Isaac Moth

Isaac Moth

Isaac Motte (born December 8, 1738 in Charleston , Province of South Carolina , † May 8, 1795 ibid) was an American politician who participated as a delegate from South Carolina at the Continental Congress.

Isaac Motte was the son of Jacob Motte, head of the Royal Treasury of the Province of South Carolina. He received military training and entered the Sixtieth Royal American Regiment of the British Army on December 19, 1756 with the rank of Ensign . On April 15, 1759 he was promoted to lieutenant . He served, among other things, during the French and Indian War in Canada before he left the army in 1766 and returned to Charleston. There he became a member of the colonial House of Commons in 1772 .

In 1774, 1775, and 1776 Motte participated in the South Carolina Provincial Congress. During the Revolutionary War , he joined the Continental Army and initially held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 2nd Regiment from South Carolina; in September 1776 he was promoted to colonel . After his election to the Privy Council , the advisory body to the governor of his state, he left the armed forces in 1779. That same year he was also elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives.

Between 1780 and 1782, Motte represented his home state at the meetings of the Continental Congress held in Philadelphia during that time . He was later a member of the commission that ratified the United States Constitution for South Carolina on May 23, 1788 . The following year he was appointed naval officer in charge of the port of Charleston by US President George Washington . He held this office until his death in May 1795.

Web links

• Isaac Motte in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Isaac Motte in the database of Find a Grave (English)