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Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832) was an American military officer, planter, and politician who served in the Continental Army as a brigadier-general during the Revolutionary War. After the war, Sumter was elected to the House of Representatives and to the Senate, where he served from 1801 to 1810, when he retired.
Thomas Sumter (* 14. August 1734 bei Charlottesville, Colony of Virginia; † 1. Juni 1832 bei Stateburg, South Carolina) war ein General der USA im Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg und ein langjähriges Mitglied des US-Kongresses .
Born in Virginia in 1734, Thomas Sumter spent much of his life as a soldier. He served as an officer in the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War and in conflicts against the Cherokee on the frontier.
Thomas Sumter, the namesake of Fort Sumter, was a patriot general during the American Revolution. Born in Virginia in 1734, his first military experience came with the Virginia militia during the Cherokee War, 1759-1761.
10. Apr. 2024 · Thomas Sumter was a legislator and officer in the American Revolution, remembered for his leadership of troops against British forces in North and South Carolina, where he earned the sobriquet “the Carolina Gamecock.” Sumter served in the French and Indian War and later moved to South Carolina.
19. Jan. 2017 · Thomas Sumter was a soldier in the Colony of Virginia militia, a brigadier general in the South Carolina colonial militia during the American Revolutionary War, a planter, and a politician.
Thomas Sumter, also known as the “Gamecock”, owned a trading post and home near the Santee River Crossing at Nelson’s Ferry, SC. He also owned a home in the “High Hills of the Santee” located in Stateburg, SC.
