Thomas Sumter Tisdale, Jr.
ttisdale@nexsenpruet.com
843.577.9440

Tom, a direct descendant of Thomas Sumter, is an attorney in the firm Nexsen, Pruet Adams Kleemeier, PLLC’s Charleston, SC office. He is the author of A Lady of the High Hills, a history of Natalie Delage Sumter, the French noble born wife of Thomas Sumter, Jr., which was published by USC Press in October 2001.

A former president of the South Carolina Bar, he was also president of the Charleston Lawyers Club and a member of the Supreme Court Commission on Grievances and Discipline, the Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency, the South Carolina Law Institute, and the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution.

Tisdale has served on the Board of Regents of the University of the South and the Board of Trustees of Voorhees College; as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Porter-Gaud School; and on the boards of the South Carolina Aquarium and Charleston’s Spoleto Festival USA. He was also chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina from 1975-1985.

He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of the South and his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Jeffrey W. Dennis
j.dennis@moreheadstate.edu
606.783.2354

Jeff serves as an Assistant Professor of History at Morehead State University, Kentucky. Jeff earned his Ph.D. and M. A. in History from the University of Notre Dame and a M.A. and B.A. in History from Andrews University. Jeff's research explores the relationships between the southern Revolutionary elite and Native Americans. "Perhaps the most unique experience with Indians among Carolina revolutionaries was that of Thomas Sumter. During 1761-63, Sumter helped escort the Cherokee Second Warrior Ostenaco and two other headmen to London and back for a meeting with the young King George III. The year-and-a-half adventure left Sumter with lasting respect and tolerance for native peoples. Further, it was this expedition that enabled Sumter to escape debt and obscurity in Virginia to later become the famed "Gamecock" of the South Carolina Revolution."

Jeff has three forthcoming essays in Colonial American Fortifications (2004), V. Deplannes, editor: "Fort Prince George and the Lower Cherokee Settlements", "Fort Ninety-Six and the Anglo-Cherokee War", and "Fort William Henry Lyttleton".

Dan L. Morrill
dlmorril@email.uncc.edu

Dan received his Ph.D. in history from Emory University in 1964 and now serves as a Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dan has developed a major interest in public history, especially historic preservation. As Consulting Director of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission since 1974, he has authored more than 100 Survey and Research Reports on prospective historic landmarks, has administered design review over restoration projects, has overseen the renovation of historic structures, and has prepared nominations for the National Register Places. Dan draws upon his extensive knowledge when teaching undergraduate courses in historic preservation. He is also active in military history. His book, Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution was published in 1994 and Historic Charlotte, an Illustrated History of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Civil War In The Carolinas was published in 2001. Dan’s current project: Oral History of Participants in World War Two.

Thomas L. Powers
tpowers@uscsumter.edu

Tom serves as a Professor of History at the University of South Carolina at Sumter. Tom earned a B.A. in history at the University of Richmond in 1969 and his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in 1978.

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Charles B. Baxley
cbbaxley@charter.net

Charles earned a J. D. and B. A. from the University of South Carolina. He is a practicing attorney in Lugoff, SC, and is the publisher and editor of the newsletter, Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution. Charles has served as President of the Kershaw County Historical Society and numerous civic organizations. He has served as USAF Reserve Officer, a Municipal Judge for the City of Camden, Adjunct Professor of Law at Limestone College and American Management Institute, and as Trustee of the Kershaw County public school system. Charles likes to "put the action on the ground".

David P. Reuwer
Davidreuwer3@aol.com

David Reuwer earned a J.D. from Pepperdine University and a B.A. in political science and psychology from Towson University. David is a historian and practicing attorney, emphasizing historic preservation law. He is an adjunct professor of historic preservation at the College of Charleston. He is the president of the Kershaw County Bar Association. David’s second vocation is the documentation and preservation of Revolutionary War battlefields throughout the South. David is an engaging Southern Campaigns battlefield tour guide. He was the lead investigator on the Eutaw Springs battlefield survey.

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