Patricia Marker Hinton, a native of rural north Florida, is a semi-retired political science instructor. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Florida State University, she holds masters and doctorate degrees from Valdosta State University. Her current research focuses on the 4th South Carolina Artillery—tracing the fates of artillerymen taken prisoner at the fall of Charleston. Another area of interest is free African-American Patriots of South Carolina, particularly those not yet known. A member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a Florida Pioneer, she wrote Tracking a South Carolina Patriot: Nicholas Prince and the American Revolution (Booklocker.com, 2017).
Buried within the papers of Lt. Col. John F. Grimké are names of hundreds of artillerymen who fought in the 4th South Carolina Regiment of Artillery during the American Revolution. Most of the men can be found in well-known military records or other revolutionary sources and are hailed as Patriots. For fifty-four, however, the Grimké […]
