Georgia Superior Court, Eastern Judicial Circuit signatures, 1794-1832.

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Georgia Superior Court, Eastern Judicial Circuit signatures, 1794-1832.

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This collection consists of a document bearing the signatures of lawyers and their dates of admission to practice in the Federal Court, 1794-1832. It includes 88 signatures of Savannah lawyers. Included names are: John Glen, mayor, 1790; John Houston, mayor, 1790; W.E. Stephens, mayor and president of the board of wardens, 1790; Matt McAllister, mayor, 1790; Samuel Stirk, president of board of wardens, 1790; Jacob Waldburger, 1790; John Y. Noel, mayor, 1790; Richard Dickinson, 1790; James Whitehead, 1790; James Jackson, governor and soldier, 1790; F. Cuyler, 1791; James Jones, 1791; Sea Jones, 1791; George Walker, 1791; Peter Carnes, 1791; Lawrence Sullivan, 1791; Joseph Gibbons, Jr., 1792; George Walton, signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1793; Charles Jackson, 1793; D.W. Mitchell, ex-governor and mayor, 1793; Joseph Juntingdon, 1793; Samuel Blackburn, 1793; William Williamson, 1793; E. Woodruff, 1794; Sheftall Sheftall, last survivor of Revolution in Savannah, 1794; Robert Watkins, drew first Georgia Code, 1795; G.D. Pendleton, 1795; W.W. Urquhart, 1796; Charles Harris, mayor, 1797; John P. Anderson, 1797; Robert Walker, 1797; Augusta C.G. Elholm, 1798; Henry Osborne, 1798; Edward Bacon, 1799; W. G. Bulloch, mayor; 1799; Willi M. Davis, 1799; Richard Leake, 1800; John Macpherson Berrien, a major under Washington, 1800; F.T. Flyming, 1802; Thomas U.P. Charlton, mayor and judge, 1802; Thomas Flournoy, 1802; Freeman Walker, 1802; Nick Ware, 1802; John Forsyth, ambassador to France, secretary of state and governor, 1804; Joseph H. Stevens, 1805; John Atwater, 1806; John M. Dooley, 1808; George Ker, Jr., 1810; Richard W. Habersham, congressman, 1810; G.W. Owens, mayor, 1811; John Kell, 1811; M. Houston, 1811; George B. McIntosh, 1812; Richard H. Wilde, congressman and poet, 1812; M. Edward Lloyd, 1814; James Morrison, 1814; John Shly, 1815; W.W. Holt, 1817; S.M. Bond, 1817; S. Mordecai, 1811; Bayard E. Hand, 1828; Thomas Campbell, 1832.

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Walton, George, c. 1749-1804

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George Walton (c. 1749 – February 2, 1804), a Founding Father of the United States, signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of Georgia. Born in Cumberland County, Virginia, Walton was a studious, self-taught young man. After completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter under his uncle, he moved to Savannah, Georgia to study law. Admitted to the bar in 1774, by the eve of the American Revolution, he was on...

Houstoun, Mossman, 1786-ca. 1865.

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Jones, Seaborn, 1752-1815

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Owens, George Welshman, 1786-1856

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George Welshman Owens (1786-1856) was the son of Owen Owens (1751-1814), a native of Wales. He married Sarah Wallace (1789-1865). Their children were Mary Wallace Owens (1819-1903), Sarah J. Owens (1820-1900), John Wallace Owens (1821-1862), George Savage Owens (1825-1897), Margaret Wallace Owens (1829-1925), and Richard W. Owens. George Savage Owens married Elizabeth Gordon Wayne (1825-1903). Their children were Sallie G. Owens (1851-1920), George Welshman Owens (1853-1924), Annie W. Owens 9185...

Wilde, Richard Henry, 1789-1847

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U.S. representative from Georgia, lawyer, and poet. From the description of Richard Henry Wilde papers, 1807-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981955 Member of Congress, poet and literary scholar, and professor of law at the University of Louisiana (now Tulane University), New Orleans, La. From the description of Papers, 1812-1885. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39522050 Irish born American poet, Italian scholar, lawyer, congressman ...

