John Wilson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1827
Preceded byGeorge McDuffie
Succeeded byWarren R. Davis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
Preceded byElias Earle
Succeeded byJoseph Gist
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1812–1817
Personal details
Born(1773-08-11)August 11, 1773
Wilson's Ferry, Province of South Carolina, British America
DiedAugust 13, 1828(1828-08-13) (aged 55)
Golden Grove, South Carolina, U.S.
Resting placePelzer, South Carolina
Political partyDemocratic-Republican (1823–1825)
Other political
affiliations		Jacksonian (1825–onward)
Professionplanter

John Wilson (August 11, 1773 – August 13, 1828) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born at Wilson's Ferry in the Province of South Carolina, Wilson attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Anderson County, near Golden Grove, South Carolina. Also, he operated a public ferry across the Saluda River at what is now known as Pelzer. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1812 to 1817.

Wilson was elected to the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress.

He died at his home near Golden Grove, in Anderson County, South Carolina, August 13, 1828. He was interred in the family cemetery on his plantation, which is now a part of the industrial city of Pelzer, South Carolina.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byElias Earle Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 7th congressional district 1821–1823 Succeeded byJoseph Gist Preceded byGeorge McDuffie Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th congressional district 1823–1827 Succeeded byWarren R. Davis

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