serviceyears branch death_date allegiance birth_date term term_end death_place profession battles term_start rank name otherparty resting_place predecessor birth_place party office state district successor article_title
1777 & ndash ; 1794 continental army united states army may 18 , 1818 us united states of america 1754 january , 1788 8 , 1782 & ndash ; november 4 march 4 , 1799 darlington , south carolina lawyer , politician american revolutionary war march 4 , 1793 colonel lemuel benton democratic-republican -lrb- 1795 onward -rrb- darlington county , south carolina daniel huger granville county , north carolina anti-administration -lrb- until 1795 -rrb- member st. david 's parish of the south carolina house of representatives from south carolina 3rd benjamin huger lemuel benton

lemuel benton

lemuel benton -lrb- 1754 -- may 18 , 1818 -rrb- was an american planter and politician from darlington county , south carolina .
he represented south carolina in the united states house of representatives from 1793 until 1799 .
colonel benton resided on stoney hill farm , located in darlington county near mechanicsville .
stoney hill is currently owned by the burns family .
