Frederick Rutledge Sr.
(c. 1768-1824)
BIRTH
c. 1768
PLACE
Charleston, South Carolina Colony
NAME
Frederick Rutledge
DEATH
1824
PLACE
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
FAMILY
FATHER
John Rutledge
(1739-1800)
SISTER
Eliza Rutledge Laurens
(1776-1842)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
NOT YET RESEARCHED
NOT YET RESEARCHED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Frederick Rutledge belonged to the South Carolina family of John Rutledge and Elizabeth Grimké. Genealogical records identify his wife as Harriott Pinckney Horry, whom he married in 1797, and list children including Edward Cotesworth, Frederick and Elizabeth. This Harriott was the younger woman of that name, not her mother. Accounts place his birth in the late 1760s and his death in the early 1820s, but differ on the exact years; those dates remain provisional.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Frederick Rutledge, Sr.’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. 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.
No distinct public profession or office for Frederick Rutledge, Sr. is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Frederick Rutledge Sr. died in 1824, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Frederick Rutledge belonged to the South Carolina family of John Rutledge and Elizabeth Grimké. Genealogical records identify his wife as Harriott Pinckney Horry, whom he married in 1797, and list children including Edward Cotesworth, Frederick and Elizabeth. This Harriott was the younger woman of that name, not her mother. Accounts place his birth in the late 1760s and his death in the early 1820s, but differ on the exact years; those dates remain provisional. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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