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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: 2011
Caption: The State House " Capt. Swanson Lunsford ", West lawn
Additional Description: "Capt. Swanson Lunsford
a native of Virginia
And for many years a
resident of Columbia
died Aug. 7, 1799
Aged four and forty years
He was a member of Lee's Legion
in the eventful period of '76.
This humble tribute to his memory
has been erected by his only child
Mrs. M. L. & her husband,
Dr. Jno. Douglas of Chester, S.C."
Captain Lunsford was a merchant and community leader in Columbia. On a business trip to Charleston, he contracted yellow fever.
Submitted: February 24, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p145359
File Size: 0.323 Megabytes

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