Middleton, Arthur (1742-1787), was a South Carolina signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a leader in the Revolutionary War in America (1775-1783).
Between 1765 and 1776, Middleton served in the colonial legislature and in the Provincial Congress of South Carolina. While in the congress, he helped write South Carolina’s Constitution of 1776. Middleton also served as a member of the first South Carolina Council of Safety, which provided transitional government after the colonial government was overthrown. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777 and to the Congress of the Confederation in 1781. The British captured him in 1780 at the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. Middleton was born on June 26, 1742, near that city. He died on Jan. 1, 1787.
