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By William Archibald Biggs

Joseph Alston Marker

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► South Carolina, Georgetown County, Murrells Inlet — 22-14 — Joseph Alston —

Joseph Alston (1779–1816) was educated at the College of Charleston and at Princeton. He inherited The Oaks Plantation and in 1801, married Theodosia, daughter of Aaron Burr. Alston was a member of the S.C. House (1802–12), its speaker . . . — — Map (db m16512) HM

2 ► South Carolina, Georgetown County, Murrells Inlet — 22-24 — Theodosia Burr Alston —

Daughter of Aaron Burr and one of the most learned women of her era; wife of Governor Joseph Alston, who is buried west of here, with Aaron Burr Alston, their ten-year-old son; sailed from Georgetown on Dec. 30, 1812 on the schooner Patriot . . . — — Map (db m16462) HM