Joseph Alston

14th Governor of the State of South Carolina 1812 to 1814

       
Date Born: 1779

Date Died: September 19, 1816

Place Born: All Saints Parish, SC

Place Buried: Charleston, SC

Residence: Charleston, SC    

Occupation: Planter


Princeton University - 1795

South Carolina House of Representatives, 1802-1803, 1805-1812

Alston married Aaron Burr's daughter, Theodesia Burr - 1801

Governor Alston's wife, Theodesia Burr Alston, was lost at sea December 31, 1812


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