| Name |
Richard RICHARDSON [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Prefix |
Colonel |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Birth |
4 Mar 1741 |
Prince Frederick Parish/Craven County, South Carolina  [7] |
| Christening |
17 Jun 1742 |
| Gender |
Male |
| HIST |
In Lyttleton’s campaign against the Cherokees of 1759-60, he was a Lieutenant in Captain Samuel Cantey’s company; and later, like his father, he was prominent in the Revolution. He was in the Snow campaign of 1775, being Captain of Militia; and in 1776 he was commissioned Captain in the 2d Regiment, under Colonel Sumter. He became Major, was taken prisoner at Charleston and paroled; returning to service he joined Gen Marion, and at the battle of Eutaw Springs, he, now a Colonel, commanded the right of Marion’s Brigade. In 1776 he had been, like his father, one of the committee to carry into effect the Continental Association; he was a representative to the Jacksonboro Assembly of Jan 1782; and a member of the House of Representatives in Mar. 1783.There were four other children who died young. [1] |
| MILI |
At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, he became captain of a company of militia. At the surrender of Charleston, he was taken prisoner and sent to Johns Island, where he contracted smallpox. The British failed to observe the conditions on which he had surrendered, so as soon as he recovered, he escapted and hid in the dark thickets of the Santee Swamp near his home. [8] |
| Occupation |
General |
| _UID |
5E6A1B48CAE444788FFCECB42F41D2787A5F |
| Death |
Bef 16 Aug 1816 |
Sumter District, South Carolina [6, 9] |
|
| Person ID |
I482 |
Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
29 Mar 2012 |
| Father |
Brig. General Richard RICHARDSON, Sr., b. Abt 1704, Jamestown, Virginia d. Sep 1780, "Big Home", Clarendon County, South Carolina (Age 76 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Mary “Mary” CANTEY, b. 1722, Prince Frederick Parish, South Carolina d. 1767, St. Marks Parish, South Carolina (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage |
11 Oct 1736/8 |
Prince Frederick Parish/Craven County, South Carolina [1, 6, 10] |
- ((Prince Frederick Parish Register).
- ((Prince Frederick Parish Register).
|
| _UID |
71E5E3334EEE4E149068E8491A0E8E877088 |
| _UID |
71E5E3334EEE4E149068E8491A0E8E877088 |
| Family ID |
F736 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Dorcas /NELSON NEILSON, b. 1741, South Carolina d. 6 Nov 1834, Clarendon County, South Carolina (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage |
1761 |
South Carolina [1, 6] |
| _UID |
F6A7CC4555C64A078A36EA0D7E14CE0C3DD6 |
| _UID |
F6A7CC4555C64A078A36EA0D7E14CE0C3DD6 |
| Children |
| | 1. Richard RICHARDSON, III, b. Bef 1774 d. Bef 26 Apr 1850 (Age < 76 years) |
| | 2. Mary RICHARDSON, b. 10 Nov 1763 d. Nov 1803 (Age 40 years) |
| | 3. Dorcas RICHARDSON |
| | 4. Susannah RICHARDSON, b. 25 Dec 1777 d. 6 Aug 1830, probably Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 52 years) |
| | 5. Harriet P. RICHARDSON, b. 1785, South Carolina d. 20 Mar 1810, Wilkinson County, Mississippi (Age 25 years) |
| | 6. Martha “Patty” RICHARDSON d. Abt 1837 |
|
| Family ID |
F2209 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Mar 2012 |
1741 - Bef 1816 (< 75 years)