John Barnwell (July 15, 1748 – August 27, 1800) was a soldier and public official from

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. He was the son of Nathaniel Barnwell and Mary Gibbes. During the

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, he served in the

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(1775–1776) and the first South Carolina General Assembly (1776). As a major in the South Carolina militia during the

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, he was captured at Charlestown in 1780 and was later released in a prisoner exchange. He was appointed a general in the South Carolina militia after the war. He frequently served in the South Carolina Senate from 1778 until his death. He was elected to the

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in 1784 but did not attend. He was a member of the state convention to ratify the United States Constitution in 1788. In 1795, he was elected to the 4th United States Congress but declined to serve.

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, is named for him, or possibly his brother

Robert Barnwell Robert Gibbes Barnwell (December 21, 1761October 24, 1814) was a South Carolina slave owner, revolutionary and statesman who was a delegate to the Confederation Congress and a United States Congressman. Barnwell was born in Beaufort in the ...

or his grandfather

John Barnwell John Barnwell (born 24 December 1938) is an English former football player and manager. He was the chief executive of the League Managers Association. Career Arsenal Born in Newcastle, Barnwell first played as an amateur for Whitley Bay and ...

. Other relatives include

Robert Woodward Barnwell Robert Woodward Barnwell (August 10, 1801 – November 5, 1882) was an American slave owner, planter, lawyer, and educator from South Carolina who served as a Senator in both the United States Senate and that of the Confederate States of Amer ...

and Senator

Robert Barnwell Rhett Robert Barnwell Rhett (born Robert Barnwell Smith; December 21, 1800September 14, 1876) was an American politician who served as a deputy from South Carolina to the Provisional Confederate States Congress from 1861 to 1862, a member of the US H ...

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*Kane, Joseph Nathan and Charles Curry Aiken. ''The American counties: origins of county names, dates of creation, and population data, 1950-2000'', 5th edition (Scarecrow Press, 2004), p. 15. *Reynolds, Emily Bellinger and Joan Reynolds Faunt, comps. ''Biographical Directory of the Senate of the State of South Carolina, 1776–1964''. Columbia, South Carolina Archives Dept., 1964. 1748 births 1800 deaths American militia generals South Carolina militiamen in the American Revolution South Carolina state senators American Revolutionary War prisoners of war held by Great Britain 18th-century American politicians {{SouthCarolina-stub