Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. - literary and historical manuscripts, 1867-1889.

Georgia Historical Society

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In the spring of 1839, three Savannahians—Episcopal divine William Bacon Stevens, renowned autograph collector Israel K. Tefft, and educator, scientist, and American Medical Association founder Dr. Richard D. Arnold—hatched the idea of an organization whose mission would be to “collect, preserve, and diffuse the history of the State of Georgia in particular, and of America generally.” In May of that year they held the first meeting of what was christened the Georgia Historical Society, the te...

Georgia. Chatham Artillery of Savannah

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The Chatham Artillery is the oldest military organization in the State of Georgia, form on May 1, 1786. It has always been, and continues to be, an important unit of the State Militia and participated in every war fought by United States forces with the exception of the War with Mexico, 1845-1848, at which time another Savannah military unit was chosen by lot. The company was called upon for both festive and solemn occasions, such as escorting President George Washington in 1791, the Marquis de ...

Galphin family.

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Pułaski, Kazimierz, 1747-1779

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Polish nobleman who served as an army officer in the American Revolution. Known in the United States as Casimir Pulaski. From the description of Collection concerning the statue of Kazimierz Pułaski in Washington, D.C., 1867-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450169 ...

Confederate Survivors Association

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"The Confederate Survivors Association of Augusta, Georgia, was regularly organized on May 3, 1878 but had its beginning in an older organization known as the Cavalry Survivor=s Association, Augusta, Georgia, in 1866. This may have been one of the earliest Confederate veterans organizations. Captain William B. Young was the president of the Cavalry Survivors Association for twelve years until merged with the Confederate Survivors Association in 1878. The Confederate Survivors Association was a b...

Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893

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"Known as the "Macaulay of the South," Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in later years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South." - "Charles C. Jones Jr." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved August 21, 2008) From the description of Charles Colcock Jones letters, 1866-1...

Georgia Bar Association

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Tattnall, Josiah, 1795-1871

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Josiah Tattnall (1795-1871) was the son of Governor Josiah Tattnall and Harriet Fenwick Tattnall. At the age of 10, he was sent to London for his education, where he remained until he was sixteen. Upon his return, he was appointed midshipman in the U.S. Navy. He had attained the rank of Commander when he resigned in 1861 to return to Georgia. He was appointed Senior Flag Officer of the Georgia Navy. In 1862, with the rank of Captain CSN, he was in command of Confederate naval defenses in Virgini...

Tomo-chi-chi, -1739

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Jenkins, Charles Jones, 1805-1883

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Charles Jones Jenkins was the governor of Reconstruction-era Georgia, 1865-1868. D. McRae was a resident of Telfair County, Ga., in 1865. From the description of Charles Jones Jenkins letter, 1865. WorldCat record id: 145504076 Lawyer, state legislator, supreme court justice, and governor of Georgia; from Augusta (Richmond Co.), Ga. From the description of Papers, 1814-1880. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851615 Charles Jones (C. J.) Je...

Jasper, William, approximately 1750-1779

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