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BY A. ST. CLAIR-ABRAMS.
ATLANTA, GA.
PLANTATION PUBLISHING COMPANY'S PRESS.
1872.
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MANUAL
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BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER
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STATE OF GEOKGTA,
FOE 1871-3.
BY A. ST. CLAIR-ABRAMS.
ATLANTA, OA*
PLANTATION PUBLISHING COMPANY'S PRESS.
1872.
[Copyright secured according to Act of Congress.]
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Preface, ......... v
Biographical Sketches—Executive Department, ... 3
Biographical Sketches—Senators, ..... 7
Biographical Sketches—Representatives, .... 30
In Memoriam, . . . . . ... 97
Erratum, .....>.. 98
Government of Georgia, . .* . . .99
Judicial Circuits and Court Calendar, .... 104
Political Division of the Legislature, . . . . .111
County Officers, . . . . . . . 114
Finances of the State, . . . . . . .117
Expenses of the Legislature, . . . . . 118
Debt of the State, . . . . . . .119
Wealth of Georgia, . . . . . . 120
Census of Population, . . . . . . .122
Public Institutions, . . . . . . 126
Presidential Votes, . . . . . . .126
Synopsis of Public Laws of 1871, . . . . . 127
PREFACE.
|§|pi|HEN the writer of this Manual formed the idea of its compilation, the
|p»||J| session of the Legislature was near at hand, and as he desired, above
all things, that the work should appear as early after the adjournment
as possible, and before the close of the present year, he did not deceive himself
with the expectation that the Manual would be as comprehensive and as per¬
fect as it can be made. Nevertheless, he believed that, despite the limited
period allotted himself for its preparation, he could place before the public a
book not altogether devoid of interest, instruction and reference, which might
prove the foundation of a really valuable historical record. Whether or not he
erred in this impression, the reader must decide. His task was certainly a dif¬
ficult one. Sources of information were not always accessible, either for the
statistical matter required, or for the materials needed for the biographies. Be¬
sides, the anomalous character of the political situation rendered it no easy task
to prepare a Manual strictly non-partisan and, consequently, historical.
As regards the Sketches themselves a few words are necessary. To pre¬
pare them, the Editor was compelled to obtain dates and facts from the Mem¬
bers. Accordingly, a circular was sent to each Member, setting forth the pur¬
pose of the work and asking the requisite information concerning his past career.
Less than one-half the gentlemen addressed, replied. A mistaken idea of pro¬
priety restrained the majority, while not a few of those who did reply forwarded
the most meagre material. The general reluctance seems to have arisen from
an impression that each subject was desired to write his own Biography. Noth¬
ing was further from the Editor's mind. He simply required dates, places and
incidents not attainable from any other sources than the parties immediately
concerned. Another idea was, that there was little in the past lives of the
Members worthy of publication. This idea was quite erroneous. It would be
an insult to the intelligence of the entire white population of Georgia to sup¬
pose that they sent none other than obscure men to the Legislature—men of
little mental capacity. The feet is, that, taken as a whole, the present Legisla¬
ture contains an unusually large number of able men. Many of them, it is
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'true, are young men, but they are talented, patriotic and ambitious, and not a
few of them possess a War Record of which their constituents, their children and
they have every reason to be proud. Besides, the Editor has every reason to
believe that the people of Georgia do feel an interest in the past careers of their
representatives, and will read the Biographical Sketches herein published with
pleasure and satisfaction. And just here it is proper to state that, whatever
opinion concerning the abilities and capacity of any Member may be expressed,
is the personal opinion of the writer, formed after acquaintance, or derived from
information from friends of the subject, in whose unbiassed judgment confidence
could be reposed. This explanation is made because many Members—and
among them the ablest of both Houses—were, and still are, sensitive on the
subject, fearing lest the impression be left on the reader that they influenced
what is written. Indeed, the Editor cannot write more flatteringly of all the
Members than by recording the fact that, in not a single instance was he ap¬
proached by any gentleman on the''subject of his own biography—something
which Congressional Biographers can scarcely say.
It is pleasant to the Editor to state that, but five members of the Legisla¬
ture declined positively to furnish the materials requested. Of the others, four
promised to furnish them, but failed to do so; while the remainder neither
promised nor refused. One hundred and seventy-nine sketches appear, out of
about one hundred and ninety-four ; so that the Biographical Record may be
justly claimed as full and complete. It will be observed that some of the
sketches of prominent members are very brief. This is not the fault of the
Editor; but is due solely to the meagreness of the materials furnished him.
The reader will perceive that no biographical sketches of the Colored
Members appear. Aside from the manifest absurdity it would have been to
have written the lives of men who were but yesterday our slaves, and whose
past careers, probably, embraced such menial occupations as boot-blacking, shav¬
ing, table-waiting and the like, there was, perhaps, another motive prompting
the Editor to exclude them from biographical notice. It may'have been that
he felt a secret exultation over the fact that, though Congress could compel him
to associate with negroes in a deliberative body, sit beside them in railroad cars,
etc., neither Congress, Military Government, a triple Reconstruction, nor even
anorher Amendment to that national patch-work, the United States Constitution,
could compel him to publish their biographies in this book. Hence, it may be
that, more in assertion of at least one right left, than in any spirit of partisan¬
ship, he decided upon keeping them out. Of course, it was necessary to publish
their names in the list of members; and this has been done—but this only.
Two causes have prevented the Statistical and Historical information being
written as full or as satisfactory as the Editor desired, and, probably, as the
public would justly expect. The first has been the inaccessibility of nearly all
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sources of information in the brief period in which the Manual has been com¬
piled. The next reason has been the expense. After the greater part of the
Manual had been put in type it was found that if all the Statistics compiled
were published, they would swell the number of pages considerably beyond
what had been contracted for, and involve an additional expense far greater
than the price at which the book is sold will permit. Such Statistics as are given
will, the Editor believes, be found interesting. It will be perceived that the
sketch of Mr. Conley appears under the heading of Governor. This is owing
to the fact that it was printed before the election of Governor Smith, and be¬
fore it was known that Mr. Conley would retire. In the next Edition, Colonel
Smith's sketch will appear in lieu thereof.
The next volume of the Manual will be published in 1873, and as the
Editor will have had one entire year in which to compile the work, he promises
that it will be, in every respect, full and comprehensive.
Atlanta, December 14, 1871.
Executive Department.
Governor,*
HON. BENJAMIN CONLEY.
Secretaries R. H. Atkinson, Warrant Clerk W. H. Scott.
H. C. Corson. General Clerks J. R. W. Johnston,
Messenger S. R. Johnston. Augustus Flesh.
Recording Clerk H. J. G. Williams. On Special Duty .....M. DeGraffenbibd.
HON. BENJAMIN CONLEY.
MR. CONLEY is a native of New-Jersey, and was born in Newark on the
first of March, 1815. He received a good education at home, and, before
attaining his fifteenth year, came to the South, settling in Augusta, where he
has ever since resided, engaged in mercantile pursuits. As a merchant, he was
eminently successful in business, and made reputation as a gentleman of honor
and integrity. In 1842, fye married Miss Sarah H. Semmes, of "Washington,
Georgia—a lady belonging to one of the most distinguished families of the
South. Previous to 1860, Mr. Conley was a member of the Whig party, and,
as such, was prominent ill the politics of his city. For twelve successive years—
from 1845 to 1857—he served as a member of the City Council of Augusta,
of which place he was elected Mayor in 1857, and re-elected, without opposi¬
tion, to the same office during the following year. Both as Councilman and as
Mayor, Mr. Conley discharged hisbfficial duties to the entire satisfaction of his
constituents, displaying ability and integrity. When the Secession movement
began, he opposed it, and, after it had succeeded, refused to support the offort to
establish the Confederate States. Retiring to his plantation, near Montgomery,
Ala., in 1861, he remained there throughout the struggle, engaged in farming,
and retaining his sentiments in favor of the Union. After the surrender of the
Confederate armies, Mr. Conley returned to Augusta and resumed his busi¬
ness pursuits. On the reorganization of parties, he joined the Republicans and
*It is our duty to state here, as a matter of historical fact, that the position occupied by Mr.
Conley is a disputed question at the present writing. The Democratic majority in the Legislature,
supported by the Democratic party of the State, claim that he is not Governor, but merely a Sena¬
tor performing the duties of the Executive. On the other hand, Mr. Conley, supported by his
party, claims that he is the legal and Constitutional successor of Rufus B. Bullock, and entitled to
hold office until the 1st of January, 1873. It not being the province of the Editor to express any
opinion concerning the merits of the question, he has merely recorded the fact of its existence, as
a part of the history of the State.
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advocated the Congressional plan of Reconstruction. In 1867, he was appointed
by General Pope a member of the City Council of Augusta, and, while holding
that position, was elected by his party a Delegate to the Constitutional Conven¬
tion which iramed the existing Constitution of Georgia. Soon after the adjourn¬
ment of the Convention, in 1868, he was the nominee of the Republicans for
the position of Senator, to represent the Eighteenth Senatorial District of the
State, and was elected by a considerable majority. On the assembling of the
Legislature, Mr. Conley was chosen President of the Senate, and about the
same time was elected President of the Macon and Augusta Railway, to succeed
Rufus B. Bullock, who had resigned that position on his election as Governor.
When Georgia was re-reconstructed in 1870, Mr. Conley again became Presi¬
dent of the Senate, and, in virtue of that office, assumed the duties of the Exe¬
cutive of Georgia on the 30th of October, 1871, on the resignation of that office
by Mr. Bullock. In early life, the subject of this sketch was a Presbyterian;
but subsequent to his marriage he became a member of the Protestant Epis¬
copal Church, and served for several years as a Vestryman of St. Paul's Church,
in Augusta, and in 1866 was chosen Senior Warden of the same place of wor¬
ship. Mr. Conley has long been an Odd Fellow, prominent in the Order, and
for a number of years a member of the Grand Lodge of the United States. In
person, he is a most prepossessing gentleman; tall and well-proportioned, with
agreeable, intellectual features. Socially, he is much esteemed as a pleasant,
hospitable man," conversant on all topics, refined and well-bred. By his acquaint¬
ances, Mr. Conley is spoken of as a benevolent, charitable gentleman, and is
noted for the general kindliness and geniality of his disposition.
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PREVIOUS GOVERNORS OP GEORGIA.
George Walton 1789-1790
Edward Telfair 1790-1793
George Mathews 1793-1796
Jared Irwin 1796-1798
James Jackson ..1798-1801
David Emanuel (act) 1801-1801
Josiah Tattnali 1801-1802
John Milledge 1802-1806
Jared Irwin 1806-1809
David B. Mitchell 1809-1813
Peter Early 1813-1815
David B. Mitchell 1815-1817
William Rabun 1817-1819
Mathew Talbot (act). 1819-1819
John Clarke 1819-1823
George M. Troup 1823-1827
John Forsyth 1827—1829
George R. Gilmer 1829-1831
Wilson Lumpkin 1831-1835
William Schley 1835-1837
George R. Gilmer 1837-1839
Charles J. McDonald 1839-1843
George W. Crawford 1843-1847
George W. B. Towns 1847-1851
Howell Cobb 1851-1853
Herschel V. Johnson 1853—1857
Joseph E. Brown v.. .1857-1865
James Johnson* 1865-1865
Charles J Jenkins 1865-1867
Rufus B. Bullockf. k 1868-1871
Benjmain Conley (act) 1871-
* James Johnson was appointed Provisional Governor of the State, by President Johnson, on
the downfall of the Confederate States, and held the office for a brief period.
f Previous to the election of Rufus B. Bullock, the office of Governor was held for several
months by an officer of the United States Army, Governor Jenkins having been removed by the
Commander of this Military District, acting under the authority of the reconstruction acts of Con¬
gress.
