Plowden Weston

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Plowden Charles Jennet Weston (born 1819 in South Carolina , †  January 25, 1864 in Columbia , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1862 and 1864 he was Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.

Career

Plowden Weston came from a wealthy family who made their fortune with rice plantations. He spent his first few years on the Laurel plantation, where he was tutored by a private English teacher. At the age of twelve he was sent to England to study at the University of Cambridge . There he later met his future wife Emily, whom he married in 1847. As a wedding present they received the Hagley plantation. He subsequently managed this property. He became one of the richest men in South Carolina and was one of the greatest slave owners in his homeland. Since 1844 he also owned a beach house on Pawleys Island . The family spent the summer months there. In the late 1850s, Weston seriously worried about the future of his homeland and his own existence. He saw the conflict between the North and the South as a serious danger and initially opposed South Carolina's exit from the Union. When this step was taken, he unconditionally supported the Confederation cause . At the beginning of the civil war he set up a company of the state militia, which he commanded as a captain. He remained stationed with his unit in South Carolina and therefore did not take part in any military conflicts. In 1862 he fell ill with tuberculosis . He then had to quit military service.

Politically, Weston was a member of the Democratic Party . To compensate for his lost military post, he was elected lieutenant governor of his state in 1862 by the South Carolina General Assembly alongside Milledge Luke Bonham . He held this office between December 17, 1862 and his death on January 25, 1864. He was Deputy Governor . He died of tuberculosis, which increasingly undermined his health during the last months of his life.

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Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ according to other information, 1820
  2. ↑ Historic Markers Across South Carolina: PCJWeston HouselPelican Inn
  3. ↑ Elizabeth Robertson Huntsinger: Ghosts of Georgetown . 1995 ( full text in the Google book search).
  4. ^ Army of Tennessee: Persistence or Plowden Charles Jennet Weston
personal data
SURNAME Weston, Plowden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weston, Plowden Charles Jennet (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH South carolina
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1864
Place of death Columbia , South Carolina