Hopsewee
Thomas Lynch, Jr., signer of the Declaration
Of Independence, was born here Aug. 5, 1749.
He was elected from St. James Parish, Santee,
to 1st Provincial Congress, Dec. 19, 1774; to
2nd Provincial Congress, Aug. 7-8, 1775; to
the Continental Congress, Mar, 23, 1776;
Commissioned captain, provincial troops,
June 17, 1775; served on committee to
draft constitution for South Carolina, 1776.
He was lost at sea, 1779.
Marker is on S. Fraser Street (U.S. 17).
Courtesy hmdb.org
