John Lyde Wilson

19th Governor of the State of South Carolina 1822 to 1824

Date Born: May 24, 1784

Date Died: February 1849

Place Born: Marlboro County, SC

Place Buried: St. Paul's Church in Charleston, SC

Residence: Unknown

Occupation: Lawyer, Author, Lieutenant in SC Militia


Studied law in Baltimore, MD

South Carolina House of Representatives, 1806-1808, 1812-1814, 1816-1818
South Carolina Senate, 1818-1822, 1826-1830

Wilson authored Code of Honor, a manual for dueling that outlined rules of conduct for duelists, seconds, and all other participants in duels - published in 1838


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