Pierce Butler

Signer of the Constitution of the

United States of America

Deputy from South Carolina to

Federal Constitutional Convention

May 25, 1787-September 17, 1787

Erected by the Pennsylvania

Constitution Commemoration

Committee 1937

Marker can be reached from 2nd Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Pierce M. Butler / The Palmetto Regiment

Pierce M. Butler

Six miles NE, in a family cemetery at Butler Church, is the grave of Colonel Pierce M. Butler, governor of South Carolina from 1836-1836. During his military career, he was a captain in the U.S. Army, a lt. ...

Pierce Mason Butler

April 11, 1798 - August 20, 1847

A member of the famous Butler families of the Edgefield District, butler promoted education and the building of railroads during his term as Governor. He commanded the Palmetto Regiment during the war with Mexico ...

Col. Percival Pierce Butler

1761 - 1821

[Marker Front:]

Col. Percival Butler was appointed Ky.'s first adjutant gen. in Gov. Isaac Shelby's first term. Born in Penn., he was with Washington at Valley Forge and Lafayette at Yorktown. Immigrated to Jessamine Co., Ky., then moved to ...

Pierce Manning Butler Young, (1836-1896)

PMB Young was born in Spartanburg, S.C., on November 15, 1836. His parents were Dr. Robert Maxwell and Elizabeth Caroline (Jones) Young. The Young family came to Georgia in 1839. He graduated from Georgia Military Institute at Marietta in 1856; ...