Nisbet, Eugenius Aristides, 1803-1871

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Lawyer, U.S. Representative and Confederate representative, of Macon, Ga.

From the description of Papers, 1804-1934. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019322

Eugenius Aristides Nisbet (1803-1871), lawyer, Georgia House of Representatives (1827-1829), Georgia Senate (1830-1835), U.S. House of Representatives (1837-1841), Georgia Supreme Court (1845-1853), born in Greene County, Georgia, married Amanda Malvina FitzAlan Battle in 1825.

From the description of Eugenius Aristides Nisbet papers, 1822-1848. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476466

Lawyer, Georgia state legislator, U.S. Representative (1839-1841), and associate judge of the Georgia Supreme Court.

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From the description of Eugenius A. Nisbet letters, 1823-1841. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 777824187

"Eugenius Aristides Nisbet was born in Greene County on December 7, 1803, to Penelope Cooper and James Nisbet. His father served in the General Assembly and was a framer of Georgia's Constitution of 1798. The young Nisbet received his early education at Powelton Academy in Hancock County and went on to South Carolina College (later the University of South Carolina--Columbia). Prior to his junior year he transferred to the University of Georgia, from which he would graduate first in his class in 1821. He obtained his legal education in the Athens office of Judge Augustin Smith Clayton, and then studied under the celebrated Judge James Gould at the Litchfield Law School in Connecticut. He was admitted to the bar at age twenty. Nisbet began practicing law in Madison. In 1825 he wed Amanda Battle, and together they had twelve children. In 1827 he was elected to the state House of Representatives and remained there until 1830, when he was elected to the state senate. Nisbet remained in the senate for seven years... Nisbet ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1836 but was elected in two subsequent attempts. He served in Congress from 1839 to 1841, resigning on October 8, 1841, during his second term... The Supreme Court of Georgia was created in 1845 and consisted of three justices elected by the legislature. Nisbet was elected...In 1861 Nisbet served as a delegate to the Georgia Secession Convention...Nisbet died in Macon on March 18, 1871." -- "Eugenius A. Nisbet (1803-1871)" New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/ (Retrieved November 20, 2009)

Amanda Malvina FitzAlan Battle married Eugenius Aristides Nisbet in 1825.

From the description of Eugenius Aristides Nisbet papers, 1819-1849. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 477218745

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correspondedWith Nisbet, Amanda M. F. (Amanda Melvina Fitzallen), 1805-1865 person
associatedWith Nisbet family. family
associatedWith Nisbet, James A. person
associatedWith Nisbet, James Taylor, 1828-1894. person
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associatedWith Warner, Hiram, 1802-1881. person
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Birth 1803-12-07

Death 1871-03-18

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