- St. Michael's Churchyard
St. Michael's Churchyard, adjacent to historic St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Established in 1751 as the second Anglican parish in
Charleston, South Carolina ) on the corner of Meeting and Broad Streets, is the final resting place of some famous historical figures, including two signers of theConstitution of the United States .Interred in St. Michael's Churchyard are:
*Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) Colonel in theContinental Army , member of theU.S. Constitutional Convention and signer of theU.S. Constitution , U.S. Minister to France,Federalist candidate for Vice President and later candidate forPresident of the United States in 1804 and 1808
*John Rutledge (1739-1800)Governor of South Carolina , 1779, member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention and signer of theU.S. Constitution , Chief Justice ofU.S. Supreme Court
*Robert Young Hayne (1791-1839) Senator,Governor of South Carolina , and mayor of Charleston
*Arthur Peronneau Hayne (c.1789-1867) U.S. Senator from South Carolina
*William Dickinson Martin (1789-1833) U.S. Congressman from South Carolina
*Mordecai Gist (1742-1792)American Revolutionary War general
*Thomas M. Wagner , Civil WarLieutenant Colonel and namesake forBattery Wagner ).Across the street is St. Michael's Church Cemetery. Interred here is
Francis Kinloch (1755-1826) a delegate toSecond Continental Congress from South Carolina.
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