The Political Graveyard: Jefferson County, Ga.

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Jefferson County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Jefferson County

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards

Louisville Unknown location

Louisville Old Capitol Cemetery

Louisville Old Louisville Cemetery

Private or family graveyard
Jefferson County, Georgia

Politicians buried here:

Howell Cobb (1772-1818) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga. Born in Granville County, N.C., August 3, 1772. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1807-12 (at-large 1807-09, 2nd District 1809-11, at-large 1811-12). Died in Jefferson County, Ga., May 27, 1818 (age 45 years, 297 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Unknown Location
Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia

Politicians buried here:

James Meriwether (1755-1817) — of Georgia. Born in Albemarle County, Va., June 4, 1755. Son of David Meriwether (1726-1772) and Mary (Weaver) Meriwether. Georgia state comptroller general, 1799-1804. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., October 25, 1817 (age 62 years, 143 days). Interment somewhere.

Relatives: Son of David Meriwether (1726-1772) and Mary (Weaver) Meriwether; married, May 22, 1790, to Susannah Hatcher (1767-1836); first cousin of David Meriwether (1755-1822); first cousin once removed of James Meriwether (1788-1852) and David Meriwether (1800-1893); father of James Archibald Meriwether; first cousin twice removed of Reuben Handy Meriwether and Frances Meriwether (1848-1940; who married Anson Rainey). See Meriwether family of Georgia and New Hampshire.

Old Capitol Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia

Politicians buried here:

James Gunn (1753-1801) — of Georgia. Born in Virginia, March 13, 1753. Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1789-1801. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., July 30, 1801 (age 48 years, 139 days). Interment at Old Capitol Cemetery.

Roger Lawson Gamble (1787-1847) — of Georgia. Born near Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., 1787. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; cotton planter; member of Georgia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-35, 1841-43; superior court judge in Georgia, 1845-47. Died in Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., December 20, 1847 (age about 60 years). Interment at Old Capitol Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Old Louisville Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia

Politicians buried here:

Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812-1880) — also known as Herschel V. Johnson — of Georgia. Born near Farmer's Bridge, Burke County, Ga., September 18, 1812. Democrat. U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1848-49; state court judge in Georgia, 1849, 1873-80; candidate for U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1853; Governor of Georgia, 1853-57; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1860; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Senator from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865. Died near Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., August 16, 1880 (age 67 years, 333 days). Interment at Old Louisville Cemetery.

		Johnson County, Ga. is named for him.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article

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