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See also:SUMTER, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1i36–1832) , See also:American soldier, was See also:born in See also:Hanover See also:county, See also:Virginia, on the 14th of See also:July 1736. He served in the Virginia See also:militia during the See also:French and See also:Indian See also:War and was See also:present at See also:Braddock's defeat (1755). Some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time after 1762 he removed to See also:South Carolina. He is best known for his service during the War of See also:Independence, but he saw little active service until after the fall of See also:Charleston in May 1780. In July 1780 he became a brigadier-See also:general of See also:state troops. During the See also:remainder of the war he carried on a See also:partisan See also:campaign, and earned the See also:sobriquet of the " Gamecock." He failed in an attack upon Rocky See also:Mount (See also:Chester county) on the 1st of See also:August 1780, but on the 6th defeated 500 See also:Loyalists and regulars at See also:Hanging See also:Rock (See also:Lancaster county), and on the 15th intercepted and defeated a See also:convoy with stores between Charleston and See also:Camden. His own See also:regiment, however, was almost annihilated by Lieut.-See also:Colonel Banastre See also:Tarleton (1754–1833) at Fishing See also:Creek (Chester county) on the 18th. A new force was soon recruited, with which he defeated See also:Major 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 Wemys at Fishdam (See also:Union county) on the See also:night of the 8th–9th of See also:November, and repulsed Tarleton's attack at Blackstock (Union county) on the 20th, when he was wounded. In See also:January 1781 See also:Congress formally thanked him for his services. He was a member of the state See also:convention which ratified the Federal constitution for South Carolina in 1788, he himself opposing that See also:instrument; of the See also:national See also:House of Representatives in 1789–1793 and again in 1797–1801, and of the See also:United States See also:Senate from 1801 to 1810. At the time of his See also:death at South Mount, South Carolina, on the 1st of See also:June 1832, he was the last surviving general officer of the War of Independence.
See See also:Edward McCrady, The See also:History of South Carolina in the Revolution (2 vols., New See also:York, 1901-1902).
End of Article: SUMTER, THOMAS (1i36–1832)
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