Rice baron and governor of South Carolina whose papers, South Carolina Rice Plantation, provide important agricultural, political, and social information about the pre-Civil War South.
By scientifically draining and reclaiming swamp land in his state, he developed one of the last great rice plantations in the Atlantic coast lowlands.
He also wrote two authoritative and influential works on crop raising. Allston became president of the state senate (1847-56) and served as governor (1856-58)
He died on April 7 of 1864 in Georgetown.
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