Within ten years, he came to a settlement on the Wateree River known as Pine Tree Hill and built a store called Kershaw and Company. He built sawmills, a tobacco warehouse, a brewery, and a distillery. Capable and ambitious, Joseph Kershaw benefited his community and state while establishing his own financial independence.
He was elected to the Assembly in 1769 from St. Mark's Parish and was appointed in 1770 as one of the Commissioners responsible for building jails and courthouses in the Upcountry. Later, he served as Sheriff of the Camden District. Kershaw was a member of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth General Assemblies.
Colonel Kershaw was exiled to Bermuda for fifteen months. While prisoner, he mortgaged to the Bermuda merchants his landholdings in order to hire, equip, and supply a ship to assists American Forces. The British sank the ship before it ever reached its destination.
The British Army, during their eleven-month stay in Camden, occupied Kershaw's home. Now known as the "Cornwallis House," the home has been reconstructed on its original foundation and overlooks the family enclosure in which Joseph Kershaw rests, on land he gave to the Episcopal Church.
Moses DeWitt
North Carolina
John Armstrong
Thomas Hill
Joseph Howell
Thomas Jones
James McMaster
Virginia
Cleon Moore
Simeon Cushman
William Davis
John Fletcher
William Horton
Joseph Howell
Martin Huffman
James Marshall
William Mosely
Lewis Peebles, Sr.
John Truesdale
We are a varied group of career women, full-time mothers, and retirees who have Revolutionary War patriot ancestors. We welcome membership inquiries from any woman eighteen years of age and older who believes she may be a descendant of an American Patriot. For more information about qualifying, go to DAR membership.
