Major General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

One of the Founders of the American Republic

Born February 25, 1746, Charleston

Member of Provincial Assembly 1769

District Attorney General for South Carolina 1773

Member of Provincial Congress 1775

Officer of the Continental Army 1775

Prisoner of War 1780-82

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

(1746–1825)

Born in South Carolina, Pinckney was

educated in England and served in the

First and Second Provincial Congresses.

A commander in the Revolution, he later

served in the SC General Assembly,

signed the US Constitution, and was a

delegate to the ...