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Comptroller General,
HON. MADISON BELL
AS born in Hall county, Georgia, on the 25th of June, 1836, and is now
thirty-five years of age. He is a son of John Bell, a successful farmer
and a man of strong practical sense, and a relative of the Hon. John bell^the
late distinguished statesman of Tennessee. The early years of the subject of
this sketch were spent on his father's farm, laboring on the farm during the
summer and occasionally going to school during the winter. At the age of
seventeen he was employed as a teacher in the country school of his neighbor¬
hood. On arriving at maturity he commenced business as a merchant in
Gainesville, the county-seat of his county; in which avocation he displayed fine
business talents, but, merchandising not being congenial to him, he abandoned
it and commenced reading law in Gainesville; after a short time he entered
the law department of the University of Georgia, at Athens, where he gradu¬
ated with distinction. After graduating he commenced the practice of law in
Homer, near his native home, and continued the practice until the breaking out
of the late war. Although opposed to secession, yet, when the struggle com¬
menced, he espoused the cause of the South—his home—and volunteered as a
private in Cobb's Legion cavalry, and remained in active service in Virginia
for two years, whe,n he was honorably discharged on account of ill health;
returning home, he remained until his health was partially restored, when he
raised a cavalry company, was elected Captain, and his company was attached
to the Eleventh Georgia Cavalry. He was shortly afterwards promoted to the
rank of Major, which position he held until the close of the war. As a military
officer, Major Bell was particularly noted for his kindness to his men, and the
zeal and energy he always manifested in trying to add to their comfort and
welfare. At the close of the war he returned to the practice of law at Homer,
and was almost immediately elected Solicitor by the citizens of his county
without opposition. In 1867 he was chosen a candidate for the Constitutional
Convention of Georgia, from the Thirty-third Senatorial District—consisting of
the counties of Hall, Banks and Jackson—and was elected by a handsome
majority. In the Convention he was very much opposed to the relief measures
then proposed, and was an active and influential member of that body. In
May, 1868, he was chosen as a delegate by the Republican Convention of the
State to the Chicago Convention and cast his vote for Grant, and Colfax. In
the summer of 1868 he was honored by the Legislature of Georgia by elect¬
ing him to the important and responsible office of Comptroller-General, which
he now holds. As Comptroller-General he is noted for his strict attention to
his duties. He can always be found in his office during official hours, ready to
give information and assistance to any one having business there; and it may
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be safely stated that he has given entire satisfaction to all parties in the dis¬
charge of his official duties. He is quiet and unassuming in his manners and'
urbane in his deportment. He has been remarkably successful in all his under¬
takings—which is considered a test of superiority.
Mr. Bell is about medium size, spare made, rather dark hair, hazel eyes
and intellectual features, is a consistent member of the Methodist Church,
South. In 1869 he was married to Miss Mary C. Cox, a daughter of Mat¬
thew Cox, Esq., a well-to-do farmer of Banks county, a most estimable lady
whom he had known from childhood, and who graces and adorns the position
she now occupies.
Treasurer op the State,,
HON. NEDOM L ANGIER.
OK. several years past Dr. Angier ' has been prominent' in the politics of
Georgia, and since 1869 his name has been a household word throughout
the State. He is descended from an old and highly respectable family of New
Hampshire, and was born at Acworth, in that State, in 1814. He received a
thorough education in his native town, and, on leaving school, spent several
years in teaching, at the same time employing his leisure hours in the study of
medicine. In 1839 he came to Georgia and, for four ye^rs, taught school in
this State, during that period continuing, in the libraries of Drs. Smith and
HunNicut, his medical studies. In 1843 he went to New York and attended
a course of lectures at the Medical University of that city, returning to Georgia
the following year and engaged in the practice of his profession in Randolph
county. Three years later (1847) Dr. Angier moved to Atlanta, then a mere
village, and united to his practice the business of a druggist. Seized with the
"gold fever," in 1850, he left Atlanta and, with a party of fortune seeders,
went to California by the overland route but returned the next year, abandoned
his profession and engaged successfully in real estate speculations. From this
time to 1860 he prospered in business and became one of the most prominent
and respected citizens of his thriving city. He had not taken any active part
in politics, but he was a strong opponent of secession and remained faithful to
his Union sentiments throughout the struggle for Southern Independence. As
soon as the war began Dr. Angier made arrangements to leave the South, but
it was not until 1863 that he succeeded in passing the Confederate lines and
reaching Memphis, which was then in possession of the Federal forces. He
was closely watched and subjected to many inconveniences by the United States
detectives after entering the United States lines. A few years after settling in
Georgia he had married Miss Elizabeth A. Herring f of Atlanta, by which
estimable lady he has had eight children^ Dr. Angier had left his family in
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Georgia when he started for the North, and he became anxious to have them
with him. An opportunity offering for him to go to City Point on a flag of
truce boat, he embraced it and returned South. On reaching home he repaired
to Florida and, under pretense of trading in salt, endeavored to reach the coast
of Cuba. Through the efforts of his wife, after various adventures, he and his
family obtained passage in the blockade runner " Little Leila," in the Surannee
River, ran the blockade and were safely landed in Havanna. Dr. Angier
subsequently took up his residence near Boston and remained there until the
close of the war, when he returned to Georgia. Immediately after, he was
appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the third district of the State, and
for nine months held this position, residing, in the meantime, at Augusta. He
then resigned and removed his residence to Atlanta, where he still lives. On
the passage of the reconstruction laws by Congress, Dr. Angier advocated their
acceptance, believing them the most speedy road to peace, and that error could
be more easily corrected in a harmonious family, than rights secured, on demand,
from a conqueror. On this platform he was elected a delegate to the Constitu¬
tional Convention of 1867-8, and took a prominent part in the deliberations ot
that body, opposing the relief measures, subsequently expunged from the Con¬
stitution by Congress. Although Dr. Angier did not support the nomination
of Rufus B. Bullock, for Governor, he supported his election, and was him¬
self soon after chosen Treasurer of Georgia. He was, however, soon compelled
to end friendly relations with the Governor, because of the apparent determin¬
ation of that official to ignore the laws relating to the application and disburse¬
ment of the public funds. His controversies with Governor Bullock on this
subject are well known to the people of Georgia, and, in the opinion of a great
majority of the whites—including many men of the Republican party—Treas¬
urer Angier had the lgw on his side. As a writer he certainly proved more
than a match for the Governor and for those newspapers which defended him.
Without patronage to bestow—and in conflict with the Chief Executive of
Georgia, wielding immense patronage and newspapers in its bestowal, and with
a military commander subservient to Mr. Bullock's usurpations and applying
the bayonet in his interest—Dr. Angier, nevertheless, baffled and defeated his
enemies, exposed their iniquities, and guarded the Treasury of Georgia with
fidelity and integrity. He, also, struggled strenuously, and was finally success¬
ful, in his opposition to the prolongation of the official term of the last Legisla¬
ture beyond that provided by the Constitution. His devotion to the financial
interests of the State, his unfaltering resistance to the temptations which be¬
sought him to join in the work of plunder, and his prompt exposure of all the
wrong which came under his notice, have united in making him one of the most
popular men in Georgia. Recently his name was mentioned in connection with
the Democratic nomination for Governor, but he declined to become a candidate.
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His official career has been bright and honorable to a degree. Too often men
in political life conceal fraud and corruption through fear of injuring their
political party by exposure. No such considerations deterred Dr. Angier.
Holding himself elected to serve the people of Georgia, and not any particular
party, he pursued the undeviating course which duty and honesty suggested,
and, by his conduct, has placed the tax-payers of the State under an obligation
to him which we feel assured they will not readily forget.
Senate of Georgia.
President,
HON. LEANDER N. TRAMMELL.
(FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT.)
MONG the members of the State Senate, there is none better or more fav¬
orably known thanthe subject of this sketch. Born in Habersham county,
Georgia, on the 5th of June, 1830, he received a good education at private
schools, and subsequently went to the Law University at Lebanon, Tennessee,
where he studied for the legal profession, and, in 1856, was admitted to the Bar.
Returning to his home in Georgia, he engaged in practicing law, and enjoyed a
profitable legal business when the war for Southern Independence broke out.
Mr. Trammell then laid down Blackstone and the Georgia Code for the Sword.
Although he had not been long actively engaged in politics at the time, he was
always an ardent Southerner, fully imbued with Southern ideas and sentiments,
and a staunch Democrat. Entering the Confederate Army as Quartermaster of
the 80th Georgia Regiment, he served with the Western Armies throughout
the conflict. In 1861, he was elected a member of the State Legislature, and
served in the lower House until 1864, obtaining a furlough from the Army to
attend the sessions. This was the opening of his political career; and while, in
the heat and excitement of an armed conflict such as we waged, there was little
or no chance of any person achieving distinction in the civil walks of life, Mr.
Trammell was, nevertheless, recognized as an able man, and a good legislator.
On the downfall of the Confederacy, he resumed his legal business, which he
prosecuted until 1868, when he abandoned it because of his inability to sub¬
scribe to the obnoxious features of the Amendments to the Constitution of the
State, framed by the Reconstruction Convention. To this Convention he had
been elected a member in 1867. He was one of a handful of Democrats in that
body who made sharp a struggle to prevent innovations upon the old and time-
honored social and political system of the State. Failing in his efforts, he nev¬
ertheless achieved an enviable reputation by the vigor and earnestness with
which he attacked his adversaries and defended his white fellow-citizens from
assaults made upon them by the majority. Mr. Trammell returned home, af¬
ter the adjournment of the Convention, abandoned the law, and engaged in the
Railroad business. He also took an active part in politics, and, in 1870, was
elected, by an almost unanimous vote, a Senator in the Legislature from the
Forty-third Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Gordon, Murray
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and Whitfield. On the meeting of the Legislature, in November, 1871, Mr.
Trammell was the choice of a majority of the Democratic Senators for the im¬
portant position of President of the Senate, and was accordingly elected.
We merely repeat the unanimously expressed opinion, when we state that
he has made one of the best presiding officers the Senate of Georgia ever pos¬
sessed. Able, dignified and impartial, and thoroughly learned in parliamentary
rules, his decisions and rulings have always been sustained. Indeed, while they
may have been appealed from, we cannot recall to mind any instance of an ap¬
peal. Necessarily, his position has excluded him from the debates of the Sen¬
ate j but his abilities are recognized and admitted. After his election to the
Senate, the question arose as to who was the legal acting,Governor of the State.
Hon. Benjamin Conley had ceased to be President of the Senate; hence, it
was contended by many that he could not legally hold the office of Executive.
Mr. Trammell, while firmly of the opinion that the Constitution and Laws
entitled him to the office, waived his claim to it rather than risk a civil conflict
between the State and the Administration at Washington. His self-abnegation
illustrated his patriotic devotion to Georgia, and cannot fail to enhance his pop¬
ularity with the masses.
In person, Mr. Trammell is a well-proportioned and pleasant-featured
gentleman, of an amiable and kindly disposition, and widely esteemed for his
courtesy of manners and hospitality.
FIRST DISTRICT.
HON. KUFUS E., LESTER.
PT would have been a difficult matter for the peo- Confederate army and served with distinction
pie of this district, in which is contained the until the surrender, participating in the cam.
important city of Savannah, to find a man who
could more ably represent them in the Senate
of Georgia than the subject of this sketch. Col-
Lester was born in Burke county, Georgia, on
the 12th of December, 1837, and is the only son
of Ezekiel Lester, who died in 1840, leaving him
a child of three years. Reared under the super¬
vision of his estimable mother, he was sent to
Mercer University where he displayed abilities
of a high order, and where he was graduated with
the first honors of his class, in 1857. Immedi¬
ately after, he went to Savannah and there studied
the law, and was admitted to the Bar the same
year. He begun the practice of his prqfession
in the year following, as junior member of
the law firm of Norwood, Wilson & Lester, meet¬
ing with much success and establishing his repu¬
tation for legal ability. In 1861, he entered the
paign of General Johnston's army in Mississippi,
and subsequently in the ever memorable opera¬
tions of the army of Tennessee, receiving two
wounds at the battle of Chicamauga. On the
downfall of the Confederacy, Colonel Lester re¬
turned to Savannah and resumed his professional
duties. In 1870, he was nominated by the De¬
mocracy of the First Senatorial District, com¬
posed of the counties of Chatham, Effingham
and Bryan, as their candidate for the Senate,
and was elected by a decisive majority. Colonel
Lester is a man of decided abilities, a ready,
fluent speaker, and a close and logical reasoner.
A gentleman of unflinching integrity, and a
Georgian devoted to the welfare of his State, his
course in the Senate has been marked by a de¬
termination to leave nothing undone to promote
the happiness and prosperity of the people.
