Abraham Nott (February 5, 1768June 19, 1830) was a
United States representative from
South Carolina and a slaveholder.
Born in
Saybrook in the
Connecticut Colony
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, he was educated in early life by a private teacher. He graduated from
Yale College in 1787 and in 1788 moved to
McIntosh County, Georgia, where he became a private tutor for one year. He moved to
Camden, South Carolina, in 1789. He studied law, was
admitted to the bar in 1791, beginning to practice in
Union, South Carolina. He was a member of
South Carolina House of Representatives from 1796 to 1797, and was elected as a
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to the
Sixth United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1799, to March 3, 1801. After leaving Congress, he resumed practicing law in
Columbia
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in 1804, and was elected a member of the board of trustees of the
University of South Carolina in 1805. He was
Intendant
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of Columbia in 1807, and was elected judge of the
South Carolina Circuit Court in 1810. He was president of the
South Carolina Court of Appeals in 1824 and continued serving as a judge until his death.
Nott died in
Fairfield County, South Carolina and is
interred in the First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia.
He was the father of
Josiah C. Nott.
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1768 births
1830 deaths
Burials in South Carolina
Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
People from Deep River, Connecticut
South Carolina state court judges
Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina
Yale College alumni
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