Continued: Next installment of the lesser-known signers of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Lynch, Jr. of South Carolina

Thomas Lynch Jr. was a scholar, legislator, farmer, soldier, and patriot who gave his life and family to the cause of American independence. He was the second-youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence and did not live to see the end of the Revolution. Born on August 5, 1749, in Prince George’s Parish, South Carolina, …

Continue reading Continued: Next installment of the lesser-known signers of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Lynch, Jr. of South Carolina