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116 Broad Street The John Rutledge House and 117 Broad Street Laurens-Rutledge ( Edw. Rutledge) House
116 Broad Street John Rutledge house
Rutledge was a member of the S.C. . Assembly, Stamp Act Congress, Continental Congress and U.S. Constitutional Convention. He was President or "Dictator of South Carolina, 1776-78. and Governor of the state. 1779-82. He was Chief Justice of South Carolina and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and served a term as Chief Justice of the United States, though he was never confirmed by the Senate. Rutledge is buried in St. Michael's churchvard Sometime after 1790, the property was acquired by Gen. John McPherson, a Revolutionary Patriot. He was among…
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