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Effingham County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Effingham County


Index to Locations

  • Guyton Guyton Cemetery
  • Springfield Veterans Park of Effingham County


    Guyton Cemetery
    Guyton, Effingham County, Georgia
    Politicians buried here:
      Morgan Rawls (1829-1906) — of Georgia. Born in Georgia, 1829. Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1873-74. Died in 1906 (age about 77 years). Interment at Guyton Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Veterans Park of Effingham County
    Springfield, Effingham County, Georgia

    Politicians who have monuments here:
      John Adam Treutlen (1734-1782) — also known as John A. Treutlen — of Georgia. Born in Germany, January 16, 1734. Governor of Georgia, 1777-78. Lutheran. German ancestry. Murdered, in Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg County), S.C., March 1, 1782 (age 48 years, 44 days). Cenotaph at Veterans Park of Effingham County.
      Relatives: Married to Margaretha Dupuis; great-granduncle by marriage of Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton. See Pendleton-Treutlen family of Georgia.
      Treutlen County, Ga. is named for him.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Books about John Adam Treutlen: Helene M. Riley, John Adam Treutlen. The European Heritage of Georgia's First Governor


     

     


     
       
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