This is for the Dean cousin who wanted to know about the Dean/Pinckney connection. It could have been during the Rev. War as he was captured at Camden in May of 1781. Some of my Hughey men were later named "Pinckney" as were the Dean men. -----Original Message----- From: GKinard@aol.com <GKinard@aol.com> To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 9:26 AM Subject: [SC] Re: Constituion (Pinckneys of SC) >In a message dated 09/22/1999 9:34:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >GSingle556@aol.com writes: > ><< Genealogy QUESTION: Who were the Pinckneys that they were two of four > delegates, ie, one half of the entire South Carolina US Constitution > Convention delegation? >> > >Here is what a kind soul shared with me awhile back on the Pinckney family; >unfortunately I cannot put my hands on the source right now, but I think you >will find it informative. > >////// > >Charles Pinckney (1677-1753) married Elizabeth Lucas and they had two sons: >Thomas Pinckney (1748-1820) and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1756-1825). > >Charles Cotesworth PINCKNEY (1746-1825), American statesman, born Feb. 25, >1746, in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, brother of the >American statesman, Thomas Pinckney, and educated at the University of >Oxford. He became prominent as an advocate of American independence and >participated in several battles of the American Revolution, rising to the >rank of brigadier general in the Continental army. In 1787 he was a delegate >to the Federal Constitutional Convention, and in 1788 he was influential in >securing ratification of the U.S. Constitution in South Carolina. He was >appointed minister to France in 1796. The French government refused to >receive him officially, and he left. He returned the following year with the >American statesmen Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts and John Marshall of >Virginia. They were approached by three French emissaries, who offered to >begin negotiations for settling the main differences between France and the >U.S. in return for a loan to their government. Interpreting this as a demand >for a bribe, the Americans refused. In their report to Congress, comprising >the correspondence that had passed between them and the French envoys, the >three American commissioners substituted the letters "X," "Y," and "Z" for >the names >of the Frenchmen. The incident later became famous as the XYZ affair. > >Pinckney was the unsuccessful Federalist candidate for vice-president in 1800 >and for, president in 1804 and 1808. He died in Charleston on Aug. 16, 1825 >and was buried at St. Michael's Churchyard. > >Thomas PINCKNEY (1750-1828), American statesman, born in Charleston, >Charleston County, South Carolina, brother of the American statesman Charles >Cotesworth Pinckney, and educated at >the University of Oxford, he was admitted in 1774 to both the British bar and >the American bar in South Carolina. He served as a major in the American >Revolution and was wounded and captured at Camden. From 1787 to 1789 he was >governor of South Carolina, doing much to restore order in the state after >the war, and from 1792 to 1794 he served as U.S. minister to Great Britain. >Acting >as special commissioner to Spain in 1795-96, he negotiated a treaty with >Spain that settled Mississippi River navigation rights and the southern U.S. >boundary line with Spanish territories in North America. He was an >unsuccessful candidate of the Federalist party for vice-president in 1796 and >served as a congressman from 1797 to 1801. During the War of 1812 he was >commissioned major >general of a southern district. He remained deeply interested in agriculture >during his life, publishing articles and importing improved breeds of cattle. > >Charles PINCKNEY (1757-1824), one of the framers of the U.S. Constitution. >Born in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, cousin of the two >famous American statesmen of the same >name, and educated for the bar, he was a practicing lawyer when he became a >lieutenant of militia during the American Revolution. Captured at Charleston >in 1780, he remained a prisoner of the British until 1781. Pinckney served in >the >Continental Congress in 1777, 1778, and 1784-87. At the Constitutional >Convention he submitted one of the plans that formed the basis for the >Constitution; it has become known as the "Pinckney Draught." He was >responsible >for famed "three-fifths" clause whereby slaves only counted for 3/5 of a >person when allotting representatives. He was Minister to Spain during the >administration of President Thomas Jefferson, from 1801 to 1805, he tried >unsuccessfully to negotiate the acquisition of Florida from that country. >Pinckney served four terms as governor of South Carolina and was a member of >the U.S. Senate from 1798 to 1801 and the House of Representatives from 1819 >to >1821. > > > > >==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== >Proud RootsWeb Sponsor >To Unsubscribe send letter to SC-Genealogy-L-Request@rootsweb.com for Mail Mode or SC-Genealogy-D-Request@rootsweb.com for Digest Mode >In body of message just the word UNSUBSCRIBE > >