He served as a
sergeant in the Army during the
War of 1812, and as a
lieutenant of
artillery under
Andrew Jackson during the
Creek War, getting wounded at the Battle of Enitachopco Creek in 1814, and served as a member of Jackson's staff at the
Battle of New Orleans in 1815. In 1829, he was named the
postmaster of
Nashville, Tennessee, and remained in that position through 1835. He was commissioned a
brigadier general during the
Second Seminole War during 1836 and 1837, and was engaged in the
Battle of Wahoo Swamp. He was an unsuccessful candidate to be Governor of Tennessee in 1837. In 1845, he was appointed consul in Liverpool, a position he remained in through 1849. In 1851, he became the owner of the
Washington Union, in Washington, D.C. He remained in that position until his death in 1854 in Washington, D.C. ==Personal life ==