Joseph Brevard (July 19, 1766October 11, 1821) was an American Revolutionary War soldier. He was born in Rowan County (in the portion which later became Iredell County) in the

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. He served on the South Carolina Supreme Court (1801-1815) and as

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from District 9 of

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(1819-1821).Congressional Biography He was also a slaveholder. Database at

Revolutionary war service

Joseph Brevard served first as an ensign and then lieutenant in the

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from 1781 to 1782. He was transferred to the

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on February 6, 1781, where he became a regimental quartermaster. He served until the end of the war., based on original Revolutionary War records

Post war

He moved to

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, and became sheriff of Camden District (1789–1791). He served as commissioner in equity October 14, 1791. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1792, and commenced practice in Camden. He engaged in the compilation of the law reports which bear his name 1793-1815. He served as member of

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from 1796 to 1799., from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 6 volumes, edited by William S. Powell. Copyright ©1979-1996 by the University of North Carolina Press Brevard was elected judge of the State supreme court December 17, 1801, and served until December 1815, when he resigned. He resumed the practice of law in Camden. Brevard was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (1819–1821). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1820. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress at a special election held in 1821. He died in Camden on October 11, 1821.

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* , portrait of Joseph Brevard {{DEFAULTSORT:Brevard, Joseph 1766 births 1821 deaths Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives Continental Army officers from North Carolina People from Iredell County, North Carolina Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina People from Camden, South Carolina People from Rowan County, North Carolina 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 18th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly