Edward Harleston

Edward Harleston (December 25, 1794 – February 11, 1871) was an American planter and politician.

Harleston, the son of Edward and Annabella (Moultrie) Harleston, was born in Charleston, S. C. on December 25, 1794. He died on February 11, 1871, when he was 76.

Harleston graduated from Yale College in 1815. Throughout most of his life, he was a planter of rice and cotton. He served in the South Carolina State Legislature several years. He married Ann Isabella Huger, who survived him, on January 26, 1826.