- John Barnwell (senator)
John Barnwell (
July 15 ,1748 –August 27 ,1800 ) was a soldier and public official fromSouth Carolina .He was the son of Nathaniel Barnwell and Mary Gibbes. During the
American Revolution , he served in theSouth Carolina Provincial Congress (1775–1776) and the firstSouth Carolina General Assembly (1776). As a major in theSouth Carolina militia during theAmerican Revolutionary War , he was captured at Charlestown in 1780 and was later released in a prisoner exchange. He was appointed a general in the South Carolina militia after the war.He frequently served in the
South Carolina Senate from 1778 until his death. He was elected to theConfederation Congress in 1784 but did not attend. He was a member of the state convention to ratify theUnited States Constitution in 1788. In 1795, he was elected to the4th United States Congress but declined to serve.Barnwell County, South Carolina , is named for him, or possibly his brotherRobert Barnwell or his grandfather John Barnwell. Other relatives includeRobert Woodward Barnwell and SenatorRobert Barnwell Rhett .References
*Kane, Joseph Nathan and Charles Curry Aiken. "The American counties: origins of county names, dates of creation, and population data, 1950-2000", 5th edition (Scarecrow Press, 2004), p. 15.
*Reynolds, Emily Bellinger and Joan Reynolds Faunt, comps. "Biographical Directory of the Senate of the State of South Carolina, 1776–1964". Columbia, South Carolina Archives Dept., 1964.
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