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William Algernon Alston, Senator

William Algernon Alston, Senator

Male 1756 - 1839  (82 years)


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  • Name William Algernon Alston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Suffix Senator 
    Birth 23 Aug 1756  Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    FSID SAR Patriot #: P-103086 
    Special SAR Patriot #: P-103086 
    FSID MYYD-S6J 
    Name "King Billy” Alston 
    Name "King Billy” Alston 
    Death 26 Jun 1839  Pawleys Island, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7, 8] 
    Burial Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8] 
    • Event Description: Murrells Inlet
    • Murrells Inlet
    Person ID I396  footsteps
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Father Joseph Allston,   b. 24 Mar 1733, Craven, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1784, Craven, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Charlotte Rathmahler,   b. 22 Mar 1736, Craven, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1784, Craven, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1 Jun 1755  Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Joseph was 22 years and 3 months - Charlotte was 19 years and 3 months. 
    Family ID F257  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Brewton Motte,   b. 1769, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1838, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 1791 
    Age at Marriage William was ~ 34 years and 4 months - Mary was ~ 22 years. 
    Married 24 Feb-Feb 1824  Charleston, Montgomery, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Motte Alston,   b. 17 Jun 1803, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1884, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Allston,   b. 27 Aug 1796, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1881, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Thomas Pinckney Allston,   b. 20 Feb 1794, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1861, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Rebecca Brewton Alston,   b. 7 Feb 1792, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1853, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Family 2 Mary Ashe,   b. 1760, Brunswick, Horry, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1788, Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage 1777 
    Age at Marriage William was ~ 20 years and 4 months - Mary was ~ 17 years. 
    Children 
    >1. Maria Alston,   b. 2 Feb 1778, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Charlotte Alston,   b. 1784, Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1817, Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. John Ashe Alston,   b. 1783, Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1831, Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. William Algernon Alston,   b. 25 Jun 1782, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1860, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Joseph Alston,   b. 10 Nov 1779, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1816, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F451  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Notes 
    • SAR Patriot #: P-103086
      Additional References:
      SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004

      Excerpts from "A Charleston Album" by Margaret H Harrison:
      Colonel William Alson, called by Washington Irving "that greatest of all Southern Planters", whos' estates of Clifton was likened to Fairyland by George Washington, was born in 1756.

      The revolution broke out when he was a very young man. Taking service as a Captain under the "Swamp Fox", Francis Marion, he saw years of high adventure in guerrilla warfare."

      He was a personal friend of Washington and also of Jefferson.
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      From WikiTree
      Colonel William “King Billy” Alston was one of the richest men in South Carolina.

      In 1777, when he was about 21 years old, Col. William Alston married Mary Ashe (d.1789).
      In 1791, Col. William Alston married, secondly, Mary Brewton Motte.

      At the time of the 1820 Census, William, Sr. and sons William A. Jr. and Charles were all enumerated as living at North Island, Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina. Together, the three owned a total of 731 Slaves and 1 "Free Other." This census makes it difficult to sort out the family members, since several of the children, grandchild, and in-laws appear to be all enumerated in William Sr's household and Charles has no enumerated Free White members at all.

      William Alston is buried in the Oaks Cemetery, in Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina. A portrait of William is on his Find A Grave memorial.

      SAR Patriot #: P-103086
      Additional References:
      SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004

      Excerpts from "A Charleston Album" by Margaret H Harrison:
      Colonel William Alson, called by Washington Irving "that greatest of all Southern Planters", whos' estates of Clifton was likened to Fairyland by George Washington, was born in 1756.

      The revolution broke out when he was a very young man. Taking service as a Captain under the "Swamp Fox", Francis Marion, he saw years of high adventure in guerrilla warfare."

      He was a personal friend of Washington and also of Jefferson.
      ________________________
      From WikiTree
      Colonel William “King Billy” Alston was one of the richest men in South Carolina.

      In 1777, when he was about 21 years old, Col. William Alston married Mary Ashe (d.1789).
      In 1791, Col. William Alston married, secondly, Mary Brewton Motte.

      At the time of the 1820 Census, William, Sr. and sons William A. Jr. and Charles were all enumerated as living at North Island, Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina. Together, the three owned a total of 731 Slaves and 1 "Free Other." This census m akes it difficult to sort out the family members, since several of the children, grandchild, and in-laws appear to be all enumerated in William Sr's household and Charles has no enumerated Free White members at all.

      William Alston is buried in the Oaks Cemetery, in Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina. A portrait of William is on his Find A Grave memorial.

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    col wm alston    		col wm alston
    American Revolution Patriot    		American Revolution Patriot
    William A Alston    		William A Alston
    Alston Family Cemetery @ The Oaks Plantation    		Alston Family Cemetery @ The Oaks Plantation

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 276.

    2. [S583] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Name: Name: Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;;).

    3. [S77] Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-PBS : 15 January 2020), Tristram Coffin in entry for James Coffin, 1640.

    4. [S77] Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", databaseFamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-RF7 : 15 January 2020), Tristram Coffin, 1605.

    5. [S77] Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-VMB : 15 January 2020), Tristram Coffin in entry for John Coffin, 1647.

    6. [S77] Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", databaseFamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/1:1:VQDC-6NB : 15 January 2020), Tristram Coffin in entry for Mary Coffin, 1645.

    7. [S19] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 276.
      Record for Colonel William Alston

    8. [S22] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Col William Alston


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