Editing Colonel Charles Pinckney (section)

{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Charles Pinckney
| office              = Member of the <br>[[South Carolina House of Representatives|South Carolina General Assembly]]
| term_start          = 1754
| term_end            = 1772
| constituency        = [[Christ Church (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina)|Christ Church Parish]]<br>(1754-1760)<br>[[St. Philip's Church (Charleston, South Carolina)|St. Philip's Parish]]<br>(1760-1761)<br>[[St. Michael's Anglican Church (Charleston, South Carolina)|St. Michael's Parish]]<br>(1761-1768)<br>St. Philip's Parish<br>(1768-1772)<ref>https://www.carolana.com/SC/Royal_Colony/sc_royal_commons_house_assemblies.html</ref>
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1732|3|7}}
| birth_place         = [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charles Town]], [[Province of South Carolina]], [[British America]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1782|9|22|1732|3|7}}
| death_place         = [[Mount Pleasant, South Carolina]], U.S.
}}

'''Charles Pinckney''' (March 7, 1732 - September 22, 1782), also known as '''Colonel Charles Pinckney''', was a [[South Carolina]] lawyer and planter based in [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. Commissioned as a colonel for the Charles Towne Militia in the colonial era, he was widely known as "Colonel Pinckney". He had a rice and indigo plantation known as [[Snee Farm]] along the [[Wando River]], about nine miles from Charleston, and a townhouse on Queen Street in the city.

Captured by the British in 1780 in the fall of Charleston, Pinckney was among more than 160 men who signed loyalty oaths to protect their properties, which the British would otherwise have confiscated and possibly destroyed. After the war, to penalize his Loyalist oath, the state legislature assessed a fine against Pinckney based on the value of his property.

His son and namesake [[Charles Pinckney (governor)|Charles Pinckney]] inherited the plantation and slaves and became a prominent politician after the American Revolution. After participating in the constitutional convention, he was elected to three non-consecutive terms as governor of the state, and as a US Senator and US Representative.