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'''William Rouse''' was the eighteenth intendant (mayor) of [[Charleston, South Carolina]], serving two consecutive terms from 1808 to 1810.
'''William Rouse''' was the eighteenth intendant (mayor) of [[Charleston, South Carolina]], serving two consecutive terms from 1808 to 1810.


Rouse was born in 1756 in Yorkshire, England to Eli Rouse and Martha Asquith. After Revolutionary War service in Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina, he settled in Charleston in 1783. He was commissioned as an officer in the state militia in 1794 and promoted to major on July 13, 1807,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy.ccpl.org:2048/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=C75S5AXYMTM5MDk2NTk5MS45ODM5MDc6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=4&p_docnum=2&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108C87EE898D4830@2381271-108C87EEAC8FA378@0-108C87F08FC9DAD8@ | title=Regimental Orders | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=August 7, 1807 | accessdate=January 28, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=1}}</ref> and then lieutenant colonel on July 4, 1808.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy.ccpl.org:2048/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=C75S5AXYMTM5MDk2NTk5MS45ODM5MDc6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=4&p_docnum=4&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108C8C1C324D9040@2381608-108C8C1C598E1188@0-108C8C1D33865A78@ | title=Regimental Orders | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=July 9, 1808 | accessdate=January 28, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=1}}</ref>
Rouse was born in about 1756 in Yorkshire, England to Eli Rouse and Martha Asquith. After Revolutionary War service in Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina, he settled in Charleston in 1783. He was commissioned as an officer in the state militia in 1794 and promoted to major on July 13, 1807,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=C75S5AXYMTM5MDk2NTk5MS45ODM5MDc6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=4&p_docnum=2&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108C87EE898D4830@2381271-108C87EEAC8FA378@0-108C87F08FC9DAD8@ | title=Regimental Orders | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=August 7, 1807 | accessdate=January 28, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=1}}</ref> and then lieutenant colonel on July 4, 1808.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=C75S5AXYMTM5MDk2NTk5MS45ODM5MDc6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=4&p_docnum=4&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108C8C1C324D9040@2381608-108C8C1C598E1188@0-108C8C1D33865A78@ | title=Regimental Orders | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=July 9, 1808 | accessdate=January 28, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=1}}</ref>


He was elected intendant on September 12, 1808,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy.ccpl.org:2048/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=C75S5AXYMTM5MDk2NTk5MS45ODM5MDc6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=4&p_docnum=6&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108C8BA90E023650@2381674-108C8BA9EE5ECDC8@2-108C8BAD2B389340@%5BWilliam%20Rouse%2C%20Esq%3B%20City%5D | title=William Rouse, Esq. . . . | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=September 13, 1808 | accessdate=January 28, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=3}}</ref> and re-elected September 21, 1809.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.halseymap.com/flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=16 | title=William Rouse | publisher=Preservation Society of Charleston | work=Halsey Map Project | accessdate=January 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy.ccpl.org:2048/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=C75S5AXYMTM5MDk2NTk5MS45ODM5MDc6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=4&p_docnum=22&p_docref=v2:10CE5EA64C242398@EANX-10EC79F240B048E8@2382048-10EC79F2B234A940@2-10EC79F3EAA92868@%5BColonel%20William%3B%20Rouse%3B%20Intendant%3B%20City%5D | title=Colonel William Rouse . . . | work=The Carolina Gazette | date=September 22, 1809 | accessdate=January 28, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=3}}</ref>
He was elected intendant on September 12, 1808,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=C75S5AXYMTM5MDk2NTk5MS45ODM5MDc6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=4&p_docnum=6&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108C8BA90E023650@2381674-108C8BA9EE5ECDC8@2-108C8BAD2B389340@%5BWilliam%20Rouse%2C%20Esq%3B%20City%5D | title=William Rouse, Esq. . . . | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=September 13, 1808 | accessdate=January 28, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=3}}</ref> and re-elected September 21, 1809.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.halseymap.com/flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=16 | title=William Rouse | publisher=Preservation Society of Charleston | work=Halsey Map Project | accessdate=January 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=C75S5AXYMTM5MDk2NTk5MS45ODM5MDc6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=4&p_docnum=22&p_docref=v2:10CE5EA64C242398@EANX-10EC79F240B048E8@2382048-10EC79F2B234A940@2-10EC79F3EAA92868@%5BColonel%20William%3B%20Rouse%3B%20Intendant%3B%20City%5D | title=Colonel William Rouse . . . | work=The Carolina Gazette | date=September 22, 1809 | accessdate=January 28, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=3}}</ref>


He died on June 15, 1829, and he is buried at Magnolia Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=rouse&GSfn=William&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=43&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=92221880&df=all& | title=Col William Rouse (1756-1829) | publisher=Find a Grave | work=Cenotaph at St. Michael's Episcopal | accessdate=January 28, 2014}}</ref>
He died on June 15, 1829, and he is buried at Magnolia Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=rouse&GSfn=William&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=43&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=92221880&df=all& | title=Col William Rouse (1756-1829) | publisher=Find a Grave | work=Cenotaph at St. Michael's Episcopal | accessdate=January 28, 2014}}</ref>
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[[Category:19th-century mayors of places in South Carolina]]
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Latest revision as of 09:31, 11 November 2024

William Rouse
18th Mayor of Charleston
In office
1808–1810
Preceded byBenjamin Boyd
Succeeded byThomas H. McCalla
Personal details
SpouseMary Martha Stuart
ProfessionTanner and leather worker

William Rouse was the eighteenth intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving two consecutive terms from 1808 to 1810.

Rouse was born in about 1756 in Yorkshire, England to Eli Rouse and Martha Asquith. After Revolutionary War service in Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina, he settled in Charleston in 1783. He was commissioned as an officer in the state militia in 1794 and promoted to major on July 13, 1807,[1] and then lieutenant colonel on July 4, 1808.[2]

He was elected intendant on September 12, 1808,[3] and re-elected September 21, 1809.[4][5]

He died on June 15, 1829, and he is buried at Magnolia Cemetery.[6]

He represented St. Philip's and St. Michael's parishes (i.e., the Charleston area) in the South Carolina General Assembly five times (1806–1809 and 1820–1835) and also in the South Carolina Senate (1812–1815).

References

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  1. ^ "Regimental Orders". City Gazette and Daily Advertiser. Charleston, South Carolina. August 7, 1807. p. 1. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  2. ^ "Regimental Orders". City Gazette and Daily Advertiser. Charleston, South Carolina. July 9, 1808. p. 1. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "William Rouse, Esq. . . ". City Gazette and Daily Advertiser. Charleston, South Carolina. September 13, 1808. p. 3. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "William Rouse". Halsey Map Project. Preservation Society of Charleston. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  5. ^ "Colonel William Rouse . . ". The Carolina Gazette. Charleston, South Carolina. September 22, 1809. p. 3. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  6. ^ "Col William Rouse (1756-1829)". Cenotaph at St. Michael's Episcopal. Find a Grave. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
Preceded by Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina
1808 		Succeeded by


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