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{{Infobox person
|name = Philip Barton Key, Jr.
|image =
|birth_date = September 2, 1804
|birth_place = [[Washington, D. C.]]
|death_date = May 4, 1854
|death_place = Acadia Plantation<br>
Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish<br>[[Louisiana]]
|resting_place=St. Joseph's Church Cemetery in Thibodaux
|occupation=[[Lawyer]]; [[Plantation|Planter]]<br>
Member, Louisiana House of Representatives, dates unspecified
|alma_mater =
|spouse=(1) Maria Brent Sewall Key (died 1831)<br>
(2) Maria Laura Sewall Key
|children=Ten children from second marriage
|parents=Philip and Ann Plater Key}}]
|
'''Philip Barton Key, Jr.''' (September 2, 1804 – May 4, 1854), was an ante=bellum planter in [[Louisiana]], who served in his state's House of Representatives. He was a cousin of his mentor, [[Francis Scott Key]].
Key was born in the Georgetown section of [[Washington, D.C.]], a son of the senior Philip Barton Key (1757-1815), a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Maryland]] and later, briefly, a United States District Court judge. His mother was the former Ann Plater (1774-1834), a daughter of [[Governor]] George Plater of Maryland. He studied law under his cousin, Francis Scott Key. He was twice married; his first wife, the former Maria Brent Sewall of Prince Georges County, Maryland, died in 1831. He then married his sister-in-law, the former Maria Laura Sewall (1812-1890) of St. Mary County, Maryland, by whom he had ten children.<ref name=bio/>
Key practiced law in the capital city of [[Annapolis]], Maryland, until 1835, when he relocated to Ascension Parish near the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana. In 1845, he purchased Acadia Plantation in Lafourche Parish near Thibodaux. In addition to his legislative duties,<ref>''Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020'' has fragmentary information prior to the [[American Civil War]] and does not have a reference to Key serving in the state House.</ref> he was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1850. He died at his plantation and is interred at St. Joseph's Church Cemetery in Thibodaux.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site28.php|title=Key, Philip Barton|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 18, 2016}}</ref>
Barton had the same name as a son of Francis Scott Key, Philip Barton Key, II.
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Maryland]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
|name = Philip Barton Key, Jr.
|image =
|birth_date = September 2, 1804
|birth_place = [[Washington, D. C.]]
|death_date = May 4, 1854
|death_place = Acadia Plantation<br>
Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish<br>[[Louisiana]]
|resting_place=St. Joseph's Church Cemetery in Thibodaux
|occupation=[[Lawyer]]; [[Plantation|Planter]]<br>
Member, Louisiana House of Representatives, dates unspecified
|alma_mater =
|spouse=(1) Maria Brent Sewall Key (died 1831)<br>
(2) Maria Laura Sewall Key
|children=Ten children from second marriage
|parents=Philip and Ann Plater Key}}]
|
'''Philip Barton Key, Jr.''' (September 2, 1804 – May 4, 1854), was an ante=bellum planter in [[Louisiana]], who served in his state's House of Representatives. He was a cousin of his mentor, [[Francis Scott Key]].
Key was born in the Georgetown section of [[Washington, D.C.]], a son of the senior Philip Barton Key (1757-1815), a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Maryland]] and later, briefly, a United States District Court judge. His mother was the former Ann Plater (1774-1834), a daughter of [[Governor]] George Plater of Maryland. He studied law under his cousin, Francis Scott Key. He was twice married; his first wife, the former Maria Brent Sewall of Prince Georges County, Maryland, died in 1831. He then married his sister-in-law, the former Maria Laura Sewall (1812-1890) of St. Mary County, Maryland, by whom he had ten children.<ref name=bio/>
Key practiced law in the capital city of [[Annapolis]], Maryland, until 1835, when he relocated to Ascension Parish near the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana. In 1845, he purchased Acadia Plantation in Lafourche Parish near Thibodaux. In addition to his legislative duties,<ref>''Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020'' has fragmentary information prior to the [[American Civil War]] and does not have a reference to Key serving in the state House.</ref> he was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1850. He died at his plantation and is interred at St. Joseph's Church Cemetery in Thibodaux.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site28.php|title=Key, Philip Barton|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 18, 2016}}</ref>
Barton had the same name as a son of Francis Scott Key, Philip Barton Key, II.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Key, Philip Barton}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Maryland]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Farmers]]