Albertus C. Spain graduated from the South Carolina College in 1841 and was soon admitted to the Bar. He first practiced law in Columbia, then moved to Sumter. With the outbreak of the war with Mexico he volunteered, and was assigned as a 1st Lieutenant to a company from Sumter with the Palmetto Regiment. After the war Major Spain represented the Sumter District in the Legislature for several terms. He was a delegate to the Convention of 1860 in Charleston and a signer of the Ordinance of Secession. At the direction of the Convention Major Spain traveled to Arkansas to confer with representatives of that state regarding secession. In 1861 Major Spain moved to Darlington where he lived out the rest of his life.
Albertus C. Spain graduated from the South Carolina College in 1841 and was soon admitted to the Bar. He first practiced law in Columbia, then moved to Sumter. With the outbreak of the war with Mexico he volunteered, and was assigned as a 1st Lieutenant to a company from Sumter with the Palmetto Regiment. After the war Major Spain represented the Sumter District in the Legislature for several terms. He was a delegate to the Convention of 1860 in Charleston and a signer of the Ordinance of Secession. At the direction of the Convention Major Spain traveled to Arkansas to confer with representatives of that state regarding secession. In 1861 Major Spain moved to Darlington where he lived out the rest of his life.
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