He studied law and was admitted to the bar about 1820, and commenced practice in Huntsville, moving to Florence and serving as a solicitor from 1823 to 1826.

He moved to Courtland in 1829, where he engaged in buying and selling Chickasaw Indian land.

He died at the home of his son in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, January 20, 1874.

He was interred in Episcopal Church of the Nativity churchyard, Rosedale, Iberville Parish, Louisiana.

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