Charles Z. Platt
Charles Zephaniah Platt (July 22, 1773 Poughkeepsie, Rensselaer County, New York – April 14, 1822 Greenbush,[1] Rensselaer Co., NY) was an American politician.
Life
He was the son of Zephaniah Platt and Mary Van Wyck Platt (1743–1809).
On October 4, 1803, he married Sarah Bleecker at the Dutch Reformed Church in Albany, New York, and they had six children.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida Co.) in 1807, and as a Federalist, was New York State Treasurer from 1813 to 1817.
Jonas Platt was his brother, and Michigan Att. Gen. Zephaniah Platt was his nephew.
Notes
- ↑ The Town of Greenbush was divided in 1855 into the towns of Clinton (since 1858 East Greenbush), and North Greenbush. It is unclear in which part Platt died.
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 35 and 297; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) (Google Books)
- Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York: a record of the achievements of her people and the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., NYC, 1910), at rootsweb
- Platt Genealogy table
- Marriage records of Reformed Dutch Church, Albany
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| Preceded by David Thomas |
New York State Treasurer 1813–1817 |
Succeeded by Gerrit L. Dox |
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