History of Hopewell, (Williamsburg County) South Carolina United States of America

Our database does not include an historic photo for Hopewell, (Williamsburg County) South Carolina, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us!

Biographies:

Biography of Ephraim Brevard

Ephraim Brevard, patriot, was born in North Carolina about 1750, and graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1768. He studied medicine and practised at Charlotte, N.C. He devoted much study to the history and principles of the Presbyterian dissenters of Scotland, and while living among the bold freemen of Mecklenburg county, N. C., he ripened into a leader in that southern colony. He was a member of that memorable assembly which passed the celebrated act of separation from the authority of the crown of Britain, and he was elected clerk of the committee on resolutions. The famous Declaration was written under the direction of Ephraim Brevard by his nephew, Adam Brevard. The Mecklenburg Declaration passed the assembly May 31, 1775, thirteen months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the general congress at Philadelphia. Brevard, with six brothers, joined the Continental army, and at the capture of Charleston in 1780 he was taken prisoner and suffered a long confinement, which destroyed his health, and he died at Hopewell, S.C., about 1783.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor