Hezekiah Maham
Hezekiah Maham (June 26, 1739 - 1789) was a legislator in South Carolina and a soldier in the South Carolina State Troops. He was a member of the first Provincial Congress of South Carolina. During the American Revolution, he commanded the South Carolina 3rd Regiment of State Dragoons. Early life Hezekiah Maham was born on June 26, 1739, in St. Stephens Parish, South Carolina, where he became a successful planter by 1772. His plantation was in what is now Berkeley County, South Carolina. He was elected to several terms in the South Carolina General assembly both before and after the Revolutionary War as a representative and senator. He was known for his temper and once made a deputy sheriff eat the summons that he was trying to serve on him. Military service He was elected a Captain in the 5th South Carolina Regiment (Rifles) under Colonel Isaac Huger in the Spring of 1776. He fought with this unit at the Siege of Savannah and the Battle of Stono Ferry. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he commanded the South Carolina 3rd Regiment of State Dragoons from October 1781, which was originally Maham's Light Dragoons since March 1781. He became ill in 1782