Harper, William
soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Jan. 17, 1790, in Antigua, S. C. He became one of the board of trustees of the South Carolina college in 1813; adopted the profession of the law; served in the state legislature; and was elected speaker of the lower house. He was a senator in congress from South Carolina during the year 1826; was appointed chancellor of that state in 1835; and in 1830 was elected a judge of the court of appeals. He spent a few years in Missouri from 1818 to 1823, and while there was made chancellor of the state. He died Oct. 10, 1847, in South Carolina.