30th Regiment order book, 1793-1814.

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30th Regiment order book, 1793-1814.

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Order book of the 30th Regiment contains reports of companies mustered in St. John's Parish, St. Thomas Parish, Christ Church Parish, St. Stephen's Parish, and St. James Goose Creek Parish, South Carolina. The volume includes general and special orders, reports of courts martial, and a diagram (or plan view) of an encampment of a battalion. Orders are signed by Arnoldus Vanderhorst, Robert McKelvey, and others.

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McKelvey, Robert, 1754-1814.

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South Carolina. Militia. Brigade, 7th. Regiment, 30th.

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The Seventh Brigade of the South Carolina Militia was commanded by Augustine William Washington (appointed a brigadier general in the United States Army in July 1798). Arnoldus Vanderhorst, governor of the state of South Carolina (1794-1796), served as colonel (1787-1788) and general (ca. 1806) of the 30th Regiment (Berkeley County Regiment) of the South Carolina Militia. Robert McKelvey served as major (ca. 1795), then lieutenant colonel of the 30th Regiment (ca. 1799-1814). From th...

Vanderhorst, Arnoldus, 1748-1815

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Christ Church Parish, S.C. plantation owner and politician. Among other properties, Vanderhorst owned houses in Charleston (S.C.) and a plantation on Kiawah Island (S.C.). He was elected as a state representative for his parish in 1772 and afterwards held many political offices, including Governor of South Carolina from 1794 to 1796. During the Revolutionary War Vanderhorst served as captain of a militia company stationed at Haddrell's Point (S.C.), and colonel (1782) under General Francis Mario...