Edward Rutledge
BIRTH
Nov 23, 1749)
Charleston, South Carolina
DEATH
January 23, 1800
Charleston, South Carolina
FAMILY
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Rutledge, Edward
(1749-1800)
Edward Rutledge was a South Carolina lawyer and delegate to the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served in the state militia, was captured after the fall of Charleston, and later became governor of South Carolina.
GRAVE:
GRAVE
St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery
St. Philip's Church, Charleston, SC, 29401, United States
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WIFE
Henrietta Middleton Rutledge
(1750-1792)
WIFE
Mary Shubrick Everleigh Rutledge
(1752-1837)
Sarah Rutledge
(1735-1799)
Henry Middleton Rutledge
(1775-1844)
Jackson Middleton Rutledge
(1777-1830)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Independence National Historical Park | 520 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 | MUSEUM |
DIED:
Charleston, South Carolina
Jan 23, 1800
Edward Rutledge was born on Nov 23, 1749 in Charleston, South Carolina. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies Edward Rutledge with work or public activity as a statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Edward Rutledge died on Jan 23, 1800 in Charleston, South Carolina. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.