Charles PINCKNEY, Jr. or III^[1]

1757 - 1824  (67 years)

• Name	Charles PINCKNEY  [2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Jr. or III
  Birth	26 Oct 1757	Charleston, South Carolina   [3]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	He was a peace commissioner in May 1782 with Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay after the Bristish troops left Charleston and signed the peace treaty.  [4]
  Occupation	President of the Continental Congress and Minister to Holland  [4]
  Religion	of French Huguenot descent  [4]
  _UID	A54F3E652F7D467D8FC3A1E44C92A46CCBCB
  Death	29 Oct 1824	At his Meeting Street mansion
  Burial	St. Philip’s Churchyard   [5]
  Person ID	I6416	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Colonel Charles PINCKNEY,   b. 7 Mar 1732, South Carolina d. 1782 (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Frances BREWTON
  _UID	4527BDD819254C8D96168378D51D2A946FDE
  _UID	4527BDD819254C8D96168378D51D2A946FDE
  Family ID	F2553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Eleanor “Eleanor or Polly” LAURENS,   b. 27 Apr 1770, South Carolina d. Oct 1794 (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 1788	Mepkin-the Laurens plantation about 30 miles from Charleston, South Carolina   [4]
  _UID	4D979C77957944278DFB27190B0E3276F94E
  _UID	4D979C77957944278DFB27190B0E3276F94E
  Children	1. Frances Henrietta PINCKNEY   2. Mary Eleanor PINCKNEY   3. Henry Laurens PINCKNEY, Sr.,   b. 12/24 Sep 1794   d. 1863 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F2549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2003

  
  

• Notes

  He served in the South Carolina House in 1779. He was a member of the U S. Constitutional Convention and signed the U. S. Constitution. He was elected for three consecutive terms 1789-92, 1796-98 and 1806-08 as a Federalist) (as governor) (the only South Carolina governor to do so). In 1789, the capitol was moved from Charleston to Columbia, South Carolina He was U. S. Minister to Spain (1801-04) and negotiated the treaty in which Spain gave up the Louisiana Territory. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Hugh Charles Haynsworth, (Osteen Publishing Company, Sumter, SC). [S6] Jenkins Gedcom File E-mail - tjjenkins4@juno.com. [S47] page 555. [S2533] Helen Milliken, (Heritage Information Fund Press, PO Box 1984, Spartanburg, SC 29304). [S47] page 558.