(2) Signatures - The first being William Moultrie (1730 - 1805) a South Carolina planter and politician who became a General in the American Revolutionary War. As Colonel leading a state militia, in 1776 he prevented the British from taking Charleston, and Fort Moultrie was named in his honor. During his notable defense of the fort, a flag of Moultrie's own design was flown: a field of blue bearing a white crescent with the word LIBERTY on it. The flag was shot down during the fight. Sergeant William Jasper held it up to rally the troops, and the story became widely known. The flag became an icon of the Revolution in the South. It was called the Moultrie, or the Liberty Flag. The new state of South Carolina incorporated its design into its state flag; --- The second signature included is dated April the 27th 1843 and signed James Barron (1768 -1851). Barron was an officer in the United States Navy and served in the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars, during which he commanded a number of famous ships, including USS Essex and USS President. From the Francis Hopkinson Family Archives