Richard Richardson (general)

Richard Richardson
General Richard Richardson
Born1704
Jamestown
Province of Virginia
Died1780
South Carolina
Buried
Richardson family cemetery, Rimini, South Carolina
Allegiance Great Britain
 United States
Service / branchSouth Carolina Militia
Continental Army
Years of service1776-1780
CommandsSouth Carolina South Carolina Line
Battles / warsAnglo-Cherokee War
American Revolutionary War
Spouse(s)Dorothy Sinkler, Mary Cantey
ChildrenEdward Richardson
Rebecca Richardson Singleton
James Burchill Richardson
John Peter Richardson
Charles Richardson
RelationsJohn Peter Richardson II (grandson)
John Lawrence Manning (grandson)
James Cantey (great grandson)
Richard Irvine Manning (great-great grandson)
Patrick Henry Nelson II (great-great grandson)
Patrick Henry Nelson III (great-great-great-great grandson)

Richard Richardson (1704–1780) was an American planter and military officer from Clarendon County, South Carolina who served as a brigadier general in the American Revolutionary War.