William Alston (South Carolina)

William Alston (1757 – June 26, 1839) was a South Carolina legislator, slave owner, planter, and horse breeder.

William Alston
Born1757 
DiedJune 26, 1839  (aged 81–82)
OccupationLegislator, politician 
ChildrenJoseph Alston 

William Alston was born on 1757. He was a captain during the revolutionary war under Francis Marion, the famous partisan leader. After the return of peace he married the daughter of Rebecca Motte, and became a successful planter and a large slave-owner. He was for many years a member of the South Carolina senate.

His son Joseph Alston was for several years a prominent member of the South Carolina state legislature, and governor in 1812-'14. Joseph Alston married Theodosia, daughter of Aaron Burr.

William Alston died on 26 June 1839 in Charleston, South Carolina.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). "ALLSTON, William,". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

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