Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863
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Name (Latin)
Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863
Other forms of name
Petigru, J. L. (James Louis), 1789-1863
Pettigrew, James Louis, 1789-1863
Pettigru, J. L. (James Louis), 1789-1863
Date of birth
1789-05-10
Date of death
1863-03-09
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Lawyers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Represented are four generations of the Pettigrew family of Washington and Tyrrell counties, N.C. Prominent family members included James Pettigrew (d. 1784), who emigrated from Scotland, eventually settling in Charleston, S.C., where the family name was changed to Petigru; James's son, Charles Pettigrew (1744-1807), Anglican minister, and Charles's son, Ebenezer Pettigrew (1783-1848), state legislator, who established plantations in eastern North Carolina; and Ebenezer's children, including Charles Lockhart Pettigrew (1816-1873), planter; William S. Pettigrew (1818-1900), politician and Episcopal minister; and James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863), lawyer and Confederate Army officer; and James Louis Petigru, lawyer of Charleston, S.C.; around 1809, the family, in an effort to claim Huguenot origins, changed its name to Petigru ( (Finding aid for Pettigrew family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, Apr. 16, 2020) )
- Petigru, James Louis; born near Abbeville, S.C., on May 10, 1789, the eldest child of William Pettigrew, died in Charleston, S.C., on March 9, 1863; lawyer and politician; in 1819 Petigru moved to Charleston, where he became James Hamilton's law partner; appointed South Carolina attorney general in 1822 ( (South Carolina encyclopedia WWW site, Apr. 16, 2020) )
- Grayson, W.J. James Louis Petigru, 1866
- MosU-L/NLT files(hdg.: Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863)
- LC data base, 1/21/86(hdg.: Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863)
- An oration delivered before the Phi Kappa and Demosthenian societies of the University of Georgia, 1846:t.p. (J.L. Pettigru, Esq., of S.C., a member of the Demosthenian Society)
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James L. Petigru
A. M. Ritchie, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
James Louis Petigru (May 10, 1789 – March 9, 1863) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist in South Carolina. He is best known for his service as the Attorney General of South Carolina and his judicial work that played a key role in the recodification of the state's law code. He was also known for opposing nullification and, in 1860, state secession.
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