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- From "SC Senate Biographies" Faunt:
Middleton McDonald, born 3 November 1746, was the son of Daniel
McDonald (1723-1797) and Rebecca Middleton. A planter, he resided in
Lancaster District. Through grants (1768, 1799), he acquired 100 acres on
Turkey Quarter Creek and 135 acres near Camp Creek and the Catawba River.
According to his will written 20 may 1810, he owned 19 slaves and several
tracts, including a residential plantation and mill (approximately 1,100
acres) on Camp Creek and the Catawba River, six tracts totalling 1,150
acres near the Catawba River, 275 acres on Mountain Island in the Carawba
River, and 250 acres in Chester District. Elected to the House, McDonald
represented Lancaster in the Tenth (1792-1794) and Eleventh (1794-1795)
General Assemblies. While in the House, he was a member of the committees
on high roads, bridges, causeways, and ferries (1792-1794) and
priviledges and elections (1792-1795). Married twice, he wed his first
wife, Elizabeth, on 7 March 1768. Six children were born to them:
Rebecca, Daniel (b.1770), Sarah (B.1772; m. George Wade, Jr.
[1770?-1853]), William (1774-1801), Elizabeth (b.1777); m. Isaac Tilman),
and Middleton Jr. (1779-1818). His second wife, Susannah, survived him.
Middleton McDonald died 16 July 1810 in Lancaster District.
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