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David Brydie Mitchell (1760-1837) —
of Georgia.
Born in Scotland,
October
22, 1760.
Governor
of Georgia, 1809-13, 1815-17.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., April 22,
1837 (age 76 years, 182
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Carl Vinson (1883-1981) —
also known as "Father of the Two-Ocean
Navy" —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Born in Baldwin
County, Ga., November
18, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1909-12; county judge in Georgia,
1912-14; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1914-65 (10th District 1914-33, 6th
District 1933-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died June 1,
1981 (age 97 years, 195
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Augustus Holmes Kenan (1805-1870) —
of Georgia.
Born in Montpelier, Baldwin
County, Ga., April 21,
1805.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives; member of Georgia
state senate; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., June 2,
1870 (age 65 years, 42
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Seaton Grantland (1782-1864) —
of Georgia.
Born in New Kent
County, Va., June 8,
1782.
Whig. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39; Presidential
Elector for Georgia, 1840.
Died near Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., October
18, 1864 (age 82 years, 132
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Tomlinson Fort (1787-1859) —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, Ga., July 14,
1787.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1818-26; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1827-29.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., May 11,
1859 (age 71 years, 301
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Iverson Louis Harris (1805-1876) —
of Georgia.
Born January
7, 1805.
Superior court judge in Georgia, 1859-65; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1866-68.
Died March 12,
1876 (age 71 years, 65
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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John William Augustus Sanford (1798-1870) —
also known as John W. A. Sanford —
of Georgia.
Born near Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., August
28, 1798.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835; secretary of
state of Georgia, 1841-43; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1850; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., September
12, 1870 (age 72 years, 15
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Nathan Crawford Barnett (c.1801-1890) —
also known as Nathan C. Barnett —
of Georgia.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., about 1801.
Son of William Barnett and Anna (Crawford) Barnett.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives; elected 1836; secretary of
state of Georgia, 1843-49, 1851-53, 1861-68, 1873-90.
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
In 1864, as Union troops approached Georgia's then capital of
Milledgeville, he hid and protected the Great Seal of Georgia
underneath his house.
Died February
4, 1890 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Barnett and Anna (Crawford) Barnett; nephew of William
Harris Crawford; married to Margaret J. Morton (died 1840);
married 1841
to Mary Ann Cooper. |
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Abner Hammond (1762-1829) —
of Georgia.
Born in Virginia, January
25, 1762.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; secretary of
state of Georgia, 1811-23.
Drowned,
in Fishing Creek, near Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., July 9,
1829 (age 67 years, 165
days).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Baldwin County, Ga.; reinterment at Memory Hill
Cemetery.
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George Washington Harrison (1807-1854) —
also known as George W. Harrison —
of Georgia.
Born in Camden
County, Ga., September
20, 1807.
Secretary
of state of Georgia, 1849-51.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., May 15,
1854 (age 46 years, 237
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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John Jones (1814-1893) —
also known as "Honest Jack" —
of Georgia.
Born July 3,
1814.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Georgia
state treasurer.
Died in a fall from
an upstairs window of his home, in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., February
28, 1893 (age 78 years, 240
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Tomlinson Fort, Jr. (1839-1910) —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., April 26,
1839.
Son of Tomlinson
Fort.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1876.
Died in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., December
4, 1910 (age 71 years, 222
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Edwards Culver Kidd, Jr. (1914-1995) —
also known as E. Culver Kidd, Jr. —
of Baldwin
County, Ga.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., July 17,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Baldwin County, 1947-52,
1957-63; member of Georgia
state senate, 1963-92; defeated in primary, 1992.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
4, 1995 (age 81 years, 140
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Georgia.
Born July 15,
1797.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1830-34.
When he learned that a man he had sentenced to death for murder was
not guilty, he committed
suicide by gunshot,
July
4, 1834 (age 36 years, 354
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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James Thompson (c.1805-1840) —
of Walker
County, Ga.
Born about 1805.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1840; died in office 1840.
Died in 1840
(age about
35 years).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Fleming Grantland (c.1790-1819) —
of Georgia.
Born about 1790.
Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Georgia
state senate.
Died January
28, 1819 (age about 29
years).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Bradford (1784-1811) —
of Crawford
County, Ga.
Born March 30,
1784.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1811.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., November
11, 1811 (age 27 years, 226
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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William W. Baker (c.1796-1826) —
of Liberty
County, Ga.
Born about 1796.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1826.
Died December
22, 1826 (age about 30
years).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Jonathan Lewis (c.1770-1834) —
of Burke
County, Ga.
Born about 1770.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1834.
Died November
25, 1834 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Brown (d. 1838) —
of Murray
County, Ga.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1838.
Died in December, 1838.
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Horatio Webb (c.1787-1840) —
of Jackson
County, Ga.
Born about 1787.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1840; died in office 1840.
Died in 1840
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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John Bell (c.1784-1827) —
of Decatur
County, Ga.
Born about 1784.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1827.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., December
11, 1827 (age about 43
years).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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McLin Lunday (c.1792-1834) —
of Screven
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., about 1792.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1834.
Died December
5, 1834 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Alexander McIntosh Sanford (1804-1843) —
of Bryan
County, Ga.
Born in Liberty
County, Ga., January
10, 1804.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1843.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., November
19, 1843 (age 39 years, 313
days).
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Jacob Hentz (d. 1845) —
of Baker
County, Ga.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1845.
Died December
8, 1845.
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Lucilius H. Briscoe —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1860;
delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861.
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel G. White —
of Georgia.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; physician;
delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861.
Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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