Joseph Bellinger (1773January 10, 1830) was a slave owner and

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from South Carolina. He was born at the Bellinger Plantation in Saint Bartholomew Parish, Ashepoo in Colleton County in the Province of South Carolina and was a planter by trade. He owned the "Aeolian Lawn" slave plantation. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1802–1809 and of the State senate from Barnwell District 1810–1813. Bellinger was elected as a

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to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). He was not a candidate for reelection to the Sixteenth Congress. He died at

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on January 10, 1830, aged around 56 years old. He was interred in the Bellinger private burial ground, Poco Sabo Plantation, Ashepoo, South Carolina.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellinger, Joseph (politician) 1773 births 1830 deaths Farmers from South Carolina American planters South Carolina state senators Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives Politicians from Charleston, South Carolina Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina