Home Artists & Musicians Educators Engineers & Architects Government Officials Medical Researchers Armed Forces Scientists Athletes Pinckney, Charles Charles Pinckney was born in Charleston South Carolina in 1757. He became one of the framers of the U.S. Constitution later in life. No other South Carolinian has ever held so many high offices in the state or nation. He served in the U.S. Congress and was also a Minister to Britain before his death in 1824.