Career
Holmes born in 1760 to Isaac Holmes and Rebecca Bee. During the Revolutionary War, he was the aide-de-camp to General John Barnwell. He owned Washington Plantation on the Cooper River in Saint John"s Parish (Berkeley County).
Holmes was elected intendant in September 1794.
He also held state office, representing the Charleston area in the General Assembly of South Carolina from 1791 to 1797. He served in the South Carolina Senate from 1799 to 1801.
He died on September 5, 1827, and is buried at the Circular Congregational churchyard in Charleston.
