
Gov. Joseph Alston. Wikimedia Commons.
(1779-1816) Born in All Saints Parish (Georgetown County), Joseph Alston was the governor of South Carolina from 1812-1814 and was also implicated in plots of his father-in-law Aaron Burr, who was accused of trying to take possession of Spanish-owned land in the Texas Territories.
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