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GADSDEN, Christopher, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., February
16, 1723; attended schools in England; employed in a commercial house in
Philadelphia, Pa., 1742-1745; delegate to the Stamp Act Congress that met in
New York in 1765; Member of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1774-1776; served as an officer in the Continental Army 1776-1783, and
participated in the defense of Charleston in 1780; entered the service as
colonel and subsequently attained the rank of brigadier general; was a framer
of the State constitution in 1778; Lieutenant Governor 1778-1780; elected
Governor of South Carolina in 1781, but declined; died in Charleston, S.C.,
September 15, 1805; interment in St. Philip’s Churchyard.
BibliographyGodbold, E. Stanly, Jr., and Robert H. Woody.
Christopher Gadsden and the American Revolution. Knoxville:
The University of Tennessee Press, 1982; Gadsden, Christopher.
The Writings of Christopher Gadsden, 1746-1805. Edited by
Richard Walsh. Columbia, S. C.: University of South Carolina Press,
1966.
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