ROBERT ANDREW PETTIGREW

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Officer Rank: Dispensary Constable
Memorial Panel: 21-E: 31
Department: South Carolina State Dispensary Commission
End of Watch: July 13, 1895
Cause: SHOT
Age: 20
Years of Service: Unk
Description: On June 28, 1895, Dispensary Constable Pettigrew and Constable Toland were shot, in an exchange of gunfire, when they stopped two moonshiners who were transporting a wagon filled with whiskey. Both moonshiners were killed. Constable Pettigrew died of his injuries two weeks later on July 13th. Constable Toland survived his injuries.
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