Ayer, Lewis M., Jr., 1821-1895

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Birth 1821-11-12
Death 1895-03-08
Gender:
Male
English,

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Lewis M. Ayer (1821-1895) was a lawyer, planter, minister, and teacher of Barnwell, S.C., and the Lewis Malone Ayer (1769-1863); member, S.C. House, 1848-1852; graduate, S.C. College, 1839, University of Virginia, 1841, and Harvard, 1842; Brigadier-General, 3rd Brigade, S.C. Militia, 1853; member, Confederate House; during Reconstruction worked as cotton merchant in Charleston, S.C.; returned to Barnwell County, S.C., in 1868, to farm land with tenant labor; Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr., lived 1821-1895.

Later in his career, Ayer worked as Baptist minister in S.C. (1872-1875) and Tenn. (1876-1879); taught at Anderson Female Academy (1879-1887) and Patrick Military Academy (1890); husband of Anna Elizabeth Patterson and Lilly Moore; son of Lewis Malone Ayer (1769-1863), a veteran of the Revolutionary War, and Rebecca Ervin Ayer;

From the description of Lewis M. Ayer account book, 1863-1867. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43742682

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • Agriculture
  • Cotton trade
  • Estates
  • Plantation management
  • Slave records
  • Slaves

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Places:

  • Barnwell County (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • South Carolina--Barnwell County (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)