Charleston County · Marker 10-05

St. Michael's Church

Corner of Broad & Meeting Sts., Charleston

Front inscription

Here in the churchyard of/St. Michael's lie buried/two Signers of the/U. S. Constitution/CHARLES COTESWORTH/PINCKNEY/(1746-1825)/Lawyer and Legislator/Major General, U. S. Army/Minister to France/Presidential candidate-/JOHN RUTLEDGE/(1739-1800)/Lawyer and Statesman/Governor of South Carolina/Chief Justice of the U. S./Their years of public/service, 1762-1825, saw/both State and Nation well/on the road to greatness.

County
Charleston

Region
Lowcountry

City or vicinity
Charleston

Year approved
1968

Erected by
Society Daughters of Colonial Was in the State of South Carolina

Coordinates
32.77615, -79.930917

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