On Motion of Mr. Parsons on behalf of the Plaintiffs It is Ordered That he be at liberty to withdraw the Attachment formerly entered in this Cause, the same being so entered before an Affidavit of the Service of the Order to Answer was made.
James Parsons (1724-1779), born in Ireland, was a merchant as well as a barrister, and John Rutledge studied law in his office. In 1753 he was married to Miss Susannah Miles; and in 1756 he was a justice of the peace of Berkeley County. In the Revolution he took an active part as a lieutenant colonel, and as member of the Council of Safety, the Committee of Correspondence, and the second Provincial Congress. At the time of his death he was a member of the General Assembly from St. Bartholomew and vice president of the state. (SCHGM, XXIX, 43; XXXI, 15; I, 41; VII, 105; XVII, 155; Salley, Marriage Notices, p. 17.)