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About Waightstill Avery
Waightstill Avery was an early American lawyer and officer in the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution. He is noted for fighting a duel with future U.S. president Andrew Jackson in 1788.
Everything about Waightstill Avery →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the North Carolina House of Burgesses, member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress, member of the North Carolina House of Commons, North Carolina Attorney General
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 10, 1741, May 3, 1745
- Died
- March 15, 1821