PADGETT, JAMES G.
From Knob Knowledge
1869-January 19, 1939. Citadel Class of 1892. Proposed the measure in the State Legislature which moved The Citadel from its location on Calhoun Street, between King and Meeting, to its present site at Hampton Park in 1919. (Sources: Yates Snowden, History of South Carolina, pp. 266-267, REF F269 S69 vol. 4; Who's Who in South Carolina, 1934-35, REF F268 .W65; Biographical Directory of the Senate of South Carolina, 1776-1964, p. 285, REF JK4276 .R4 1976; Michael D. Blackwell, Remember Now Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth, pp. 235-244, U430 .B63 2003)
Padgett-Thomas Barracks is named after him and John Pulaski Thomas. (HN & DH)
See also Padget-Thomas Barracks.
