John Wilson (South Carolina politician, born 1773) explained

John Wilson
State:South Carolina
District:6th
Term Start:March 4, 1823
Term End:March 3, 1827
Predecessor:George McDuffie
Successor:Warren R. Davis
State2:South Carolina
District2:7th
Term Start2:March 4, 1821
Term End2:March 3, 1823
Predecessor2:Elias Earle
Successor2:Joseph Gist
Office3:Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Term3:1812–1817
Party:Democratic-Republican (1823–1825)
Otherparty:Jacksonian (1825–onward)
Birth Date:11 August 1773
Birth Place:Wilson's Ferry, Province of South Carolina, British America
Death Place:Golden Grove, South Carolina, U.S.
Resting Place:Pelzer, South Carolina
Profession:planter

John Wilson (August 11, 1773August 13, 1828) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born at Wilson's Ferry in the Province of South Carolina, Wilson attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Anderson County, near Golden Grove, South Carolina.Also, he operated a public ferry across the Saluda River at what is now known as Pelzer.He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1812 to 1817.

Wilson was elected to the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress.

He died at his home near Golden Grove, in Anderson County, South Carolina, August 13, 1828.He was interred in the family cemetery on his plantation, which is now a part of the industrial city of Pelzer, South Carolina.

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