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SECOND DISTRICT.
J. C. CAMPBELL, (Colored.)
THIRD DISTRICT.
HON. JOM C. NICHOLLS.
•IHf ONSISTENCY and fidelity to political princi-
pie have been the leading charactertics of
Mr. Nicholls' public career and these, allied to his
abilities and to his personal integrity, have won
for him an enviable reputation. He wa& born
in Clinton, Jones county, Georgia, on the 25th of
April, 1834, and received a good education. On
arriving at manhood he studied the law, and on
his admittance to the Bar, began the practice of
his profession under favorable auspices, and has
ever since continued it with marked success, ex¬
cepting during the four years of warfare, when
he served his State in the field. Colonel Nicholls
entered into political life a Democrat of the State
Rights school. Believing in the doctrine of se¬
cession, he advocated it, and engaging actively in
political discussion, became prominent. In 1860
he was a delegate to the famous Baltimore Con¬
vention, and there cast his vote for Hon. John
C. Breckenridge. After Mr. Lincoln's election
he lent all his influence to the movement 'which
resulted in the secession of Georgia, and when
the Federal Government carried out its threats
of coercion, he was one of the first to volunteer
his services in defense of his country. Entering
the Confederate army as a Captain in the 26th
Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, he participated
in all the campaigns of his command, displaying
gallantry on the battle-field, until elected a Briga¬
dier General of Militia, when he resigned and
returned to his native State. But the life of a
militia officer was too inglorious an one for him to
long continue it. Within three months after, he
threw up his commission and returned to the
| field as a private soldier in the 4th Georgia Cav¬
alry, subsequently becoming Captain of his com¬
pany. With his regiment he remained until the
surrender of General Joseph E. Johnston, when
he returned home and resumed the practice of his
profession, to which he has always added the occu¬
pation of a planter. During the same year (1867,)
he was elected a member of the Constitutional Con¬
tention, called under the Johnson plan of recon¬
struction, taking prominent part in its delibera¬
tions, and serving on the committee of which
ex-Governor Jenkins was chairman. While Col.
Nicholls had accepted the result of the war, de¬
feat had not obliterated the political ideas with
which he had entered political life. Regarding
rightas inalienable by brute force, regretting noth¬
ing in the past but our failure to achieve independ¬
ence, he re-entered the arena of politics with noth¬
ing to retract and nothing to apologize for. Su¬
perior resources and numbers had made seces¬
sion impossible, but they had not made it a crime.
Time passed and there came the reconstruction
measures of Congress, and the last amendment
to the Constitution. He opposed them all, and
has never admitted their validity though power¬
less to overthrow them. Maintaining strict
fidelity to the Constitution of the Republic, he
preferred private life to a public career based
upon the destruction of all he deemed essen¬
tial to the preservation of civil liberty. He
could not take any "new departure;" hence it
was, perhaps, that he did not appear promin¬
ently before the public until 1870, when he was
nominated by the Democracy of his District for
the Senatorship. At ihe election in December
following he was chosen a Senator in the Legis¬
lature by 450 majority, defeating Judge Lightsy,
of Appling county, who ran as an independent
candidate. The past career of Colonel Nicholls
has been highly honorable, and his record in the
Senate thus far has reflected the utmost credit
upon his abilities as a man and upon his patriotism
as a Georgian. That his political views find an
echo in the heart of the people is to be found in
the voluntary placing of his name, for the nomi-
tion for Governor, before the Democratic Con¬
vention which recently met in Atlanta. At his
own instance his name was withdrawn, although
he was certain of receiving the support of nu¬
merous delegates.
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FOURTH DISTRICT.
HON. J. M. COLMAN.
COLMAN is one of the Republican mem-
bers of the Senate. He was born in Con¬
necticut, in 1830, and, on leaving school, engaged
in mercantile business, which pursuit he has fol¬
lowed during the greater part of his life. In
1859 he moved to the South, where he has resi¬
ded ever since. Mr. Colman was an opponent
of secession and remained an Unionist during
the war, not serving in the army. After the
surrender he joined the Republican party of
Georgia, and engaged actively in politics. In
1868 he was nominated by the Republicans of
the Fourth Senatorial District for the State Sen¬
ate and was elected, defeating William Williams,
the Democratic nominee, by 1,006 majority.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
HON. MATHEW KIRKLAND.
THE subject of this sketch was born in Coffee
county, in this State, in 1838. He received
a private education, and on leaving school, en¬
gaged in mercantile transactions, and has ever
since carried on business as a merchant. Pre¬
vious to the outbreak of the late war he was a
Democrat in politics, but had never been a can¬
didate for office. Devoted to his State, he
promptly volunteered-his services in her defense,
and entering the Confederate army, in the 4th
regiment of Georgia Cavalry, fought for Southern
Independence during three years. After the
surrender, Mr. Kirkland resumed his business
as a merchant in Coffee county, in which he hag
met with signal success. He also took an active
interest in politics and became prominent among
the Democracy. In 1870 Mr. Kirkland was
nominated by the Democrats for Senator from
the Fifth District, and was elected by-fllbout four
hundred majority. He has thus far made a most
acceptable Senator, and in the committee room,
as well as in debate, has displayed abilities of no
mean order. Mr Kirkland was married in
1862. Personally, he is a very pleasant gentle¬
man, and much esteemed by all who know him
for his many sterling traits of character.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
HON. JOSHUA GRIFFIN.
THIS well known Senator was born near
Jacksonville, Georgia, on the 5th day of
August, 1822. His father, Shadrach Griffin, was
one of the earliest settlers of that section of the
State, and participated actively in several battles
fought with the Creek and Seminole Indians,
and was a prominent man in his county. In
1859-60 he represented the county of Brooks in
the State Senate, and died in 1869, in the seven¬
ty-seventh year of his age. rThe subject of this
sketch entered into politics prior to the war as a
member of the Democratic party and, beginning
at the foot of the political ladder, was successively
elected Bailiff, Deputy Sheriff, Sheriff and Jus¬
tice of the Inferior Court of his county. After
the close of the late war, Mr. Griffin supported
the reconstruction measures of Congress, and
became a leader of the Republican party in
Georgia. In 1868 he was chosen a Senator in
the State Legislature from the Sixth Senatorial
District, composed of the counties of Berrien,
Echols and Lowndes, defeating H. Wisenbaker,
the regular Democratic candidate, and Bryant J.
Roberts, independent Democrat, by a plurality
of ten votes. As a Senator, Mr. Griffin has
endeavored to avoid partisanship, and in his
votes has looked more to the general interest of
his State than to party alliance. A man of fine
attainments and strong convictions, he has at¬
tained to prominence by his own unaided efforts,
and makes numerous friends wherever he goes,
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SEVENTH
. HON. W.
•JOTR. CLARK is a native of Boston, Mass.,
where he was born on the 27th of Febru¬
ary, 1837, his father being a shipmaster of Sa¬
lem, in the same State. lie received a good edu¬
cation, and on leaving school, at an early age,
visited South America and Europe, remaining
absent some three years. At seventeen, while
engaged in his studies, which he had resumed,
Mr. Clark was taken sick and remained in ill
health for twelve years, during which time he
was unable to engage in business, or even to
leave his home, except during a voyage to Cali¬
fornia, which he made in the hope that it would
facilitate his recovery. In the fall of 1866 he
came to the South under the auspicies of the
American Missionary Association, and in 1869
DISTRICT.
L. CLARK.
was appointed to a position in the Revenue Ser¬
vice, as Deputy Collector, and part of the time
acting as Collector of Internal Revenue in this
State. This position Mr. Clark resigned on the
2oth of October, to enable him to qualify as a
member of the Georgia Legislature, he having
been elected a Senator from the Seventh Senato¬
rial District by the Republicans, in December,
1870, defeating Solicitor-General Bennett, the
Democratic candidate. In his early years
Mr. Clark was a member of the Whig party,
but since the organization of the Republican
party he has invariably acted with it. Person¬
ally, Mr. Clark is a very pleasant, entertaining
gentleman and a man of ability.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
HON. BENJAMIN F. BRUTON.
°R. BRUTON is one of the leading Republi¬
can members of the Senate. He was born
5n Jackson county, Florida, November 6, 1830,
where his father, a South Carolinian, carried on
the business of a farmer. In 1834 his parents
moved to Decatur county, in this State, where
the subject of this sketch now resides, and where
lie received a plain English education during the
intervals of labor on his father's farm. Before
lie had attained his sixteenth year, Mr. Bruton
Vas thrown upon his own resources. He begun
S3 a clerk in a store, and by energy and jndustry
finally engaged in mercantile pursuits on his own
account with success. In 1866 he was a mem¬
ber of the Demooratio party, but not prominent
5n politics. On the outbreak of the war he
entered the Confederate service as a private in
i he 59th regiment of Georgia Volunteers, and
subsequently became a Captain and Assistant
Quartermaster, serving with credit until the
Southern cause was lost. After the surrender,
Captain Bruton returned home and resumed
business as a merchant. When the reconstruc¬
tion laws was passed he advocated their accept¬
ance as the best policy for the South to pursue,
and in 1868, was elected to the Senate on what
'was known as the reconstruction ticket. Al¬
though classed with the Republicans, Mr. Bru¬
ton claims to be still a Democrat according to
his definition of one. In the Senate, as the
Journals will show, he has frequently ignored
party affiliations and voted independently. He
is a very entertaining and agreeable gentleman,
and possesses many friends, even among his po¬
litical opponents.
NINTH DISTRICT.
HON. REUBEN JONES.
N the 7th of November, 1825, Hon. Reuben with his father to Meriwether county. Here
Jones was born in Wilkes county, Georgia, Mr. Jones spent his youth on his father's farm,
end when he had reached his tenth year moved receiving also a good education at the Academy
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MANUAL OF THE
at Greenville, principally under "tlxe instruction
of the late Dr. J. M. Bonnell, President of the
Wesleyan Female College of Macon. Beared
on a farm, his instructions naturally tended to
agriculture, and this he made a profession which
he has ever since been engaged in. In 1847 he
married, and soon after moved to Chambers
county, Alabama, where he resided until 1867,
when he settled at his present home in Baker
county. His father, Mr. John Jones, an esti¬
mable gentleman, lived on the farm in Meri¬
wether county for thirty years, but now resides
in Atlanta. Previous to the war, Mr. Jones was
an old line Whig, and at the time of the seces¬
sion excitement was an Unionist. He had never
been, however, in any sense of the word a poli¬
tician, although, as a citizen and a voter, he had
always taken an active interest in political af¬
fairs. When Georgia seceded Mr. Jones linkedjhis
fortunes with her's. He entered the Confederate
army, serving two years, one of which was spent
in the field as a private soldier, and the other in
the Commissary Department. On the close of
the war he returned to Alabama, and subse¬
quently moved to Georgia, as before stated. In
1870 he was nominated by the Democracy—with
which party he has affiliated since the surren¬
der—for the position of Senator from the Ninth
Senatorial District, and was elected by a decisive
majority, that being the first occasion of his ap¬
pearing before the people as a candidate. A
man of ability and a high toned, honorable gen¬
tleman, Mr. Jones is recognized in the Senate as
truly devoted to the inteiest and welfare of his
native State. Personally, he is a most courteous,
urbane gentleman, warm-hearted, hospitable and
charitable. He has been for fifteen years an
active member of the Masonic Fraternity, and
for eleven years Master of a Blue Lodge. He
has also for many years taken a deep interest in
the Sabbath-schools of his church, and now
holds the position of Superintendent of these
admirable religious institutions.
TENTH DISTRICT.
HON. EEANKLIN 0. WELCH.
