Signer of the Declaration of Independence, born in England. He was for a time a merchant in Bristol, England; emigrated to Charleston, SC, in 1770, and two years later purchased a plantation on St. Catherine’s Island, GA, and engaged in agriculture; was elected to the general Congress in 1776, and signed the Declaration of Independence. He was re-elected for the ensuing year, and chosen president of the provincial council of his state. His death, on the 27th of May 1777, resulted from a duel fought May 15, 1777, with General Mcintosh, whom he had refused to appoint commander on a planned invasion of Florida.
