Founders
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The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite
Founded in Charleston, S.C.
May 31, 1801
Col. John Mitchell, Sov. Grand Commander
(Born: Near Glenarm, County Antrim, Ireland, 1740, Died:
Charleston Jan. 25, 1816?)
Dr. Frederick Dalcho, Lt. Grand Commander
(Born: London, England, October 1770 - Died: Charleston
November 24, 1836)
Emanuel de La Motta, Treasurer General of the Holy Empire
(Born: St. Croix, Danish West Indies Nov. 2 1760 - Died:
Charleston May 17, 1821)
Abraham Alexander, Secretary General of the Holy Empire
(Born: London, England, 1743 - Died: Charleston, Feb. 21, 1816)
Major T.B. Bowen, Grand Master of Ceremonies
(Born: Ireland, 1742 - Died: Near Charleston, July 12, 1805)
Israel de Lihen, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Prague, Czechoslovakia - Died: Charleston, Jan. 28, 1807)
Dr. Issac Auld, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Norristown, Pennsylvania Feb. 25, 1770 - Died: Edisto, S.C.
October 17, 1826)
Moses C. Levy, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Poland 1749 - Died: Charleston March 1839)
Dr. James Moultrie, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Charleston, South Carolina Sept 1766 - Died: Charleston,
S.C. Nov. 20, 1836.)
Jean Baptiste Delahouge
(Born: France 1744 - Died: Paris France, April 13, 1822)
Comte de Grasse
(Born: Versailles, France, Feb. 14, 1756 - Died: Paris France, June
10, 1845)
Portions Reprinted with permission of the Scottish Rite Journal, June 1999
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