Charlton, Thomas U. P. (Thomas Usher Pulaski), 1779-1835

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Habersham, Richard Wylly, 1786-1842

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Richard Wylly Habersham was a son of James Habersham, Jr. Born in Savannah on December 10, 1786, he graduated from Princeton College in 1805. He was a lawyer, U.S. Attorney General, member of the Georgia House of Representatives, and was elected as a member of the 26th and 27th Congress from 1839 until 1842, when he died in Clarksville, Georgia. From the description of Richard Wylly Habersham letter, 1831. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 80201907 ...

Stephens, William, 1752-1819.

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William Stephens (1752-1819) was born in Savannah, the son of Newdigate and Frances (Milledge) Stephens and grandson of William Stephens, Secretary to the Georgia Trustees in Georgia and Georgia's first president. William Stephens II was an eminent lawyer and jurist, as well of Judge of the U.S. District Court. From the description of William Stephens papers, 1781-1818 (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 76945106 Born January 1752 at Beaulieu (near Savannah) of...

Bulloch, William Bellinger, 1777-1852

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Georgia. Superior Court

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The Georgia Constitution of 1789 established a superior court as the judicial branch of state government. Divided into different circuits, an Act of February 9, 1797, required that the judges from each circuit should meet annually at Louisville (then the capital of Georgia) on July 10th. From the description of Georgia Superior Court Judicial Circuit Judges proceeding, 1797. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 78245661 The Georgia Eastern Judicial Circuit of th...

Flournoy, Thomas, 1775-1857

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Army officer. From the description of Thomas Flournoy and James Wilkinson orderly books, 1812-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061178 U.S. Army officer, Thomas Flournoy (1775-1857), sometimes referred to as "John Thomas Flournoy," was born in North Carolina and, before the War of 1812, practiced law in Augusta, Georgia. In March 1804, Flournoy was involved in a duel with John Carter Walton (1741-1804), nephew of former Georgia Governor and Supreme Court Ch...

Watkins, Robert, 1759 or 1766-1805

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Noel, John Young, 1762-1817.

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John Young Noel (1762-1817) was born in New York. He practiced law in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he married Sarah C. Dennis Stites, widow of Richard Stites and mother of Richard Montgomery Stites. The family moved to Savannah where Noel became a distinguished member of the bar. He was a Judge of the Courts in Upper Georgia prior to 1789, Judge of the Eastern Circuit, 1807, Mayor of Savannah, March 1796 - July 1797 and 1804-1807, and Alderman of Savannah, 1798-1799 and 1804-1807. ...

Walker, Freeman, 1780-1827

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Jackson, James, 1757-1806

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James Jackson (1757-1806), U.S. Senator and Georgia Governor (1798-1801) born in Moreton, England. From the description of Letters to Anthony Wayne, 1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478045 U.S. senator from Georgia, 1793-1795, 1801-1806, and governor of Georgia, 1798-1801. From the description of Papers, 1775-1843. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851544 James Jackson (1757-1806) was born in Devonshire, England. In 1772, he arrived ...

Leake, Ricahrd, 1733-1802.

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Stirk, Samuel, 1756-1793

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Samuel Stirk (1756-1793) was an attorney in Savannah, Georgia and later Attorney General of Georgia. During the Revolutionary War he was a Lt. Colonel of the Georgia Militia. Stirk was a member of the Executive Council in 1777 and a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1781, but he did not attend the meeting. From the description of Samuel Stirk deed and letter, 1783-1784. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477966 ...

Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856

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John Macpherson Berrien was an eloquent lawyer, a U.S. senator, and the attorney general of the United States during U.S. president Andrew Jackson's administration. Berrien County, created in south Georgia in 1856, is named for him. From the description of Berrien, John letters, 1796-1799. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 268674733 Georgia resident (Savannah) and U.S. senator. From the description of Letters, 1820-1852. (Duke University Library). Worl...

Sheftall, Sheftall, 1762-1847

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Sheftall Sheftall (1762-1847) was born in Savannah, Georgia and was the son of Mordecai Sheftall. During the American Revolutionary War, he was the Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Issues for the Continental troops in Georgia. He was taken prisoner in 1779, exchanged in 1780, and served until the end of the Revolution. From the description of Sheftall Sheftall letter, 1781. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 630133022 Sheftall Sheftall (1762-1847) was born in ...

Morrison, James, 1788-1831.

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James Morrison (1788-1831) was a graduate of Dartmouth College. He married Eliza Johnston of Savannah in 1812. They lived in Savannah where he was an attorney-at-law. From the description of James Morrison letters, 1807-1811. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122932115 ...

McAllister, Matthew, 1758-1823

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