James Louis Petigru

Birth: 10 May 1789
Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
Death: 9 Mar 1863 (aged 73)
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Burial: Saint Michaels Church Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 15954919 View Source

American lawyer and statesman. A graduate of South Carolina College, he worked as a school teacher while studying law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and established a practice in Charleston. He served in the state legislature and as attorney general. He was federal district attorney from 1851-1853.

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Jane Amelia Postell Petigru

1795–1868

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15954919/james_louis-petigru: accessed ), memorial page for James Louis Petigru (10 May 1789–9 Mar 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15954919, citing Saint Michaels Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Janet Euler Brady (contributor 46854674).

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James Louis Petigru

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William Pettigrew

Louise Guy Gibert Pettigrew

Jane Amelia Postell Petigru

CDR Thomas Petigru

Jane Gibert Pettigrew North

Mary C Petigru

Lieut Charles Petigru

Louise Pettigrew Porcher

Adele Theresa Petigru Allston

Harriette Pettigrew Lesesne

Albert Porcher Petigru

Caroline Petigru Carson

Daniel Elliot Huger "Dan" Petigru

Susan Dupont Petigru Bowen

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