Andrew Hunter

Andrew Hunter, who died in 1823, was a planter, state representative, and county official. During the American Revolution he operated a grist mill several miles south on High Hill Creek, supplying meal and corn to Patriots in the Southern Department, and he also served as a scout in the state militia under Gen. Francis Marion. In 1782, while scouting in North Carolina, he was captured by Col. David Fanning, a prominent Loyalist, but escaped on Fanning’s horse with his saddle, holsters, pistols, and papers. After the war he represented St. David’s Parish in 1787-88 and Darlington County in 1796-97 in the S.C. House of Representatives, and he served on commissions for roads, navigation, and a new courthouse and jail.

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