Records, 1779-1780.
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Harleston, Isaac Child, 1745-1798.
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Son of Hannah Child and John Harleston. Isaac Child Harleston owned The Bluff plantation in St. John Berkeley Parish and Irishtown plantation in St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish on the Cooper River in South Carolina. Harleston served in the Second Regiment of the South Carolina Militia (1775), the Sixth Regiment of the Continental Army (1778), and the Second Regiment of the Continental Army. Harleston was taken prisioner (1780) when Charleston, South Carolina fell. Harleston served in the Royal A...
United States. Continental Army. South Carolina Regiment, 2nd
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The 2nd South Carolina was organized in summer 1775 at Charleston to consist of ten companies from eastern South Carolina. On Nov. 4, 1775, it was adopted into the Continental Army and assigned to Southern Department. Until Francis Marion took over the command of the regiment on Sept. 23, 1778, it had been under command of William Moultrie (June 1775 - Sept. 1776 and Isaac Motte (Sept. 1776- Sept. 1778). From the description of Orderly book of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment, 1778, A...
Marion, Francis, 1732-1795
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Francis Marion organized his brigade of South Carolina militia late in 1780. From the description of Orderly book of Marion's Brigade of South Carolina militia, 1781, Feb. 16 - 1782, Dec. 15. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122560055 General Marion is known as the "Swamp Fox" since he based his guerrilla operations in the South Carolina low country. From the description of ALS, 1781 May 29 : Georgetown, to Major ...
