Nicholas Eveleigh

Eveleigh was born in Charleston, Province of South Carolina about 1748.[1] He and his parents moved to Bristol, England around 1755. He remained there until 1774,[1] although he conducted some business related to family property from London. Then he returned to South Carolina where he made his home for the rest of his life.

In the Revolutionary War, Eveleigh first joined the 2nd South Carolina Regiment as a captain on June 17, 1775. After he participated in the defense of Fort Moultrie on June 28, 1776, he was promoted to colonel. He later served as the deputy Adjutant General for the Continental Army for South Carolina and Georgia. He resigned on August 24, 1778.[1]

Eveleigh was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1781. Later that year, they sent him as one of their delegates to the Continental Congress. In 1782, he returned home and served as a member of the State's Council (later called the state senate) in 1783.[1] He left public service for a time, and worked to improve his plantation.

On September 11, 1789 Eveleigh became the first Comptroller of the United States Treasury, under President George Washington.[1]

Eveleigh and his wife, Mary, had no children. She survived him and later remarried, to become the second wife of widower Edward Rutledge.

Eveleigh died in office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 16, 1791.[1] Washington appointed Oliver Wolcott Jr. to replace him.

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