Robert Gill Mills Dunovant
Born: May 18, 1821
Birthplace: Chester County, South Carolina
Father: Dr. John Dunovant 1787 – 1855
(Buried: Dunovant Family Burying Ground, Chester, South Carolina)
Mother: Margaret Sloan Quay 1797 – 1843
(Buried: Dunovant Family Burying Ground, Chester, South Carolina)
Wife: Ellen Brooks 1829 – 1870
(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)
Children:
Margaret Leslie Dunovant 1851 – 1859
(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)
John Quay Dunovant 1853 – 1854
(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)
Mary Carroll Dunovant 1856 – 1857
(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)
Ellen Butler Dunovant 1857 – 1859
(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)
Robert Lee Dunovant 1862 – 1940
(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)
Education:
Graduated from South Carolina College
Occupation before War:
Medical Doctor in Texas
Planter in Chester and Edgefield, South Carolina
Served in Mexican – American War rising to Lt.
1855 – 1861: Adjutant and Inspector General of South Carolina Militia
Civil War Career:
1860: Delegate to South Carolina State Secession Convention
1861: Brigadier General of South Carolina Militia 4th Brigade
1861: Brigadier General during the Bombardment of Fort Sumter
1861: Resigned as Brigadier General when troops went in CSA
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1861: Commander of Fort Beauregard during Battle of Port Royal
1862: Resigned as Colonel in the Confederate Army on April 2nd
1864 – 1865: South Carolina State Representative
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1898: Planter in Edgefield, South Carolina
Author of a Book on the Palmetto Regiment
Died: May 12, 1898
Place of Death: Edgefield, South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Burial Place: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina
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