Lemuel James Alston (1760–1836) was a slave owner and

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from South Carolina. Born in the eastern part of Granville County (which is now Warren County) in the Province of North Carolina, Alston moved to South Carolina after the Revolutionary War and settled near Greens Mill, which soon became the town of

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. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greenville. He served as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1789 to 1790. Alston was elected as a

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to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses (March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1811). He moved in 1816 to Clarke County, Alabama, and settled near

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where he presided over the orphans' court and the county court from November 1816 until May 1821. He died at "Alston Place," Clarke County, Alabama, in 1836.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alston, Lemuel James 1760 births 1836 deaths People from Warren County, North Carolina People from Clarke County, Alabama Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina