William Moultrie
William Moultrie (/ˈmuːltriː/; November 23, 1730 – September 27, 1805) was an American slaveowning planter and politician who became a general in the American Revolutionary War. As colonel leading a state militia, in 1776 he prevented the British from taking Charleston, and Fort Moultrie was named in his honor.
William Moultrie
Charles Drayton
Benjamin Guerard
Charles Drayton
November 23, 1730
Charlestown, Province of South Carolina, British America
September 27, 1805 (aged 74)
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
1761
1775–1783
After independence, Moultrie advanced as a politician; he was elected by the legislature twice within a decade as Governor of South Carolina (1785–1787, 1792–1794), serving two terms. (The state constitution kept power in the hands of the legislature and prohibited governors from serving two terms in succession.)