John A. Chesnut Explained

John A. Chestnut (also spelled Chesnut) was a delegate to the 1868 Constitutional Convention of South Carolina.^[1] He also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives.^[2]

His grandfather was freed by Col. James Chestnut.^[3]

He, S. G. W. Dill, and Justus Kendall Jillson represented Kershaw County at the convention.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Constitution of South Carolina: Adopted April 16, 1868, and the Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly Passed at the Special Session of 1868[-1871] Together with the Military Orders Therein Re-enacted. Carolina. South. 1868.
2. January 1920 . Documents . . English . Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History . 5 . 1 .
3. Book: Blacks, Carpetbaggers, and Scalawags: The Constitutional Conventions of Radical Reconstruction. 9780807134702. Hume. Richard L.. Gough. Jerry B.. October 2008.