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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] 
    Title Senator 
    Birth 23 Aug 1756  Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Special SAR Patriot #: P-103086 
    FSID MYYD-S6J 
    Death 26 Jun 1839  Pawleys Island, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Burial Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Person ID I46070  footsteps | Hayne, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II
    Last Modified 21 Apr 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 County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F25419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Ashe,   b. 1760, Brunswick, Horry, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1788, Waccamaw Neck, Georgetown, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage 1777 
    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. 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]
    >3. 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]
    >4. 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]
    >5. 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]
    +6. Thomas Pinckney Allston,   b. 20 Feb 1794, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1861, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. 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, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Jacob Motte Allston,   b. 3 Dec 1797, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1818, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >9. Elizabeth Laura Alston,   b. 9 Jun 1799, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1867, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Frances Pinckney Alston,   b. Abt 1801, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1802, St. Philip's Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +11. Mary Motte Alston,   b. 17 Jun 1803, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1884, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F24632  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Family 2 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 
    Children 
    +1. Rebecca Brewton Alston,   b. 7 Feb 1792, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1853, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    Family ID F25417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Aug 1756 - Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Jun 1839 - Pawleys Island, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States of America Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    _Sons of the American Revolution    		_Sons of the American Revolution
    William A Alston    		William A Alston
    col wm alston    		col wm alston
    Alston Family Cemetery @ The Oaks Plantation    		Alston Family Cemetery @ The Oaks Plantation

  • Notes 
    • Excerpts from "A Charleston Album" by Margaret H Harrison:
      Colonel William Alson, called by Washington Irving "that greatest of all Southern Planters", whoes estates of Clifton was likened to Fairlyand 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.

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

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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.[4]

      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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S766] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Record for Col. William Algernon ("King Billy") Alston
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=402416889985&indiv=try

    2. [S762] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Col William Alston

    3. [S766] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Record for Rebecca Brewton Alston
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=282500459620&indiv=try

    4. [S750] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 276.
      Record for Colonel William Alston
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2204&h=1177419&indiv=try
      US, Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 - William Joseph Alston      		 US, Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 - William Joseph Alston
      Volume: 276



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