Archibald M. Gilchrist
Archibald M. Gilchrist | |
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| Born | September 16, 1805 North Carolina |
| Died | July 2, 1854 (aged 48) Alabama |
Archibald McKay Gilchrist (September 16, 1805 – July 2, 1854) was a lawyer and an Alabama state legislator. He was originally from North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1826.[1][2] He and his half-brother James G. Gilchrist were partners in a law firm in Hayneville, Alabama, the county seat of Lowndes County.[2] He represented Lowndes County, Alabama in the Alabama State Senate in 1844 and 1845.[3] In 1847 he opposed the Wilmot Proviso.[4] He was buried at a place called Hilburn.[5] He had a son, John Mushat Gilchrist, who was a captain of the 5th Alabama and died of wounds received at the Battle of Cold Harbor.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Garrett (1872), p. 240.
- ^ a b Lumber River Scots (1942), p. 501.
- ^ Garrett (1872), p. 756.
- ^ "Great Meeting". The Independent Monitor. May 11, 1847. p. 2. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- ^ "The Marriage of Miss Alice Murray and Mr. Lorenzo James". The Citizen-Examiner. February 6, 1902. p. 3. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- ^ Brewer (1872), p. 333.
Sources
[edit]- Brewer, W. (1872). Alabama, her history, resources, war record, and public men: from 1540 to 1872. Montgomery, Alabama: Barrett & Brown. OCLC 2667343.
- Garrett, William (1872). Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama, for Thirty Years. Atlanta, Georgia: Plantation Publishing Company's Press. LCCN 03005685. OCLC 1117559.
- McLean, Angus Wilton; Purcell, John Edwin I; Singletary, Archibald Gilchrist; Purcell, John Edwin II (1942). Lumber River Scots and their Descendants; the McLeans, the Torreys, the Purcells, the McIntyres, the Gilchrists. Richmond: The William Byrd Press.
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