Heriot family papers, 1756-1853 and undated.

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Heriot family papers, 1756-1853 and undated.

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In 1779, Heriot was promoted to lieutenant colonel and commanded the Lower Craven County [S.C.] Regiment of militia. He fought at the Battle of Fort Moultrie in 1776 and during the siege of Charleston in 1780, where he was captured and paroled. Following the war, he represented All Saints Parish in the S.C. General Assembly and served as a justice of the peace in Georgetown District, S.C. Papers of the Heriot family, 8 Mar. 1751- 13 Nov. 1853 and undated, consisting chiefly of the papers of Robert Heriot (1739-1792) of Georgetown, S.C.; including an attestment to Robert Heriot's training in "Italian bookkeeping" in the Netherlands, May 1757; letters from his relatives in Scotland and business papers, including indigo accounts, Dec. 1772 - Dec. 1773 and a list of African American slaves, 1 Sept. 1773. Military items include the subscribers to the Georgetown Light Infantry Company, 2 July 1773; Robert Heriot's commissions to Captain and Lieutenant Colonel in the S.C. militia, Apr. 1776 & Apr. 1779; and a monthly return of the Winyah Regiment of Militia, Mar. 1780, instructions from Governor John Rutledge, 5 Mar. 1780, and General Nathanael Greene, 7 & 24 Nov. 1781. Later documents concern later generations of the Heriot Family in Georgetown; including "North Island," a poem attributed to Robert [L.?] Heriot, 27 Sept 1823, and a letter, 26 June 1883, discussing the Heriot Family of Haddingtonshire, Scotland. Also included are copies of the wills (& subsequent codicils) of Robert Heriot and his parents, John Heriot and Janet Horsbough Heriot, as well as John Ouldfield & Judith Lewis.

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