Mordecai Gist, 1743-1792
A young merchant from Baltimore, Mordecai Gist, was born in Maryland on February 22, 1742. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General, commanding officer of the Maryland Line of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he briefly sought political office in Maryland and was a charter member of the Maryland chapter of the Society of the Cincinnati. Gist, by 1784, was a resident in Charleston, where he remained until his death.