Charles Z. Platt

Charles Zephaniah Platt (July 22, 1773 – April 14, 1822) was an American politician.

He was one of twelve children born to Mary Van Wyck Platt (1743–1809) and Zephaniah Platt (1735–1807), a politician and lawyer who founded Plattsburgh, New York.

[1] Through his brother Jonas, he was the uncle of Zephaniah Platt, the Attorney General of Michigan.

[3] On October 4, 1803, he married Sarah Bleecker (1785–1832) at the Dutch Reformed Church in Albany, New York.

[6] Platt died on April 14, 1822, in Greenbush,[7] Rensselaer County, New York.