Wilson T. Nesbitt (1781 – May 13, 1861)[1] was a United States representative from South Carolina. Born in 1781, his exact date of birth is unknown, but he resided in Spartanburg, South Carolina where he attended the common schools. Later, he was a student at South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia, South Carolina in 1805 and 1806. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and conducted an iron foundry.
Wilson T. Nesbitt | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 8th district | |
| In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Moore |
| Succeeded by | John McCreary |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office 1810–1814 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1781 |
| Died | May 13, 1861 (aged 79–80) Montgomery, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Occupation | politician, farmer |
Nesbitt was a justice of quorum of Spartanburg County, South Carolina in 1810. He served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1810–1814. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). After leaving Congress, he moved to Alabama. He died in Montgomery, Alabama in 1861 (shortly after Alabama had declared itself as part of the Confederate States of America) and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.[2]
References
edit- ^ Some South Carolina County Records, Volume 1
- ^ Harrison, James L., ed. (1950). Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States from the First to the Eightieth Congress, March 4, 1789 to January 3, 1949. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1611.
- United States Congress. "Wilson Nesbitt (id: N000049)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.