Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1798, Sept. 8 | Born, Pickensville, S.C. |
| 1814 | Graduated, South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C. |
| 1819 | Admitted to the bar |
| circa 1824 | Married Emmala Butler |
| 1826 | Elected to South Carolina state legislature from Greenville District |
| 1830 | Became solicitor for the Western District of South Carolina |
| 1833 | Made a brigadier general in the militia |
| 1835-1841 | Served in U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1842 | Appointed minister to Mexico |
| 1844 | Returned to the United States |
| 1846 | Published Recollections of Mexico.New York: Wiley and Putnam |
| 1851 | Married Cornelia Jones after death of first wife |
| 1867 | Moved to Madison, Fla. |
| 1868, Nov. 23 | Died, Tallahassee, Fla. |