®R. WELCH was born in the town of Mon¬
mouth, Kennebec county, Maine, in the
year 1810, received a fair academic education,
and in 1838 came to Georgia, in which State he
has ever since resided, settling in Albany, in 1842,
as a druggist, in which business he is still en¬
gaged. Previous to the late civil war Mr. Welch
was a Democrat. He opposed secession, and
during the struggle remained a steadfast adher¬
ent of the Union. When the political conflict
between President Johnson and Congress began,
Mr. Welch supported the latter and advocated
the plan of reconstruction, which was finally
carried out successfully. He allied himself to
the Republicans, and was by them in 1867 elected
a member of the State Constitutional Convention
of that year and the following. In 1868 he was
chosen a Senator in the State Legislature from
the Tenth District, composed of the counties of
Dougherty and Lee, for the full term of four
years, and has served as such during three ses¬
sions. Mr. Welch held no offices before the
war, nor did he hold any, either from the State
or Confederate States Government, pending the
contest. Politically, Mr. Welch's sympathies
are with the Republican party, and he accepts
the last amendments to the United States Consti¬
tution as finalities. Personally, he is an able,
clever gentleman, a pleasant companion and a
warm and steadfast friend.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
HON. LEVI 0. HOYLE.
TIIE subject of this sketch is one of the most good education, studied law and was admitted to
quiet and unassuming, and at the same the bar, and at the outbreak of the war enjoyed
time one of the most efficient members of the a lucrative practice. Although always a member
Senate. A native of Tennessee, he received a of the Democratic party, Mr. Hoyle doubted the
STATE OF GEORGIA.
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propriety of secession, but when Tennessee with¬
drew from the Union, he immediately volun¬
teered into the Confederate army, serving in the
first regiment of Tennessee Cavalry. In the
spring of 1862 he was captured by the enemy
and kept in prison some six months. "When
exchanged he was disabled for further service,
and was accordingly discharged. Returning
home, he resumed the practice of law, and in
1863 was elected to represent the people of
Bradley county in the Tennessee Legislature.
The proximity of the federal army, however,
prevented the Legislature meeting in session,
and Mr. Hoyle consequently never took his seat.
In 1865 he settled in Dawson, Terrell county,
Georgia, where he has ever since resided, and
where he enjoys a lucrative legal practice.
Taking an active part in political discussion, he
became prominent and influential in his part of
the State, and in 1870 was nominated for Sena¬
tor by the Democracy of the Eleventh Senatorial
District, and elected by about seven hundred
majority. During his, thus far, brief career as a
legislator, Mr. Hoyle has displayed much ability
—not to as great an extent in his speeches as in
the committee room, where legislative talent is
best tested. In debate, however, he is always
effective, and ranks high in a body which con¬
tains several very able speakers.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
THOMAS CEAYTOH, (Colored.)
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
HOH. EOBEET 0. BLACK.
THIS Senator was born in Scriven county,
on the 6th of November, 1820, but moved
to Monroe county in 1837. He received a thor¬
ough education at the Manual Labor School and
at Emory College. After leaving the latter place
Mr. Black studied medicine at Forsyth under
Dr. W. B. Stephens, and subsequently attended
lectures at the Old University at Philadelphia,
where he was graduated in 1841. Returning
home he, in January, 1842, married a daughter
of John Pinckard, and during the following
month moved to Marion county, where he prac¬
ticed his profession with success until 1852, in
the early part of which year his wife died. Dr.
Black, in the following year married a second
time to a daughter of Judge Brooks Stewart, and
moved to Americus, where he has ever since re¬
sided. In 1864 he had the misfortune to again
lose his wife, and in 1866, married Mrs. West, a
most estimable lady. Previous to the late war
he had been an Old Line Whig, and an opponent
of secession; but after the surrender and pas¬
sage of the reconstruction measures, Dr. Black
allied himself to the conservative wing of the
Democracy, with which he is now identified. In
1870 he was nominated for the Senate by the
Democrats of his district, and elected by a hand¬
some vote, overcoming a majority of nearly three
thousand cast for the Republican candidate in
1868. During the past twelve years he ljas paid
little attention to the practice of his profession,
but has devoted his time almost exclusively to
farming. In his county he is very popular, and
especially so in Americus, where he resides, and
of which town he held the office of Mayor seven
years. As a Senator, Dr. Black has displayed
much ability. Of pleasant address, and possess¬
ing patience and calmness under all circumstan¬
ces, he has been able to attain an influential po¬
sition. In private life, he has the reputation of
being a most estimable gentleman, a courteous,
pleasant companion in the social circle, and a
liberal charitable man, from whom the poor or
unfortunate never sought assistance without re¬
ceiving it.
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FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
HON. CHAELES 0. KIBBEE.
THE present Senate of Georgia contains quite
a number of gentlemen who distinguished
themselves on the battle-field during the war for
Southern Independence, and prominent among
them is the subject of this sketch. He was born
in Macon, Georgia, on the 20th of August, 1839,
and graduated with honors at Princeton College,
New Jersey, in 1857. On his return home, he
studied the law in the office of the lamented
General T. R. R. Cobb, and was admitted to the
Bar in 18G8. Entering into political life as a
Democrat of the Southern Rights School,' he
scarcely waited for the tocsin of war to sound
before he volunteered in the Confederate army.
His military career was honorable and distin¬
guished. In 1861 he started for Virginia as a.
Sergeant in Company G., 10th Georgia Infantry,
and served throughout the struggle, in all the
campaigns of General Lee's army, and also in
the famous campaign of Longstreet's corps, be¬
ginning at the battle of Chicamauga and ending
in the raising of the siege of Knoxville. From
being a Sergeant he was promoted through the
various ranks until he attained the position of a
Lieutenant-Colonel, this last promotion being
given him for gallant and distinguished conduct
on the battli-field. On the downfall of the Con¬
federacy, Colonel Kibbee returned home and re¬
sumed the practice of hi3 profession, in which
he has met with success. He also engaged in
politics, and, in 1865, was elected a member of
the Legislature from Pulaski county, serving
with credit. In 1868 he was a delegate to the
Georgia Democratic State Convention, and in
1870 was chosen, without opposition, a Senator
in the Legislature from the Fourteenth District.
Colonel Kibbee is also a prominent member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Geor¬
gia, and in August, 1870, was elected a Grand
Master of the Order. Possessed of a well culti¬
vated mind, fruitful of ideas, with an-easy, agree¬
able delivery, he has already made his mark in
the Senate, and we predict for him that success¬
ful political future which his now brief political
career so plainly promises.
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
HON. DUNCAN WESLEY CAMEK0N.
•R. CAMERON is one of the self-made men
of Georgia, and does honor to his constit¬
uents. He was born in Tatnall county, in this
State, in 1832, and his parents being in slender
circumstances were unable to give him more than
a plain English education. In early life he la¬
bored on a farm, but subsequently learned the
trade of a gunsmith, which he is still pursuing.
Previous to the outbreak of the war for seces-
sion, he was a Whig in politics, but had never
been prominent as such. He opposed the disso¬
lution of the Union; still, when Georgia seceded
he promptly determined to support her. His
skill as an artisan, rendering him of more ser¬
vice in the workshop than in the field, he was
specially detailed to aid in manufacturing for the
State, and was thus employed throughout the
struggle, until the downfall of the Confederacy.
After the surrender, he returned home and re¬
sumed his business as a gunsmith. He also en¬
gaged in politics, and in 1865 was elected to the
Legislature, serving with credit until 1867. On
the reorganization of parties, after the passage of
the reconstruction acts, Mr. Cameron joined the
Democracy, and, in 1870, was nominated and
elected by them a Senator to represent the Fif¬
teenth Senatorial District, and has thus far
served with ability. Mr. Cameron was married
in 1856, and is a member of the Methodist Epis¬
copal Church, of many years standing. He is
also a member of the Masonic Fraternity. As a
Senator, he is regarded a man of sound judg¬
ment and discretion, moderate in his political
views, of unflinching integrity, and devoted to
the interests of his native State.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
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SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
HON. HENBY HIOKS.
MONO the members of the State Senate we
may observe a gentleman rather below the
medium height, short, and well built, with a
smooth-shaven face and a clear eye, and with a
meditative expression of countenance. This is
the Hon. Henry Hicks. He is a native of that
part of Emanuel now called Johnson county, and
was born there on the 15th of September, 1833,
ne received a good English education at private
schools, and passed his youth in agricultural
pursuits. On approaching manhood, he went to
Augusta, and entering the Medical College there,
studied medicine, graduating in 1853. Dr.
Hicks then returned to his native county, where
he practiced his profession with marked success
until the outbreak of the war. He had been a
"Whig in politics, and an inflexible opponent of
secession. Refusing to abide the decision of
Georgia, he adhered steadfastly to the Union,
and in consequence of his political opinions, be¬
lieving it unsafe to remain in the South, he left
Georgia and took up his residence in Pennsyl¬
vania, spending part of the time in West Vir¬
ginia. Here Dr. Hicks remained until the close
of the struggle, when he returned home and re¬
sumed the practice of his profession with re¬
newed success. He also engaged in agriculture
and floriculture, being passionately fond of flow¬
ers. A disciple of Seth Green, Dr. Hicks has
likewise devoted much attention to the breeding
and propagation of the several species of fish
adapted to the inland waters of the Southern
States. In this interesting and important em¬
ployment, he has been surrounded with signal
good fortune, and is probably the ablest author¬
ity on pisciculture in Georgia.
Dr. Hicks came back to Georgia an Unionist,
and is still one. He, however, could not sup¬
port the reconstruction measures of Congress,
or ally himself to the party which adopted them;
hence it was that he found himself compelled to
join the Democracy, they being the best expo¬
nents of his conservative and moderate senti¬
ments. In 18Q8 they solicited his father to be¬
come a candidate for the State Senate, but that
gentleman, who was an old legislator of Georgia,
positively declined to accept the nomination,
declaring that he would never sit in a delibera¬
tive body with negroes. The nomination was
then tendered to his son, Dr. Hicks, who finally
accepted it, although fully sharing his father's
repugnance to political affiliation with the colored
race. His hostility to the relief law, and also
to the sale and use of spirituous liquors as a
beverage, evoked much opposition to him among
the voters of his own party; but in spite Of
these untoward circumstance he was elected by
nearly one thousand majority. The Journals of
the Senate, from the time he took his seat to the
present day, bear evidence of an unfaltering de¬
votion to principle, and an earnest desire to pro¬
mote the welfare and happiness of the people of
this State. He opposed, ably and unflinchingly,
the re-reconstruction of Georgia and the extra¬
vagance of the Legislature improvised under
that measure, and served throughout the several
sessions of the Senate, one of the most earnest
representatives of the intelligence and respecta¬
bility of the State. Senator Hicks seldom speaks,
but, in the committee room and by his votes, has
proven himself a thoroughly efficient legislator.
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
HON. JOSEPH S. GONE.
RIOR to the revolution of 1776, four brothers
named Cone, came from Virginia and set¬
tled in Georgia. When the struggle for inde¬
pendence began, all of them entered the service
of the young republic, and three fell upon the
battle-field. The survivor, William Cone, was a
Captain in the Continental army, and a most
gallant officer, in recognition of whose distin¬
guished services the State of Georgia presented
him with a fine plantation in Bullock county.
Here he resided until his death, at the advanced
age of eighty years, a man of influence and pop-
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ularity, and is recorded on the legal records of
his country as the foreman of the first grand
jury which ever assembled therein. His son,
though always a prominent and respected citizen,
took no active part in politics, but two of his
children—uncle^ of the subject of this sketch—
won reputation both as legislators and as sol¬
diers. One of them, named William Cone, after
the revolution hero, represented Camden county,
Georgia, in the State Senate for twenty-three
successive years. He was also -a Captain in the
United States service, commanding a company of
Georgia Volunteers, during the war of 1812, and
subsequently moved to Florida, in the Senate of
which State he served with honor several years.
During the war with the Florida Indians, Cap¬
tain Cone was again in the military service of
the country, and distinguished himself as the
first officer who penetrated the swamps of the
State in pursuit of the hostile savages. His
brother, Peter Cone, was also a Captain in the
army during the war of 1812, and in 1818 was
an officer on the staff of General Andrew Jack¬
son. He was one of the most influential Demo¬
cratic leaders in Georgia, serving thirty-three
years in the Senate of the State, representing
Bullock county, and being chosen an elector on
the Breckenridge ticket in 1860.
