Society of the Cincinnati in the State of South Carolina

The Society of the Cincinnati is an American military, patriotic, beneficent and social organization formed in May 1783, in New York by commissioned officers of the Continental Army, with George Washington as its first president. The constituent society in South Carolina was organized that same year, and held its first meeting in Charleston in August 1783. Gen. William Moultrie was the first president of the South Carolina Society of the Cincinnati.

From the description of Records of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of South Carolina, 1782-1996. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70978639