Ayer, Lewis Malone, 1769-1863

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 17690411 - 18630507

Gender

Males

Occupations

Planter
Politicians

Places

Marlboro, S.C. (Place of Birth)
Barnwell, S.C. (Place of Death)

Topics

Planting
Politics

Languages Used

Language: English. Script: Latin

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Lewis Malone Ayer papers

Collection

Identifier: SCL-MS-10367

Scope and Contents The 1567 manuscripts in this collection document the economic and political activities of Lewis Malone Ayer (1769-1863), who served with Francis Marion in the Revolutionary War, and of his son, Lewis M. Ayer, Jr. (1821-1895), who served in the Confederate Congress. Topics discussed date to the Colonial era, the Revolutionary War, the Early National period, and the antebellum and Civil War periods. Correspondence with factors, merchants, and other planters shows the growth, especially during...

Dates: 1769 - 1863

Found in: South Caroliniana Library / Lewis Malone Ayer papers