Black, James Augustus b. 1793 d. April 3, 1848 US Congressman, Manufacturer. He was born and educated on his father's plantation near Abbeville, South Carolina, and served as a Lieutenant with the 8th Infantry during the War of 1812. Following his discharge in 1815 he co-founded the King's Mountain Iron Works near what is now Cherokee Falls, and built it into one of the southeast's largest iron producers. In 1822 he suffered a setback when flooding destroyed his furnaces; forced to sell his assets at public auction, he bought them back for...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
DeSaussure, William Davie b. December 12, 1819 d. July 2, 1863 Civil War Confederate Officer. This Columbia, South Carolina native was an 1838 graduate of the South Carolina College. He afterwards practiced his profession as an attorney in his father's Columbia law office. With the outbreak of war with Mexico, DeSaussure was appointed a captain in the Palmetto Regiment. It was the earliest opportunity for the citizen soldier to command men in combat, and he proved to be a competent officer who distinguished himself at Churubusco, a battle where he was...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall) First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Elmore, Franklin Harper b. October 15, 1799 d. May 29, 1850 US Congressman, US Senator, Banker. He was a prominent figure of South Carolina politics in the years before the Civil War. Born in the state's Laurens District, he graduated from the South Carolina College at Columbia in 1819, was admitted to the bar two years later and set up practice in Walterboro. From 1822 to 1836 he was a solicitor for the Southern Circuit, and from 1824 to 1826 he was a Colonel on the Governor's staff. A State Rights Democrat, Elmore won a special 1836 election...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
b. December 12, 1819 d. July 2, 1863