Family papers, 1808-1882.

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880

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Herschel Vespasian Johnson was born on September 18, 1812, in Burke County. Like most of Georgia's antebellum political lights, Johnson passed through the University of Georgia, graduating in 1834. He took up the law and established prosperous practices in Augusta, Louisville, and finally Milledgeville, the state capital. Ambrose Wright, the future Confederate officer and newspaper journalist, began his study of law in Johnson's Louisville office. In 1844, the same year he moved to Milledgeville...

Fort, Tomlinson, 1839-1910

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Lawyer, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1876. From the description of Tomlinson Fort papers, 1794-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 229094809 ...

Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 9th

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Fort, Tomlinson, 1787-1859

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U.S. representative from Georgia, physician, and army officer. From the description of Tomlinson Fort papers, 1824-1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450312 Physician, financier, and politician. From the description of Family papers, 1808-1882. (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28419230 Tomlinson Fort (1787-1859), physician, financier, and politician. From the description of Tomlinson Fort family papers, 1808-1882. (Unknown). WorldC...

Capers, William, 1790-1855

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Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870

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Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on January 14, 1783 to John Lumpkin and Lucy Hopson Lumpkin. While he was still a young child, Lumpkin's family moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Lumpkin married twice, first to Elizabeth Walker, with whom he had six surviving children, and second to Annis Hopkins, with whom he had three children. He served on the Georgia State Legislature and was a member of Congress, 1815-187 and 1827-1831. Lumpkin served two terms as Gov...

Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)

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Company D, 1st Regiment (Olmstead's), Georgia Volunteer Infantry, was known as the Savannah City Light Guards. It served in and around Savannah, in South Carolina, and with the Army of Tennessee in the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns. From the description of Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 1st Infantry Regiment, Company D returns and payroll, 1864. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 79470798 Company A of the 1st Regiment (Olmstead's), Georgia Vol...

Schley, William, 1786-1858

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William Schley (1786-1858) was born in Frederick County, Maryland on December 15, 1786. In childhood he moved with his parents to Georgia and attended academies in Louisville and Augusta. He was admitted to the bar in Augusta in 1812, served as a judge, as a member of the Georgia Assembly, and as a representative from Georgia in Congress 1833-1835. At the time of his death (November 20, 1858) he was president of the Georgia Medical College at Augusta. He was author of a celebrated law book calle...

Troup, George Michael, 1780-1856

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"George Troup served as a state representative, U.S. congressman, U.S. senator, and Georgia governor during the course of a lifelong political career. His two terms as Georgia's thirtieth governor (1823-27) were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the removal of the Creek Indians from the state. During the ensuing negotiations with the federal government over the Creek removal, Troup was a staunch advocate for state's rights. A Democratic Republican and later a Jacksonian, Troup was known...

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...

Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 28th

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Fort, George Washington, 1828-1866

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Fort, John Porter, 1841-1917

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"John Porter Fort (1841-1917)... graduated from Oglethorpe University and served in the Confederate Amy from 1861 to 1865. Enlisting as a private in the 9th Georgia Regiment (Baldwin Volunteers), he was promoted to 2nd lieutenant in the lst Georgia Regulars. He was admitted to the bar in Macon in 1866, but later gave up the practice of law to become a planter. On October 28, 1881, John Fort married Tallulah Hay Ellis of Atlanta with whom he had six children." -- "Tomlinson Fort papers, 1808-1882...