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See also:MOULTRIE, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1730-1805) , See also:American soldier, was See also:born in See also:Charleston, See also:South Carolina, on the 23rd of See also:November 1730. His See also:father, a physician, and a See also:graduate of the University of See also:Edinburgh, migrated to Charleston before 1729. The son was elected to the See also:Commons See also:House of the See also:Assembly in 1754, 1769 and 1772; and in 1760 he was See also:captain of a provincial See also:regiment in the expedition under See also:Governor William H. See also:Lyttelton against the Cherokees. Although he was connected by many ties to the See also:British, he espoused the American cause on the outbreak of the See also:War of See also:Independence, and was a member of the first provincial See also:congress (1775) of South Carolina, which in See also:June made him a See also:colonel of the Second South Carolina regiment; and he was a member of the second provincial congress (1775-1776). On Fort See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson, on See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Island in Charleston See also:harbour, he raised what is said to have been the first American See also:battle-See also:flag—See also:blue, with a See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:crescent in the See also:dexter corner, inscribed with the word " See also:Liberty "; the flag was devised by him in See also:September 1775. In See also:March 1776 he took command of a See also:palmetto fort which he had built on See also:Sullivan's Island, off Charleston, which he held against the attack of See also:Admiral See also:Sir See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter See also:Parker on the 28th of June, and which soon after the battle was renamed Fort Moultrie by the See also:General Assembly. He was thanked by Congress, was made a brigadier-general in the See also:continental See also:army in September '1776, and was placed in command of the See also:department of See also:Georgia and South Carolina. He dislodged the British from See also:Beaufort, South Carolina, in See also:February 1779, and in See also:April made it possible for the See also:city of Charleston to put itself into a See also:state of See also:defence by delaying the advance of General See also:Augustine See also:Prevost. He was one of those who advised against the surrender of Charleston, where he commanded the See also:garrison until the arrival of General See also:Benjamin See also:Lincoln. His imprisonment after the surrender of Charleston (May 178o) lasted until his See also:exchange with others for General See also:Burgoyne in February 1782. In See also:October 1782 he was made a See also:major-general. He was governor of South Carolina in 1785-1787 and in 1792-1794. He died in Charleston on the 27th of September 1805.
He wrote See also:Memoirs of the Revolution so far as it Related to the States of See also:North and South Carolina (2 vols., 1802).
End of Article: MOULTRIE, WILLIAM (1730-1805)
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