On this day 250 years ago, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney married Sarah Middleton uniting two of the most prominent Patriot families of South Carolina. Sarah was the daughter of Henry Middleton, who would soon serve as President of the First Continental Congress, and brother of Arthur Middleton who would be a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney would serve in the Continental Army during the Revolution rising to the rank of Brigadier General, and later sign the Constitution and run for President as the candidate of the Federalist Party.

Source: https://www.nps.gov/people/charles-cotesworth-pinckney.htm