A founding family
Subtitle: the Pinckneys of South Carolina
By: Frances Leigh Williams.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 533
Subjects: Pinckney family.; Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828.; Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.
Description: Thomas Pinckney (d.1705) immigrated from England to the island of Jamaica in 1688, and immigrated to South Carolina in 1692. He married twice. Descendants listed lived chiefly in South Carolina. The brothers, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) and Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), were particularly effective during the Revolutionary War and during the creation and ratification of the Constitution.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 487-522.
Includes index.