Arthur Middleton was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and a representative from South Carolina in the Second Continental Congress.
Portrait by Benjamin West, 1771
Williams Middleton best known as a signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession, and as one of the owners of Middleton Place, National Historic Landmark gardens outside Charleston, SC.
Williams Middleton acquired a fine house at 1 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina in 1855.