Councilsc The University of South Carolina Press © 2006 The Humanities Councilsc New material © 2012 The Humanities Councilsc Published by the University of South Carolina Press Columbia, South Carolina 29208 www.sc.edu/uscpress 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the American Revolution in South Carolina / edited by Walter Edgar. p. cm. (South Carolina encyclopedia guides series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61117-149-5 (e-publication : alk. paper) 1. South Carolina—History— Revolution, 1775–1783—Encyclopedias. I. Edgar, Walter B., 1943– E263.S7S75 2012 975.7'03003—dc23 2012036608 Editorial Staff Editor in Chief Walter Edgar Managing Editor Thomas M. Downey Associate Managing Editor Aaron W. Marrs Consulting Editor Thomas N. McLean Associate Editors Robert W. Bainbridge, Clemson University (Architecture) William S. Brockington, Jr., University of South Carolina–Aiken (Transportation) Katherine Reynolds Chaddock, University of South Carolina (Education) Peter A. Coclanis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Business and Industry) Marion Edmonds, South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (Recreation and Leisure) Lacy Ford, University of South Carolina (Politics) Belinda F. Gergel, Columbia, South Carolina (Ethnicity) Cole Blease Graham, Jr., University of South Carolina (Government and Law) Charles H. Lippy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Religion) Rudy Mancke, University of South Carolina (Environment and Geography) Amy Thompson McCandless, College of Charleston (Women) Peter McCandless, College of Charleston (Science and Medicine) Bernard E. Powers, Jr., College of Charleston (African Americans) Eldred E. Prince, Jr., Coastal Carolina University (Agriculture) Dale Volberg Reed, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Popular Culture) John Shelton Reed, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Popular Culture) Martha R. Severens, Greenville County Museum of Art (Art) William Starr, Georgia Center for the Book (Literature) Stephen R. Wise, Parris Island Museum (Military) Research Assistants Matthew Lockhart Benjamin Peterson Michael Reynolds Illustrations Consultants Michael Coker, South Carolina Historical Society Henry Fulmer, South Caroliniana Library Cartography Theodore R. Steinke This page intentionally left blank ...