It will thus be seen that Hon. Joseph S. Cone,
the present Senator from the Seventeenth Dis¬
trict, is a member of one of the oldest and most
prominent families in Georgia. His father was
a planter of note in Bullock county, where the
subject of this sketch was born, on the 14th of
April, 1843. After receiving a preliminary edu¬
cation at home, he entered the Georgia Military
Institute, and was completing his studies in
that institution when the war for Southern Inde¬
pendence began. Although a mere lad at the
time, he promptly volunteered his services in
defense of the State, and early in 1861, was
chosen a 1st Lieutenant in the 5th regiment of
Georgia State troops, and ordered to duty on the
coast. On the reorganization of the army in
1862, his regiment became the 47th Georgia In¬
fantry in the Confederate service, and he was
unanimously elected Captain of Company K.
The regiment was then ordered to South Caro¬
lina, where it participated in the battle of James'
Island. In this engagement Captain Cone was
wounded while behaving with marked gallantry.
His company was in the thickest of the fight,
losing twenty-three men out of forty who were
present. Soon after, the 47th was ordered to
North Carolina, where it spent the winter of
1862-3. In the spring of the latter year it was
ordered to Jackson, Mississippi, and assigned to
Breckenridge's Division of Johnston's army,
organized for the defense and relief of Vioks-
burg. In the gallant, though fatal, campaign
which followed, from the first defeat at Jackson
to the retreat to Brandon, Mississippi, Captain
Cone took an active part. In 1863 he was or¬
dered to reinforce Bragg at Chattanooga, and, as
Senior Captain, commanded his regiment at Chat¬
tanooga, displaying military ability and great
personal courage. Soon after he was promoted
to the rank of Major, and as such was present
and engaged in every battle which took place,
from the defeat at Missionary Ridge to the retreat
to Atlanta. Just prior to the evacuation of that
city, his regiment was ordered to Charleston,
and in the famous attack on John's Island,
Major Cone had the honor of commanding the
advance of the Confederate forces. Immedi¬
ately after he was placed in command of the fort
at Secessionville, which place he left with his
regiment, to reinforce the troops at Honey Hill.
In the battle fought at thiB place in November,
1864, Major Cone again distinguished himself
for gallantry, for which he was subsequently
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He
was, however, severely wounded at Honey Hill,
and while still disabled from further service in
the field, the Confederacy fell. After the sur¬
render he returned home, and for a brief period
engaged in teaching, but abandoned that occu¬
pation for farming, in which he is still employed.
Taking an active part in politics, Colonel Cons
soon became prominent and influential in the
Democratic party- In 1870 he was nominated
by the democracy to represent them in the State
Senate, and was elected by one thousand major¬
ity, completely breaking down the Republican
majority of two thousand votes of 1868. During
the same year he was married to Miss Ella S.
Goodman, a most estimable lady of Bullock
county. Since taking his seat in the Senate
Colonel Cone has fully maintained the reputa¬
tion of hie family for legislative ability. H<
does not speak often, but when he does it is al
ways to tho point and on a measure of vital im-
STATE OF GEORGIA.
17
portance to the people; and his votes are always
cast with a view to benefitting the State. Per¬
sonally, he is a man of splendid physique, tall
and commanding in appearance. As a compan¬
ion he is one of the most social and hospitable
of men, well informed on all topics of conversa¬
tion, and altogether,, gives evidence of possess¬
ing a well cultivated mind.
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.
HON. BENJAMIN OONLEY.
[See sketch under "Executive Department."]
NINETEENTH DISTRICT.
HON. COLUMBUS HEAED.
S a lawyer, Mr. Heard has for some years
past been well known in his section of the
State, having won reputation at the Bar for legal
talent of a high order. He is a native of Geor¬
gia, received a good education at private schools,
and after, studying the law, was admitted to
practice at the Bar of Greene county, in March,
1858. The secession of the State found him in
the enjoyment of a promising business, which he
did not hesitate to abandon for the purpose of
defending the Confederacy from coercion. As
early as May, 1861, Mr. Heard entered the
army in the capaaity of Third Sergeant in a com¬
pany of the 8th regiment of Georgia Volunteers.
In August of the following year, he was promoted
to the rank of Second Lieutenant, and in May,
1864, was commissioned a First Lieutenant. He
participated with his regiment in all the cam¬
paigns of the army of Northern Virginia, be¬
having with gallantry in the numerous battles
fought. At Gettysburg he was severely wounded
and made a prisoner by the Federals. He was
taken to Johnson's Island, and there remained,
in company with numerous other Confederate
officers, until a few days prior to the surrender
of Lee's forces and downfall of the Confederacy.
On his release, Mr. Heard returned to his home
in Georgia, and began farming. In 1866 he was
commissioned Judge of Greene County Court,
and exercised the functions of that office ably
and acceptably until 1868, when he retired from
the Bench by reason of the abolishment of the
court. Since then Mr. Heard has been engaged
in legal business at Greensboro'. In 1870he was
the nominee of the Democracy for Senator from
the Nineteenth Senatorial District, and was
elected over two opponents,^beating each by
more than one thousand votes*. He has always
been a Democrat, and in 1860 supported Mr.
Breckenridge for the Presidency. Possessing
talents of a high order, and a man of unflinch¬
ing integrity, Mr. Heard's political future is full
of promise.
TWENTIETH DISTRICT.
6E0EGE WALLACE, (Colored.)
TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
JAMES DEYEAUX, (Colored.)
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
HON. THOMAS J. SIMMONS.
OL. SIMMONS was born in Crawford county, practice of his profession in his native county.
Georgia, on the 25th of June, 1837, re- By his energy and industry, he soon succeeded
ceived a good education, studied law and was in establishing a firm and lucrative practice,
admitted to the Bar in 1857, and commenced the which the war lost him for a time, but which he
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immediately recovered on the return of peace,
and still enjoys. He "was a Whig or American
in politics until the Presidential campaign of
18G0, when he refused to support Mr. Bell, and
attached himself to the Southern wing of the
Democratic party. Mr. Lincoln having been
elected and war declared between the two sec¬
tions, he promptly volunteered in the army, and
was elected a Lieutenant in the first company
which left the county for the seat of war. His
company was attached to the celebrated 6th
Georgia Infantry commanded by Colonel Alfred
H. Colquitt, and was immediataly ordered to
Yorktown, where the subject of this sketch re¬
mained until March, 1862, when he was elected
Lieutenant-Colonel of the 45th Georgia, which
had just been organized at Griffin, Col. Thomas
Hardeman being the commander. Colonel Sim¬
mons' new command was sent to Virginia and
stationed at Fredericksburg until June, 1862,
when it was ordered to Richmond, arriving in
time to participate in the famous seven days' bat¬
tles around the Capital. In one of these en¬
gagements Col. Simmons was severely wounded
and incapacitated for further service during the
balance of the campaign. In October, 1862,
Colonel Hardeman resigned, being disabled by
reason of wounds received in the struggle, and
the subject of this sketch was promoted to the
command of the regiment. From that time to
the surrender at Appamattox, he was in the field
sharing with his men all the glories, hardships
and misfortunes of the war. On the downfall of
the Confederacy, he returned to his home and
resumed the practice of the law. Soon after (in
1865,) he was elected, without opposition, to
represent his county in the Constitutional Con¬
vention of that year. Upon the adjournment of
the Convention, he was elected to the State Sen¬
ate from the Twenty-second District, by a large
majority. He served two years in the Senate,
and while there introduced and had passed the
celebrated " Evidence Bill," familiarly known
as "Lord Demnan's Act." On the expiration of
his term he moved to the city of Macon, and was
appointed Solicitor-General of the Macon Circuit
by Governor Jenkins. This office he filled with
entire satisfaction to the people, and with great
credit to himself, until the State was recon¬
structed, when he was removed by Governor Bul¬
lock. Since that time he has quietly pursued
his profession, and has built up a fine practice
amongst a Bar second to none in the State. In
September, 1871, Colonel Simmons was nomin¬
ated by the Democracy for Senator to fill the un¬
expired term of T. J. Speer, Republican, and at
the election defeated his opponent, Mr. James
Tinley, by the overwhelming majority of three
thousand votes. He received' every vote cast in
Monroe county, all but seventy-six cast in Pike,
and a large majority in Bibb. In person, Col.
Simmons is one of the finest looking men in the
Senate, and his general manners and address
prove him a polished and erudite gentleman.
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
I. H. ANDEESOIT, (Colored.)
TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
HOB. BENAJAH B. HINTON.
"R. HINTON was born on the 2d of Decem¬
ber, 1830, in Wilkes county, in this State,
and received an academical education. He be¬
gan life on his own account as a merchant, but
the business proving unsuccessful, he abandoned
it and studied for the legal profession, obtaining
in 1857, his admittance to the Bar in Greenville,
Meriwether county, to where he had moved in
1847, shortly before his marriage to his first wife.
A brief period subsequently, Mr. Hinton re¬
moved to Buena Vista, in Marion county, where
he still resides. Here he engaged in the prac¬
tice of his profession, meeting with such signal
success that he soon obtained a large and profit¬
able business. He took an active interest in
politics, and in 1860, supported Hon. John Bell
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for the Presidency, but after the election of Mr.
Lincoln, advocated the secession of Georgia, he
having always belonged to the school of State
Rights. Prior to 1861, he had never held any
office, but in the early part of that year, he was
elected Judge of the Inferior Court of Marion
county, although he did not qualify until after
the Ordinance of Secession was passed. This
position he filled with ability and to the entire
satisfaction of the people, during four years.
Soon after his retirement in 1855, he was or¬
dained a Minister of the Gospel for the Baptist
Church, of which he has been a consistent and
prominent member for many years. Mr. Hin-
ton has no regular charge, but he preaches oc¬
casionally. After the war he oonnected himself
with the Democratic party> by which he was
elected in 1868, to represent the Twenty-fourth
Senatorial District, in the Legislature. During
the past three years his legislative career has
been marked by earnestness of purpose, fidelity
to principle, and devotion to his State. As a
lawyer, he has won an enviable reputation for
ability, and is noted for seldom losing a case. In
1865 he was admitted to practice in the Superior
Court of Georgia, and in 1868, was admitted to
the Bar of the Circuit Court of the United States.
In 1861 his first wife died, and in 1864, Mr.
IIinton again married. Personally, Mr. Hinton
is a gentleman of most agreeable appearance.
As a speaker he is fluent and easy, and never
fails to impress the Senate by the force and
logic of his argument. In private life he is
much esteemed for his geniality of disposition,
amiability of temper and widespread benevo¬
lence. He is a member of the Masonic Frater¬
nity, and is a Royal Arch Mason.
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
HON. WILLIAM P. MATHEWS.
R. MATHEWS is a native of Baldwin county,
in this State, and was born on the 16th of
August, 1820. • When seven years of age he
moved to Talbot county, where he has ever since
resided. He received a fair education, and
started in life on his own account when a young
man, and during his career has pursued the
triple occupation of a physician, a merchant and
a farmer, in all of which he has been successful.
Prevjous to the war Mr. Mathews voted with
the Democracy, but was never actively engaged
in politics, and never held any office. In 1870 he
was nominated by the Democrats of the Twenty-
fifth Senatorial District, as their candidate for
Senator, and was elected, defeating Wm. Guil¬
ford, Republican, by 392 votes. A gentleman
of sound, practical ability, devoted to the inter¬
ests of Georgia, Mr. Mathews will doubtless
perform his legislative duties to the entire satis¬
faction of his constituents.
TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
HON. A. D. NUNNALLY.
THIS Senator has the honor of being de¬
scended from one of the oldest and most
respectable families of Virginia. His grand¬
father was a man of prominence in the Old Do¬
minion, and held the rank of Major in the Con¬
tinental army during the first revolution. Col.
Nunnally's father moved from his native State
to Georgia when a young man, and here married
a lady belonging to the Madder family, whe ori¬
ginally came from Maryland. In 1833 the sub¬
ject of this sketch was born on his father's plan¬
tation in Pike county, near the town of Zebulon.
