Christopher Gadsden

  • American

American patriot and early rice plantation owner - Also notable for designing 'The Gadsden Flag' which depicts a coiled rattlesnake on a yellow field with the phrase DONT TREAD ON ME. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1724/02/16 Elizabeth Terrey Gadsden, wife of Thomas Gadsden, gives birth to a son, Christopher Gadsden, in Charleston, Province of South Carolina. Born Christopher Gadsden's Birthday
1745/00/00 Built mid-1740s Beneventum Plantation House Georgetown, SC
1765/10/07 Stamp Act Congress opens Represented South Carolina Federal Hall National Memorial New York City Stamp Act Congress
1774/09/05 First Continental Congress opens Represented South Carolina Carpenters' Hall Philadelphia, PA First Continental Congress
1775/05/10 Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia from 5 October 1775 until 12 December 1776 Represented South Carolina Independence Hall Philadelphia, PA Second Continental Congress
1805/08/28 Christopher Gadsden dies in Charleston, South Carolina, from injuries sustained during a fall. Mr Gadsden is buried at Saint Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Charleston. St Philip's Episcopal Church Charleston, SC
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