US Congressman. He operated a South Carolina plantation called Mountain Shoals and held several local offices in Enoree and Spartanburg County, including Justice of the Peace and member of the state House of Representatives. Long active in the militia, he commanded troops as a Colonel during the War of 1812, and was later elected Brigadier General and commander of South Carolina's 10th Brigade, and Major General and commander of South Carolina's Fifth Division. In 1816 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican. He was reelected five times, the last two as a Jacksonian, and served from 1817 to 1831. He did not run for reelection in 1830 and returned to operating his plantation. The home at Mountain Shoals still stands, and is sometimes referred to as the James Nesbitt House. It is privately owned and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
US Congressman. He operated a South Carolina plantation called Mountain Shoals and held several local offices in Enoree and Spartanburg County, including Justice of the Peace and member of the state House of Representatives. Long active in the militia, he commanded troops as a Colonel during the War of 1812, and was later elected Brigadier General and commander of South Carolina's 10th Brigade, and Major General and commander of South Carolina's Fifth Division. In 1816 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican. He was reelected five times, the last two as a Jacksonian, and served from 1817 to 1831. He did not run for reelection in 1830 and returned to operating his plantation. The home at Mountain Shoals still stands, and is sometimes referred to as the James Nesbitt House. It is privately owned and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Bio by: Bill McKern
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In memory of General Starling Tucker, who departed this life the 3rd day of January, 1834, in the 64th year of his age. He was beloved in life and mourned in death for private worth and public usefulness as a man and a citizen; the honest representative of his country for twenty-eight years in the Legislature of South Carolina and in the Congress of the United states. His friends in Laurens District have caused this monument to be erected to his memory and worth.
Sacred to the memory of Lavinia Tucker who departed this life July 16th, 1855, in the eighty-sixth year of her age.
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