Motte, Isaac, 1738-1795

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>12/31/1781 SC Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1780 SC Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1779 SC Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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MOTTE, Isaac, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., December 8, 1738; appointed ensign in His Majesty's Sixtieth Royal American Regiment, December 19, 1756, and promoted to lieutenant April 15, 1759; served in Canada in the French and Indian War in 1756; resigned and returned to Charleston in 1766; member of the house of commons in 1772; delegate to the provincial congresses of 1774, 1775, and 1776; during the Revolution was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Second South Carolina (Continental) Regiment June 17, 1775, and was promoted to the rank of colonel September 16, 1776; resigned on election to the privy council in 1779; elected to the assembly from Charleston in 1779; Member of the Continental Congress 1780-1782; delegate to the state convention that ratified the Federal Constitution on May 23, 1788; appointed naval officer for the port of Charleston by General Washington; died in Charleston, S.C., May 8, 1795; interment in St. Philip's Churchyard.

<b>Isaac Motte</b><br>
<b>BIRTH</b> 8 Dec 1738<br>
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA<br>
<b>DEATH</b> 8 May 1795 (aged 56)<br>
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA<br>
<b>BURIAL</b><br>
Saint Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery<br>
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA

Isaac Motte (December 8, 1738 – May 8, 1795) was an American soldier and statesman from Charleston, South Carolina. He served as a colonel in the Revolutionary War and represented South Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782.