He received a rudimentary education in his na¬
tive county, and later continued his studies in
all the higher branches under private tutors at
Athens. Subsequently he went to the Military
institute at Marietta, where he spent six months
and on leaving there, engaged in the study of
the law. In 1855 Colonel Nunnally was admit¬
ted to the Bar, and very soon his abilities won
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for him a large and lucrative practice. The cul¬
mination of the excitement attendant upon the
election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency, found
him in prosperous circumstances, surrounded by
a happy family, he having, in October, 1858, mar¬
ried to Miss Barrett, of Elbert county. A
member of the Old Whig party, sharing all its
political ideas, with the exception of a single
one, Colonel Nunnally was, nevertheless, a
stauch believer in the principle of secession, and
a strong advocate of. Southern Rights. When,
therefore, Georgia seceded he gave to his State
and to the Confederacy, his ardent support,
serving for a while as a private in the State
troops, of which, however, he finally became a
Major, and later a Lieutenant-Colonel. For
some time during the struggle he engaged in
Journalism in Griffin, where he has resided
many years, but although exempt by law from
military service, by reason of his profession,
when the hour arrived that the South was in
her agony, he promptly waived his right to an
exemption, and earnestly, as a Captain of vol¬
unteers, with the curtain closed upon the bloody
drama and upon a conquered people. After
the surrender, Colonel Nunnally returned home
and resumed the practice of his profession with
greater success than before, rapidly recovering
from the reverses of fortune which had befallen
him in consequence of the downfall of the Con¬
federacy. Prominent as a lawyer, it followed
naturally, perhaps, that he should also become
prominent in politics. He became a member of
the Democratic organization, although always
cherishing a feeling of affection for the Whig
party, and in 1868, was nominated by the Demo¬
cracy of the Twenty-sixth Senatorial District for
Senator, and elected by three hundred majority.
As a legislator, Colonel Nunnally has given en¬
tire satisfaction, and is to-day one of the most
influential members of the Senate. As a public
speaker, he is logical and eloquent, and exhibits
oratorical powers of a high order. True always
to principle, and faithful to those ideas which
have ever characterized Southern society, his
mind has nevertheless received and accepted the
progress of the age, while rejecting all of the
superficial doctrines which are foisted upon civi¬
lization as progressiveness. Nor is it solely in
his public character that we can write in praise
of this Senator. As a private gentleman he is
noted for his kindness of disposition, his genial¬
ity of temper, and for his whole-souled liberal¬
ity. Colonel Nunnally has been for many years
a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and was
High Priest of his Chapter for two years. He
is, altogether, a gentleman who represents well
the intelligence and integrity of his people.
TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
HON. ENOCH STEADMAN.
R. STEADMAN is one of the most esteemed
and respected members of the Senate. He
was born in Rhode Island, in 1810, received a
private education, and began his business life as
a manufacturer. When a young man in his mi¬
nority, he took an active interest in politics, and
advocated the principles of the Whig party. He
was a member of the famous Convention held in
Rhode Island at the time of the " Dorr Rebel¬
lion," and participated in that memorable event.
In 1857 he first came to Georgia for the purpose
of ascertaining the business prospects here.
During the following year (1857,) he moved to
the State, taking up his residence at Lawrence-
ville, in Gwinnett county. Subsequently he set¬
tled in Newton county, where he established a
manufactory, and where he also founded the now
flourishing village of Steadman. Although Mr.
Steadman deeply deplored the existence of the
political causes which led to the secession of
Georgia, he heartily sympathised with his adopted
State, and with the entire South, during the
struggle of the Confederacy for independence.
He served the cause as Military Storekeeper
at Augusta until the surrender, when he re¬
sumed his business as a manufacturer, in which
he has met with considerable success. En¬
gaging actively into politics on the return of
peace, in 1868 he was nominated by the Demo¬
cracy of the Twenty-seventh Senatorial District
to represent them in the State Senate, but was
defeated after a sharp struggle. In 1870 he was
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again the nominee of his party, and was elected
by about four hundred majority. Mr. Stead-
man is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and
also holds the position of Beacon in the Baptist
church, of which he has long been an honored
and exemplary member. He was married in
1865, and is the father of two children-, one of
whom is named Stonewall Jackson Steadman,
in honor of the illustrious Christian soldier and
Virginian. We can require no further evidence
of his ability than the fact of his holding the
important position of Chairman to the Senate
Committee on Agriculture and Manufactures.
Devoted to the material interests of Georgia, and
desirous of contributing to the prosperity and
happiness of her people^ Mr. Steadman's course
in the Senate has been such as to merit the
thanks of the people. Personally, he is an af¬
fable, entertaining gentleman, and bears the
reputation of being most charitable and kind-
hearted.
TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.
HON. WILLIAM P. JORDAN.
OLONEL Jordan was born in Jasper county,
Georgia, on the 11th of August, 1833, and
received a thorough education at Franklin College
in Athens, on leaving which institution of learn¬
ing he engaged in agricultural pursuits, which
have since occupied his time. In 1860, although
a Democrat, he opposed the secession of Georgia,
but, after that event was accomplished, he abided
by the decision of his State. In 1861 he entered
the Confederate service as a First Lieutenant in
the Fourth Georgia Infantry, of which he finally
became the Lieutenant-Colonel. In this regiment
Colonel Jordan served during fifteen months,
when he resigned on account of sickness. Sub¬
sequently, however, he served during six months
in the State troops. In 1861 he was elected a
Judge of the Inferior Court, and held that posi¬
tion until the Court was abolished, having been
re-elected in 1865, during which year he was
elected a delegate to the State Constitutional
Convention, called under President Johnson's
plan of reconstruction. In 1867, although he
believed the reconstruction act of Congress harsh
and unjust, Colonel Jordan advocated its accept¬
ance by the people as a means of putting an end
to political agitation. On this platform he be¬
came a candidate for the Convention, and was
elected. During the session of the Convention
he participated in the debates and in the framing
of the present Constitution, voting against every
measure actuated by partizan intolerance. Dur¬
ing the following year (1868) he was elected on
the "Reconstruction" ticket a Senator from the
Twenty-eighth Senatorial District, composed of
the counties of Morgan, Putnam and Jasper,
receiving between fourteen and fifteen hundred
majority. Since the reorganization of parties,
however, Colonel Jordan has acted with the
Democracy, and is now classed with them. A
gentleman with fine abilities, moderate in his
political principles and earnest and honest in all
his legislative acts, he fitly represents his con¬
stituents and does credit to them.
TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
HON. WILLIAM M. REESE.
E deeply regret our inability to furnish a
sketch of the life of this distinguished
Senator. Application was made to him for the
facts and dates of the salient events in his career,
but he declined furnishing them, saying that he
preferred not to have them published. We trust,
however, that Mr. Reese will reconsider his deter¬
mination in this regard, and place it in our
power to publish, in the next edition of the
Manual, a biographical sketch of his life.
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THIRTIETH DISTRICT.
HON. JAMES H
fT is customary, in legislative bodies, in this
country, to confer the title of "Father" on
the member who has been the greatest consecutive
number of years in public life, and this dis¬
tinction Mr. McWhorter enjoys, he having been
first elected to the Legislature thirty years ago.
He was born in Oglethorpe county, Georgia, on
the 3d of March, 1811, and although now arrived
at the ripe age of sixty years, is still in vigorous
health. The death of his father when he was a boy
of fourteen, left him under the sole care of his
mother, whose limited resources were insufficient
to do more than give him a plain education at
the country school. On the small farm, which
was the sole property left by his father, Mr.
McWhorter spent his early years engaged in
agricultural pursuits. At the age of twenty he
married Miss Eliza Renn, a lady of good family,
but, like himself, in moderate circumstances,
and immediately after purchased for himself a
tract of land on which he settled. Although
moneyless at the time, it was not long before his
energy and industry, and the integrity he has
displayed through life had won for him the con¬
fidence of all who knew him. By dint of hard
work, he soon paid for his farm, and then he
directed his mind to other pursuits. About this
time the survey of the Georgia Railroad, from
Augusta to Athens began, and Mr. McWhorter
conceived the idea of contracting for work along
the line of the road. Sustained by a few moneyed
friends, and more especially by the credit he had
obtained, he took and carried out, to a success¬
ful conclusion, several contracts for the construc¬
tion of the road. Inspired by his good fortune,
and having enlarged the confidence of his friends
in his capacity, Mr. McWhorter at once entered
into several business arrangements, all of which
resulted satisfactorily. In 1836 he engaged in
mercantile pursuits, and although inexperienced
in matters of trade, by the exercise of energy,
and by close application, made the business a
profitable one. Since then he has followed the
occupation of merchant at intervals, but as his
mind naturally inclined to agriculture, the grea¬
ter part of his time was devoted to the cultiva¬
tion of his farm, which he enlarged by purcha¬
ses of adjoining lands, and by the purchase of
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negroes was enabled to plant on an extensive
scale.
When Mr. McWhorter had attained his thir¬
tieth year he had won reputation and popularity
in his county, the people of which elected him
in 1841 and 1842, to the State Legislature. This
was the beginning of his public career. About
the year 1843, he was chosen one of the Justices
of the Inferior Court of Oglethorpe county, and
this position he held for twenty consecutive
years, being several times re-elected with oppo¬
sition. He was again elected to the Legislature
in 1849, and on the expiration of his term in
1851, declined to be a candidate for re-election,
but in 1853 he was chosen for the third time,
and served until January, 1855. Both as Legis¬
lator and as a Judge, he had given entire satis¬
faction to his constituents. After leaving the
Legislature he was for several years busily en¬
gaged in many and profitable enterprises, and
accumulated for himself and his family, a coW-
fortable fortune, consisting, however, mainly of
lands and negroes. The inauguration of the
war found him with an interesting and happy
family, surrounded by all the comforts of life.
Bitterly opposed to secession in any form, he
openly took up a position against the attempt to
dissolve the Union. This course led to his de¬
nunciation by many of those who had previously
sustained him, for although Mr. McWhorter
had always been a Whig, he had 'made many
friends amongst the Democracy. All the influ¬
ence he possessed was used against secession^
and when the decision of the people was made
unfavorably to his views, he remained steadfast
to principle, and refused to support the move¬
ment of the South towards establishing a sepa¬
rate government. He took no part whatever in
the struggle, and never advised a man to enter
the army. But like most men in his situation,
he gave of his substance to support the cause,
influenced, perhaps, by the fact that his sons
were serving on the battle-field. Two of these—
promising young men at the time—perished in
Virginia in battle, and the shock of their death
was so severely felt by their mother, that she
never fully recovered from it. She died soon
after the war, and was deeply regretted by all
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who knew her. In 1865, after the surrender,
Mr. McWhorter was again elected to the Legis¬
lature, and was conspicuous during that year for
his advocacy of the law relieving people from
debts contracted in whole or in part for slaves.
On the passage of the reconstruction act of Con¬
gress he advocated its acceptance by the people,
for which he was sharply denounced, and was sub-,
jected to the mortification of seeing all his former
friends desert him. But notwithstanding the social
injury inflicted upon him, Mr. McWhorter per¬
severed in his course. During the session of the
Reconstruction Convention, he passed the greater
part of his time at Atlanta, aiding the delegates
by his counsel, in so framing a Constitution that
it might secure the people their rights and be
acceptable to Congress. In 1868 he was nomin¬
ated for Senator from the Thirtieth District, and
was elected for the term ending in 1872. The
prominence of Senator McWhorter in politics
for over thirty years attest his capacity, and
hence his political opponents regard him as a
man of superior natural ability. His experience
in legislation and his life-long public service
unite in rendering him an useful member of the
Senate.
In 1868 he became a member of the Baptist
church, at Baird's, and has ever since remained
with that body, often holding high and impor¬
tant positions in the church. He resides to-day
within two miles of his father's homestead, and
about one mile from the ground wherein his
father, mother and uncles for nearly a century
past, are interred, and in this burial place Mr.
McWhorter expects to be laid when his pil¬
grimage on earth shall have ended.
THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
HON. WILLIAM S. EBWIN,
THIS prominent Senator was born in Hab¬
ersham county, in this State, on the 27th
of January, 1839, received a good education and
began life on his own account at an early age,
when he entered a store in the capacity of a
clerk. He subsequently engaged in business on
his own account, and has, ever since the war,
been employed in mercantile transactions. Mr.
Erwin made his entree into politics as a Democrat,
and, as such, was elected Ordinary of Haber¬
sham county in 1862, to fill an unexpired term.
