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William Leigh Pierce (c.
1740 –
December 10,
1789) was an army officer during the
American Revolutionary War and a member of the
United States Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Little is known about Pierce's early life or background. He usually identified himself as a
Virginian, although he may have been born in
Georgia. He served in the
Continental Army through most of the War of Independence. He was commissioned a captain in the
1st Continental Artillery Regiment on
November 30,
1776. He left the artillery to serve as an
aide-de-camp to General
John Sullivan during
Sullivan's expedition against the Iroquois in 1779.
He returned to Virginia and attended the
College of William and Mary, but in December 1780 he became an aide-de-camp to General
Nathanael Greene. He served with Greene throughout the tumultuous southern campaign, and was recognized by Congress for his bravery at the
Battle of Eutaw Springs on
September 8,
1781. He received brevet promotion to major at the end of the war.
After his military service, Pierce sought to establish himself as a merchant in the Caribbean. He eventually settled in
Savannah, Georgia, and partnered with fellow officers Richard Call and
Anthony Walton White. In 1783, he married Charlotte Fenwick, the daughter of a wealthy South Carolina planter, with whom he'd a son, noted author William Pierce.
Pierce represented
Chatham County in the
Georgia State Legislature, which in 1786 elected him to the
Continental Congress and the
Constitutional Convention the following year. At the Convention he kept notes on the proceedings and, more importantly, wrote character sketches of his fellow delegates. It is these sketches for which he's remembered. Pierce left the Convention in July to attend business matters and didn't sign the Constitution.
Pierce had business troubles and substantial debts, and sought but didn't receive appointment to a position in the federal government. He was unsuccessful in a bid for the
United States House of Representatives in 1789. He was an original member and vice president of the Georgia chapter of the
Society of the Cincinnati, and served as a trustee of the Chatham County Academy until his death.
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