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  BARNWELL, Robert Woodward - Archontology.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The son of a prominent South Carolinian politician, Robert W. Barnwell was educated at the Beaufort College and Harvard.
On 9 Feb 1861, Barnwell cast the deciding vote in the South Carolina delegation which carried the State for Jefferson Davis and made him president of the Southern Confederacy.
Image: Portrait of Robert Woodward Barnwell by William Scarborough (courtesy of the McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, and the South Caroliniana Library); special thanks to Jay Williams, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina; Beth Bilderback and Brian J. Cuthrell, South Caroliniana Library; Grace Morris Cordial, Beaufort County Public Library.
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  Robert Barnwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Barnwell (December 21, 1761–October 24, 1814) was a South Carolina revolutionary and statesman who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Congressman.
In the spring of 1788 Robert was a delegate to South Carolina convention that ratified the United States Constitution.
His son, Robert Woodward Barnwell, was a Senator in both the United States Senate and the Confederate Senate.
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 Robert Woodward Barnwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Woodward Barnwell (1801-1882) was an American planter, lawyer, and educator from South Carolina who served as a Senator in both the United States Senate and that of the Confederate States of America.
Robert Woodward's political career began in 1826 when he served in the South Carolina state House of Representatives for Beaufort County.
Barnwell was appointed to the United States Senate in after the death of Franklin Elmore on May 29, 1850.
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 Robert Woodward Barnwell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This Barnwell began his advanced education at (Click link for more info and facts about Beaufort College) Beaufort College, then graduated from (American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)) Harvard.
Robert Woodward's political career began in 1826 when he served in the South Carolina state House of Representatives for (Click link for more info and facts about Beaufort County) Beaufort County.
In 1861 Barnwell was a delegate to the Confederate States of America Provisional Congress held in (Click link for more info and facts about Montgomery, Alabama) Montgomery, Alabama.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_woodward_barnwell.htm   (499 words)

  
 Famous People of Beaufort, SC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Barnwell served on the Indian Commission and participated in the defense of the Colony.
Robert Barnwell died in Beaufort and was buried in the churchyard of St. Helena's Episcopal Church.
Robert Woodward Barnwell died in Columbia, but was buried in the churchyard of St. Helena's Episcopal Church in Beaufort.
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 Members of the U. S. House of Representatives and Senate -- Beaufort County, SC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Robert Woodward Barnwell, served terms in the senates of both the United States and the Confederate States of America.
Robert Barnwell Rhett was admitted to the bar and began to practice law in 1822.
Born in Beaufort, Robert Woodward Barnwell was the son of Robert Barnwell.
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 Robert Clarkson bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Robert Barnwell Clarkson was born in Camden, S.C. He graduated from Sumter High in Sumter, S.C. He then continued his education at Clemson University and graduated in 1969 with a major in Economics and a minor in History.
The reason Robert is willing to speak out and fight for his beliefs stems from his deep feeling of Patriotism inherited from his family.
He was named for Robert Woodward Barnwell, architect and writer of Confederate Constitution; he descended from Thomas Heyward, signer of the Declaration of Independence and Lemuel Benton, colonel in the Revolutionary War.
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 History - Early Days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Robert was born in 1773 and married Keziah Watson from near Ridge Spring in 1795.
Robert (1773-1844) and wife Keziah (1780-1845), daughter Cyrena, and son J. (1799-1844) were buried in the family cemetery five miles from Williston, just off the Springfield Road, a short distance from the original Willis home “Wildwood”.
His property was divided among his children at his death and it is possible that the land his son Elijah Willis gave to be used for, a church, depot and school had belonged to his father, but Elijah himself had acquired a great deal of property by purchase.
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 Robert Woodward BARNWELL — Infoplease.com
“Hamlet to Hotspur: Letters of Robert Woodward Barnwell to Robert Barnwell Rhett.” South Carolina Historical Magazine 77 (October 1976): 236-37, 247.
“Hamlet to Hotspur: Letters of Robert Woodward Barnwell to Robert Barnwell Rhett.” South Carolina Historical Magazine 77 (October 1976): 236-56.
“ ‘In the Hands of the Compromisers’: Letters of Robert W. Barnwell to James H. Hammond.” Civil War History 29 (June 1983): 154-68.
www.infoplease.com /biography/us/congress/barnwell-robert-woodward.html   (136 words)

  
 John Barnwell
BARNWELL, John, soldier, born in Ireland about 1671; died about June 1724, in Beaufort, South Carolina In 1712 a formidable conspiracy was formed by the Tuscarora Indians in North Carolina against the white settlers of the colony.
Colonel Barnwell was sent by Governor Craven, of South Carolina, with a regiment of 600 Carolinians and several hundred friendly Indians to punish the offenders.
Barnwell was afterward a member of the convention in South Carolina on the adoption of the federal constitution, was a member of congress from 1791 till 1792.
www.famousamericans.net /johnbarnwell   (612 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Confederate States of America
Jump to: navigation, search The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-three mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right...
Jump to: navigation, search Robert Edward Lee, as a U.S. Army Colonel before the war Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a career army officer and the most successful general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia by General Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 is generally taken as the end of the Confederate States.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Confederate-States-of-America   (9960 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Woodward
Woodward, Ben — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Democrat.
Woodward, Joseph Addison (1806-1885) — of South Carolina.
Woodward, Robert Forbes (1908-2001) — also known as Robert F. Woodward — of Minnesota.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/woodward.html   (698 words)

  
 Barnwell Family Genealogy Forum
Barnwell Family of Northeast Alabama, Northwest Georgia, Chattanooga, TN - Bart Barnwell 7/20/05
Re: Decendent of Wiliam Barnwell - Patrick Hugh Lowry Barnwell 4/03/05
Re: Decendent of Wiliam Barnwell - claud robinson 10/22/04
genforum.genealogy.com /barnwell   (514 words)

  
 Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, 1823-1886. A Diary from Dixie, as Written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, Wife of James Chesnut, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Robert Anderson, Major of the First Artillery, United States Army, who, on November 20, 1860, was placed in command of the troops in Charleston harbor.
Robert Toombs, a native of Georgia, who early acquired fame as a lawyer, served in the Creek War under General Scott, became known in 1842 as a "State Rights Whig," being elected to Congress, where he was active in the Compromise measures of 1850.
Robert Woodward Barnwell, of South Carolina, a graduate of Harvard, twice a member of Congress and afterward United States Senator.
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 Augusta Georgia: obituaries@ugusta: Headlines for 02/11/00
Robert Loyd Jr., of Laney Walker Boulevard, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2000, at St. Joseph Hospital.
Robert Kenneth Spangler, 76, of Windy Circle, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000, at University Hospital, Augusta.
Julian ``Quincy'' Woodward, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000, at University Hospital, Augusta.
www.augustachronicle.com /obits/021100.html   (557 words)

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