In 1864 he was re-elected without opposition, but
appointed a deputy to perform the duties during
his absence in the field, having been, in April of
the same year, elected Captain of Company H,
Eleventh Georgia Cavalry. In this command he
served with credit until the surrender of the
Confederate armies, when he laid aside the sword,
returned home and resumed the duties of Ordi¬
nary, holding that position until 1868, when, at
the first election held after the framing of the
present State Constitution of Georgia, by thd
Convention called under the reconstruction acts
of Congress, Mr. Erwin was chosen by the Dem¬
ocracy a Representative in the Legislature from
the county of Habersham. An evidence of his
popularity will be found in the fact that he ran
considerably ahead of his ticket—his county
giving a majority of 103 votes to Mr. Bullock,
the Republican candidate for Governor". In
1870 Mr. Erwin was nominated by the Democ¬
racy as their candidate for the State Senate, for
the Thirty-first Senatorial District, composed of
the counties of Habersham, Hart and Franklin,
and was elected by an overwhelming majority,
the vote standing: Erwin, 1,852; John M.
Church (Republican), 337. In person, the sub¬
ject of this sketch is a tall and well-proportioned
man; as a legislator, he is able and practical, and
seeks to advance the wellfare of Georgia. So¬
cially, Mr. Erwin is a most estimable gentleman,
of a generous, hospitable disposition, full of
conversation and a pleasant companion.
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THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
HON. JOHN OALHOUN BICHABDSON.
MR. RICHARDSON, was born in Rutherford
county, North Carolina, on the 19th of
March, 1832, of poor parentage. His father, an
old Carolina State Rights advocate, moved with
him to Lumpkin county, Georgia, in October,
1840, and here the subject of this sketch com¬
pleted his education. At the age of eighteen he
made a trip to California, and, softer three years
spent in the modern land of Ophir, returned to
his home and engaged in business as a teacher
in a common school the following year. Mr.
Richardson continued to teach until the break¬
ing out of the war. He had previously been a
Whig and an Unionist and had opposed the
secession movement, but, in 1862, he volunteered
into the Confederate service and remained in the
field until he was elected Tax Receiver of Daw-
8on county, when he left the army. On the
expiration of his term he was re-elected and was,
subsequently, a third time chosen Tax Receiver,
the duties of which office he performed to the
entire satisfaction of the people. After the sur¬
render he began business as a merchant, and is
still engaged in it. When Congress passed the
reconstruction laws he advocated their acceptance
by the people of the State, and, in 1868, was
elected by the Republicans a Senator from the
Thirty-second District. Although identified
with the Republican, party Mr. Richardson has
always denied being a Radical, but claims to be
moderate in his political sentiments, and his
votes in the Legislature have frequently been
cast against partizan measures. Personally, he
is an urbane, agreeable gentleman, and is re¬
garded a man of ability.
THIRTY-THI1
HON. M. V
ROM1NENT among the leaders of the Dem¬
ocracy in this State, Mr. Estes has won his
way to the front rank by means of his own
ability, unaided by patronage. He is a native of
Anderson District, South Carolina, where he was
born on the 9th of August, 1843, but came to
Georgia when a child. Here he received a good
education, which was barely completed when the
war broke out. He entered the army in 1861,
as a member of the "Banks County Guards,"
which was attached to the Second Regiment of
Georgia Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Paul
J. Semmes, and served until 1862 under General
Robert Toombs. Mr. Estes was then transferred
to the Forty-fourth Georgia Infantry, which
formed a part of the lamented Doles' Brigade,
subsequently General Phillip Cooks', and at¬
tached to tjie immortal corps of Stonewall
Jackson. After the surrender, the subject of
this sketch returned home and engaged in the
study of the law, and in October, 1867, was ad¬
mitted to the Bar, since when he has been sue-
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cessfully engaged in the practice of his profession^
He was elected Clerk of the Superior Court of
Banks county in January, 1866, and held that
position to the satifaction of the people until
October of the following year, when he resigned.
Last year (1870) Mr. Estes was nominated by
the Democracy of the Thirty-third Senatorial
District, as their candidate for State Senator, and
defeated two opponents—a Mr. Hayes and a Dr.
Caruthers—by over seven hundred majority.
Personally, Mr. Estes is a man of athletic powerf
rather above the medium height, with clear,
frank features. He possesses a most genial dis¬
position, and is a gentleman of culture and lite¬
rary attainments. In 1866 he married Miss
Sharp, of Habersham county, by which estimable
lady he has become the father of three children.
In his social relations he is highly esteemed and
respected, and as a member of the Methodis*
Episcopal Church, South, bears the reputation of
a true and consistent Christian.
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THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
HON. MILTON A. CANDLEB.
THIS Senator was born in Campbell county,
Georgia, on the 11th of January, 1837, and
is, consequently, at this writing, in the thirty-
sixth year of his age. While a child, his parents
moved to Carroll county, where his early years
were spent and where he received a rudimentary
education. Subsequently, he went to the Uni¬
versity of Georgia, and was graduated with dis¬
tinction at this institution of learning in the
class of 1854. On leaving College Mr. Candler
entered the law office of Warren Akin, where
he studied the legal profession, and, in 1856, was
admitted to the Bar. A gentleman of fine cul¬
ture and decided abilities, it was not long before
he had won a large and lucrative practice, which
he now enjoys. Mr. Candler entered into poli¬
tics soon after attaining his majority, and made
an enviable reputation as one of the leaders of
the Democracy in his section of the State. In
1860 he supported John C. Breckinridge for
the Presidency, but, subsequently, he voted
against secession and was an out-spoken Unionist
until Georgia seceded, when, like a true South¬
erner, he advocated and espoused the cause of
his State, and of the Confederacy, with all the
warmth and ardor of his nature until the sur¬
render of the Confederate armies. In 1861,
1862 and 1863, he served as a member of the
House of Representatives of Georgia, represent¬
ing the county of DeKalb, where he is exceed-
ingly popular. In 1865 he was chosen a member
of the State Constitutional Convention, and was
a prominent and influential member of that body.
In 1868 Mr. Candler was elected a Senator in the
State Legislature for the Thirty-fourth Senatorial
District, composed of the counties of DeKalb,
Gwinnett and Henry, defeating his Republican
competitor by a large majority—approximating
fifteen hundred.
Mr. Candler is a gentleman of medium size,
with a frank, pleasant expression of countenance.
He is a bold, fluent, impassioned and eloquent
speaker, and, whether at the Bar, on the stump
supporting the Democracy, or in a Legislative
Assembly, never fails to impress his hearers by
the logic and eloquence of his argument. In
1857 he married a daughter of Hon. Charles
Murphy, at one time a Representative in Con¬
gress. By this estimable lady he has had five
children, and is as happy in his private life as
he has been fortunate in his public career.
THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
HON. GEOEGE HILLTEE.
THERE are few young men in public life in
Georgia, more widely or more familiarly
known to the people of this State than the sub¬
ject of this sketch. He was born near Athens,
Clarke county, on the 17t.h of March, 1835, and
moved with his father to Walton, in 1847. Cap¬
tain Hillyer received a collegiate education,
and was graduated with honors in 1854. During
the following year, having been admitted to the
Bar, in Walton county, and pursued his profes¬
sion in the Western Circuit of the State until the
outbreak of the war for Southern Independence.
He then decided upon taking the field in defense
of the South, and in the spring of 1861, entered
the Confederate service as Captain of the first
company of volunteers which left his county.
C
Captain Hillyer participated in the campaigns
of the army of Northern Virginia, until the fall
of 1863, when he resigned his commission to ac¬
cept the position of Auditor of the Western &
Atlantic Railroad, to which he had been ap¬
pointed. This important office he held until
after the downfall of the Confederacy, when he
opened an office for the practice of the law in
Atlanta, where he still resides. Captain Hi li¬
ter's first candidature for a political office was
in 1857, when he was elected to the lower house
of the Legislature. In 1859 he was chosen As¬
sistant Clerk of the House of Representatives,
and in 1860 Chief Clerk. During the fall of 1870,
he was chosen by the Democracy as their can¬
didate for the Senatorship from the Thirty-fifth
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Senatorial District, and was elected over his He-
publican opponent by sixteen hundred majority.
As a lawyer, the subject of this sketch has al¬
ready won high reputation for legal ability. As
a public speaker, he is pleasant and logical, and
is always at ease on any subject. Personally, he
is a most corteous ami entertaintng gentleman,
his conversation and address giving evidence of
culture and lefinement.
THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
HON. WILIE 0. SMITH.
R. SMITH was born in Meriwether county,
Georgia, on the 31st of March, 1831, and
after attending private schools in his native
State, completed his education at the University
of Georgia. He subsequently studied medicine
at Nashville, Tennessee, graduating and receiv¬
ing his diploma in 1857, and practising his pro¬
fession until the close of the war. At the out¬
break of the struggle he was an Unionist and
opposed secession. After the war began he
served in the Confederate army as a Surgeon,
and was for a long time in charge of the small¬
pox hospital. On the return of peace, Dr.
Smith resumed his business pursuits, and when
Congress enunciated its policy, advocated the
acceptance of the reconstruction laws as the only
solution of the political dangers which beset
Georgia. On this platform he was elected a mem¬
ber of the Constitutional Convention of 1867-8,
and during 1868 was chosen a Senator in the
State Legislature, defeating J. C. Wooten by
about eight hundred votes. As a Senator he dis¬
claims partizanship, and votes independently on
all questions coming before the Senate. The
bills introduced by him have generally been of a
character looking to moral reforms, such as pun¬
ishing violators of the Sabbath and checking the
evil of intemperance. He was the author of the
bill for the abolishment of the present fence law
of Georgia, and for the fencing-in of stock in¬
stead of crops, and his speech on the question
was extensively circulated during the session of
1870. Dr. Smith is a man of ability, and per¬
sonally is a most courteous and hospitable gentle¬
man.
THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
HON. GEOEGE W. PEDDY.
R. PEDDY is a son of the late Hon. Alex¬
ander G. Peddy, who represented Heard
county in the State Legislature for several years,
and was born in that county on the 10th of
April, 1834. He received a good education at
private schools, and subsequently went to New
Orleans where he studied for the medical pro¬
fession, at the Medical College of that city, grad¬
uating with credit in 1859. Returning to his
home he began the practice of medicine, and
still pursues his profession with marked success
Previous to the war Dr. Peddy was a Democrat
of the State Rights school and supported General
Breckinridge for the Presidency, but was not
an active participant in political life at that time.
On the out-break of the struggle for Independence
he volunteered his services in the Confederate
army, in which he held the position of Surgeon
until the surrender of our forces and down-fall
of the Confederacy. He then returned home
and there continued the practice of his profes¬
sion. In 1870 he was nominated for the Senate
by the Democracy of the Thirty-seventh District
and was elected by 384 majority. Dr. Peddy
seldom speaks, but he is an active, diligent mem¬
ber, and, since taking his seat, has advocated
and voted for all measures tending to promote
the welfare and prosperity of Georgia. He is a
staunch Democrat, a man of marked integrity of
character and, altogether, makes an excellent
Senator.
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27
¥HE Editor waited till the last moment in
the hope of receiving from Mr. Brock the
material on which to base a biography. Not
THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.
HON. WALKEB BROOK.
hearing from him, it was necessary to send the
book to press without his sketch.
THIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
HON. JAMES E. BBOWN.
aNE of that class of men properly termed
" self-made," Mr. Brown's career has
been another example of patience, energy and
ability overcoming obstacles. He was born in
Pickens District, South Carolina, of poor parents,
whose means prohibited them giving him more
than a plain English education, and even that
was very limited. Boyhood was not, with him,
a period of mirth and idleness; for he was com¬
pelled to labor on a farm in his early youth,
receiving stray bits of knowledge during the
intervals of work. When he was about twelve
years of age his father moved to Georgia, settling
first in Union, and subsequently in Lumpkin
county. Here he remained about six years, by
the end of which time his industry had earned
for him the means of completing his education.
Mr. Brown then returned to South Carolina and
attended the High School in Williamston, Ander¬
son District, where he spent three years, acquir¬
ing there those educational advantages from
which he had previously been debarred. In
1852 he studied the law under his brother, Ex-
Governor Joseph E. Brown, and, in September
of the same year, was admitted to the Bar. Not
content with the legal knowledge thus obtained,
during the following year Mr. Brown went to
the New Haven (Conn.) Law School, where, after
several months of close application, he was grad¬
uated in July, 1853. Returning to Georgia, he
at once commenced the practice of his profession
in Dawson, Whitfield county, where he remained
some three years, meeting with success in his
legal career. Hon. Joseph E. Brown having
been elected Judge of the Superior Court in
1855, on New Year's day, 1856, the subject of
this sketch moved to Cherokee county and suc¬
ceeded his brother in his profession. Here Mr.
