Heyward, << HAY wuhrd, >> Thomas, Jr. (1746-1809), an American patriot, statesman, soldier, and judge, was a South Carolina signer of the Declaration of Independence. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1778. Heyward was born on July 28, 1746, on his father’s plantation in what is now Saint Luke’s Parish, South Carolina. He studied law in England. Heyward served in the provincial congresses of South Carolina in 1774 and 1775. He fought with the South Carolina state militia. He died on March 6, 1809.
