In 1775, Folsom continued his service in the provincial congress, as he would do until 1783.
Back in South Carolina, he served as president of the provincial congress and senator in the newly created state government.
The provincial congress then appointed Cushing to be the court's first sitting Chief Justice in 1777.
There were three provincial congresses until the first Constitutional Convention was founded.
When the siege succeeded in the spring of 1776 Osgood left the army and returned to the provincial congress.
He was also a member of the rebel provincial congress, and later the state General Assembly until 1778.
He supported the call for a provincial congress in 1774.
After a fifth provincial congress, with a liberal majority behind him, Jones served on the committee to draft the state constitution and bill of rights.
He was a deputy in the provincial congress of 1822.
On June 17, the provincial congress called a new election with the delegates vested with the power to declare independence.