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Thomas Pinckney ( 1750 - 1828 ), was an American soldier, politician, and diplomat. Pinckney was born in Charleston, South Carolina , and was educated in Great Britain (at Westminster ) and France . He fought in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1781 , attaining the rank of Captain of Engineers. Pinckney was Governor Of South Carolina from 1787 to 1789 and became the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain in 1792 . He was a member of the United States House Of Representatives from 1797 to 1801 . He was also a Major General during the War Of 1812 . His brother Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and his cousin Charles Pinckney were signers of the United States Constitution. He arranged the Treaty Of San Lorenzo , also known as the Pinckney's Treaty , with Spain in 1795 . He ran as a Federalist candidate in the U.S. Presidential Election, 1796 . Pinckneyville, Georgia was named after Thomas Pinckney after he traveled through the area. That town no longer exists as its residents left to found the nearby Norcross . Pinckneyville is the name of a Middle School in the Norcross area.
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