John Wilson (August 11, 1773August 13, 1828) was a

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. Born at Wilson's Ferry in the

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, Wilson attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Anderson County, near Golden Grove, South Carolina. Also, he operated a public ferry across the Saluda River at what is now known as Pelzer. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1812 to 1817. Wilson was elected to the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress. He died at his home near Golden Grove, in

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, August 13, 1828. He was interred in the family cemetery on his plantation, which is now a part of the industrial city of

Pelzer, South Carolina Pelzer is a town in Anderson County, South Carolina, United States, along the Saluda River. Its population was 89 at the 2010 census, and grew to 1,344 at the 2020 census. Government As of 2010, the town was governed by a mayor and four counci ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, John 1773 births 1828 deaths People from Pelzer, South Carolina Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly

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