He was a member of the Confederate Congress, judge of the Court of Ordinary for 16 years, commissoned in the Equity for 21 years and in command of a regiment in the Civil War.
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James Hervey Witherspoon Jr.:
Born: March 23, 1810
Birthplace: Lancaster County South Carolina
Father: Colonel James Hervey Witherspoon Sr. 1784 – 1842
(Buried: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Riverside South Carolina)
Mother: Jane Donnom Witherspoon 1786 – 1834
(Buried: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Riverside South Carolina)
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Jones Witherspoon 1811 – 1856
(Buried: Old Presbyterian Cemetery Lancaster South Carolina)
Children:
Bartlett Jones Witherspoon 1832 – 1905
(Buried: Old Presbyterian Cemetery Lancaster South Carolina)
Eliza Jones Witherspoon Wylie 1834 – 1909
(Buried: Old Presbyterian Cemetery Lancaster South Carolina)
Civil War Career:
Colonel of 8th South Carolina State Reserves Troops
1864 – 1865: Confederate States Representative from South Carolina
Died: October 3, 1865
Place of Death: Lancaster South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 55 years old
Burial Place: Old Presbyterian Cemetery Lancaster South Carolina
He was a member of the Confederate Congress, judge of the Court of Ordinary for 16 years, commissoned in the Equity for 21 years and in command of a regiment in the Civil War.
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James Hervey Witherspoon Jr.:
Born: March 23, 1810
Birthplace: Lancaster County South Carolina
Father: Colonel James Hervey Witherspoon Sr. 1784 – 1842
(Buried: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Riverside South Carolina)
Mother: Jane Donnom Witherspoon 1786 – 1834
(Buried: Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Riverside South Carolina)
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Jones Witherspoon 1811 – 1856
(Buried: Old Presbyterian Cemetery Lancaster South Carolina)
Children:
Bartlett Jones Witherspoon 1832 – 1905
(Buried: Old Presbyterian Cemetery Lancaster South Carolina)
Eliza Jones Witherspoon Wylie 1834 – 1909
(Buried: Old Presbyterian Cemetery Lancaster South Carolina)
Civil War Career:
Colonel of 8th South Carolina State Reserves Troops
1864 – 1865: Confederate States Representative from South Carolina
Died: October 3, 1865
Place of Death: Lancaster South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 55 years old
Burial Place: Old Presbyterian Cemetery Lancaster South Carolina
Family Members
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Isaac Donnom Witherspoon
1803–1858
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Sarah Crawford Witherspoon Dunlap
1806–1832
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Nancy White Witherspoon Thornwell
1808–1891
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George McCottry Witherspoon Sr
1812–1898
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Elizabeth M. Witherspoon Sadler
1813–1899
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Mary Ann Witherspoon Wardlaw
1818–1890
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Andrew Jackson Witherspoon
1824–1891
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Infant Daughter Witherspoon
unknown–1832
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