Pierce Butler – SC Revolutionary War Hero & US Senator

There are actually two notable, but not related, Pierce Butlers in South Carolina's history. Pierce Butler whom this page is about and Pierce Mason Butler, South Carolina's governor 1836-1838. To learn more about Pierce Mason Butler the governor click here.

Biographical Resources

• Pierce Butler biography - 1744-1822
• Signer of the US Constitution
  – Helped draft Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 - Congress has power to declare war - scroll down
  – How this clause was created
  
• First US Senator from South Carolina - US Congress biography, research collections
• South Carolina's first Adjutant General - scroll down to the paragraph that begins beside the 4th graphic on the page
  

Pierce Butler Documents

• Pierce Butler - Weeden Butler papers - collection held by the South Caroliniana Library
  
• Butler Plantation papers - Georgia plantations

Pierce Butler, Mary Middleton Plantations

• Brewton Plantation - Beaufort County
  
• Summit Plantation - Charleston County