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Richard Richardson | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Richard_Richardson.jpg) General Richard Richardson | |
| Born | 1704 Jamestown Province of Virginia |
| Died | 1780 South Carolina |
| Buried | Richardson family cemetery, Rimini, South Carolina |
| Allegiance |  Great Britain United States |
| Service | South Carolina Militia Continental Army |
| Years of service | 1776-1780 |
| Commands |  South Carolina Line |
| Battles / wars | Anglo-Cherokee War American Revolutionary War |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Sinkler, Mary Cantey |
| Children | Edward Richardson Rebecca Richardson Singleton James Burchill Richardson John Peter Richardson Charles Richardson |
| Relations | John 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.