Brown has ever since resided, engaged in prac¬
ticing law and in farming, and controlling a
large and profitable legal business. Soon after
his removal to Cherokee he married (in Septem¬
ber, 1856,) Miss Lewis, his present estimable
lady, a daughter of Dr. John W. Lewis, formerly
Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, and afterwards a Senator in the Con¬
federate Congress. Mr. Brown is the father of
three sons and a daughter, and has been for
several years an exemplary member of the Bap¬
tist Church.
For a long period past Senator Brown has
been prominent "in politics in his section of the
State. Entering the political arena as a Demo¬
crat, when quite a young man, he has firmly
adhered to his party and has never cast a vote
against it. Previous to the war he took an active
part in political discussioji, and acquired reputa¬
tion as a public speaker. He, however, never
held any office until 1862, during which year he
was elected a member of the State Senate from
his District, to fill the unexpired term of Colonel
H. B. Bell, participating in two sessions and
performing his legislative duties with ability and
energy. Throughout our struggle for Independ¬
ence he supported the cause of the South with
ardor, and, during six months of the time, served
as a private in the State forces. On the down¬
fall of the Confederacy, Mr. Brown accepted the
political situation, but he opposed, with all his
influence, the reconstruction measures of Con¬
gress, and submitted to them only when opposi¬
tion was not any longer possible. The course
pursued by him during this period enhanced his
popularity with the people, and, in 1870, he was
nominated by the Democratic Convention of the
Thirty-ninth Senatorial District as the candidate
of his party for the State Senate, and was elected
by over one thousand majority over two oppo-
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nents, one a Republican and the other an inde¬
pendent Democrat. As a Senator, he has proven
able, practical and diligent, and has faithfully
carried out the wishes of his constituents, and
supported the policy and principles of his party.
There is much in his career both instructive and
interesting, exemplifying, as it does, that pluck
and indomitable perseverance are the leading
characteristics of Americans.
FORTIETH DISTRICT.
HON. 0. J. WELLBOEN.
R. Wellborn has been for three years past
prominently concerned in the Legislature
of Georgia, although until the present year his
party was in the minority in the Legislature.
Born in Union county, in this State, on the 8th
of April, 1836, he received a rudimentary edu¬
cation at home, and afterwards completed his
education at Hiwassee College, in Munroe county,
Tennessee. He then engaged in the study of
law, and in 1859,-was admitted to the Bar. Begin¬
ning the practice of his profession, his abilities and
legal skill soon gained for him an enviable posi¬
tion at the Bar of his county, which finally ex¬
tended until, as at the present writing, he had a
large and lucrative business. Entering into po¬
litical life as a Democrat of the State Rights
school, he took an active part in public affairs,
although he held no office before the war with
the exception of that of State Librarian. On
the outbreak of the struggle for Southern Inde¬
pendence, he embraced the cause with enthusi¬
asm, and served in the army with gallantry until
all was lost. After the surrender, he returned
home and resumed the practice of his profession
with marked success. A man of strong convic¬
tions, his political principles were not shaken by
the terrible reverses which his State had sus¬
tained. Remaining an advocate of the ideas
promulgated by the Democracy, he engaged ac¬
tively in political life, opposing the reconstruc¬
tion measures of Congress with energy and abil¬
ity. In 1868, after the framing of the State
Constitution, he was nominated by the Demo¬
cratic Convention of the Fortieth Senatorial Dis¬
trict for the position of Senator, and was elected
by a decisive majority. Senator Wellborn has
since served in all the sessions of the Legisla¬
ture, ever watchful of the interests of his con¬
stituents, and opposing with inflexible resolution
all the partisan measures of his political oppo¬
nents.
FORTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
HON. JOHN A. JEEVIS.
THE past career of Mr Jervis reflects the
highest credit upon him. He was born in
Yancey county, North Carolina, on the 10th of
August, 1828, and received a rudimentary educa¬
tion at private schools. As a boy, he was most
studious, and displayed so much ability that be¬
fore had attained his sixteenth year he was en¬
gaged in teaching others. Several years was
spent in this occupation, during which he hus¬
banded his means for the purpose of carrying
out a cherished desire of receiving a collegiate
education. Accordingly, in 1852 he entered
Tusculum College, in Greene county, Tennessee,
and passed three years at his own expense in
that institution, studying assiduously and becom¬
ing learned in the classics. On leaving the
college, Mr. Jervis returned to North Carolina,
where he studied the law under David Colman.
and was admitted to the Bar in August, 1856.
During the same year he moved to Georgia, and
in 1857, after a brief period of study, was ad¬
mitted under Hon. Joseph E. Brown, to the Bar
of the State, and began the practice of his pro¬
fession in Fannin county, where he has ever
since resided. The outbreak of the war found
him in the enjoyment of a lucrative legal busi-
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hess, but be abandoned this in August, 1861, and
entered the Confederate service as Captain of
Company D., 29th North Carolina Volunteers, in
which capacity he served for twelve months,
when he joined the 65th Georgia Volunteers,
with which he remained until the surrender,
serving as Acting Quartermaster, and also in
command of his company part of the time, and
receiving two slight wounds during the struggle.
On the return of peace he resumed the practice
of the law, and although he took no part in poli¬
tics at the time, opposed the reconstruction laws
of Congress. Mr. Jervis has been a Democrat
from the time he cast his first vote. In 1870 he
was nominated for Senator by the Democracy of
the Forty-first Senatorial District, composed of
the counties of Fannin, Gilmer and Pickens, and
was elected by one hundred and seventy-seven
majority over S. A. Darnell, Republican, al¬
though the district had given a Republican ma¬
jority of six hundred two years before. Mr.
Jervis is a gentleman of polished and courteous1
manners. As a lawyer he has won reputation
for ability, and since taking his seat in the Sen¬
ate has displayed considerable talent in that
most difficult of all acts—the act of governing.
FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
HON. JOHN T. BIJENS.
SN reply to the personal application of the
editor for the facts and dates necessary to
compile a biography, Mr. Burns positively de¬
clined to furnish them. The decisive answers
given precluded the possibility of a second appli¬
cation ; hence the reason why no sketch of Mr.
Burns appear in this Manual.
FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
[See President of the Senate.]
FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
[Vacancy.]
manual of the
House of ^ep^ese^tatives,
Speaker,*
HON. -TAMES M. SMITH.
(of muscogee.)
EARLY seventeen years have passed since Mr. Smith, the Speaker of the
Georgia House of Representatives, first became prominently identified with
the politics of the State, and from that time to the present day his reputation
has steadily increased. He was born in Twiggs county, in 1822, and received
a moderate education at private schools, on leaving which he studied for the
legal profession, and, in 1846, was admitted to the Bar. From the beginning
of his career as a lawyer, Mr. Smith developed talents of a high order, and it,
consequently, followed that, within a few years, he commanded a large and prof¬
itable practice. Engaging in politics as a State Rights Democrat, he participated
iu the political discussion of the times and, in 1855, was an independent candi¬
date for Congress, making a vigorous though unsuccessful struggle. From this
time, Colonel Smith devoted his entire attention to the practice of his profession,
though always taking an active interest in public affairs. When, after years of
conflict between the antagonistic ideas of the two sections, the South asserted
her claim to separate independence, and the war broke out, he was among the
first to volunteer his services in defense of Georgia. He entered the Confeder¬
ate army early in 1861 as Major of the Thirteenth Regiment of Georgia Infantry,
of which he finally became the Colonel. His command served in Virginia in
General Lee's army, and with it he participated in all the memorable campaigns
in the Old Dominion until early in 1864, exhibiting gallantry and military
skill on the battle-field, and receiving a wound at the battle of Cold Harbor.
During the latter part of 1863, Colonel Smith was elected a member of the
Confederate Congress, and in 1864 took his seat in that body at Richmond,
participating in the debates and legislation, and aiding, though unavailingly, in
the last effort made to restore the waning fortunes of the South, until the fatal
* Since the foregoing sketch was put in type Colonel Smith has been elected Governor of
Georgia without opposition. The law under which he was elected provides for his installation on
the 10th of January, 1872. Mr. Conley, however, who has been Acting-Governor since the
resignation of R. B. Bullock, has declared his purpose not to surrender the position he now holds.
Should Colonel Smith be installed as Governor, his sketch will appear in the next edition, in place
of that of Mr. Conley, under the head of " Executive Department."
state of georgia.
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day dawned before Petersburg, which witnessed our final defeat and subjuga¬
tion. Returning home after the surrender, Colonel Smith resumed the practice
of the law, rapidly recovering the business he enjoyed before the struggle began.
For some time he had the honor of belonging to the class of public men placed
under the political ban by the administration at Washington; but finally all
disqualifications were removed, and he was made eligible, with the majority of
the people, to hold office. He had always been a Democrat before the war,
and was one even during the conflict, although there were no clearly defined
parties then. Remaining faithful to his political ideas and principles, and resid¬
ing in a community in which a large majority of the population were newly
enfranchised and in political antagonism to the whites, there seemed but little
prospect of his taking any prominent part in public affairs for some years. But
the excesses of the last Legislature, and the charges made against Governor
Bullock^ produced a reaction among the colored voters, and inspired the whites
of Muscogee county with hopefulness of success. At the meeting of the Dem¬
ocratic County Convention in 1870, Colonel Smith was nominated with enthusi¬
asm a candidate for the Legislature, and in December following was elected by
nine hundred and seventy-five majority, polling a vote which surpassed the
most sanguine expectations of himself and of his party. On the meeting of
the Legislature, the caucus of the Democratic members chose him for the
Speaker, and he was accordingly elected as such. Experienced in legislation
and a thorough master of parliamentary rules, it is almost needless to say that
Colonel Smith has proven an admirable presiding officer. Of course, his posi¬
tion as Speaker has, in a measure, debarred him the privilege of taking active
part in the debates; but the dignity, impartiality and ability with which he has
performed all the duties appertaining to his office, have enhanced his reputation,
added to his popularity and won the respect of all parties. No sooner had the
bill been passed, pending for a special election for a Governor, than the name
of Colonel Smith was mentioned in public as that of a man in every way fit to
become Chief Magistrate of the State. It was not until he saw around him
unmistakable evidences of there being a powerful element in the Democratic
party desirous of giving him the nomination, that he consented to appear as a
candidate. On the meeting of the Convention, on the 6th of December, a test
vote, on a motion to adopt the two-thirds rule, showed that he was the choice of
an overwhelming majority of the delegates, the contest for the nomination
having narrowed down to him and General W. T. Wofford, Colonel John C.
Nichols and Judge Herbert Fielder having withdrawn. Perceiving that
there was no possible chance of nominating General Wofford, the friends of
that gentleman withdrew his name, and Colonel Smith was nominated by
acclamation. At present writing, the election has not yet been held, but before
this book appears in public, it will have been, and Colonel Smith will be the
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Governor elect of the State. That he will make a thoroughly good, efficient
Chief Magistrate of Georgia, none who know him will doubt. A man of unim¬
peachable integrity, and a sworn enemy of corruption and of corrupt men, we
are certain that his administration will be an honest one, and that in the per¬
formance of his official duties, he will be actuated by none but the most unself¬
ish and patriotic of motives.
o
Clerk of the House,
HON. JAMES DANIEL WADDELL
THE conspicuous part taken by Colonel Waddell in the debates in the Con¬
stitutional Convention of 1867-8, has made him one of the best and most
favorably-known men in the State. He was born on the 22d of December,
1833, in Abbeville District, South Carolina, but came to Georgia in early youth.
Here he received a thorough education, graduating with honors, in 1853. He
subsequently studied the law and, on his admission to the Bar, began the prac¬
tice of his profession in Polk county, and meeting with success, until the out¬
break of the war, when he entered the Confederate army as Captain of a com¬
pany of volunteers from his county. He participated, with distinction, in all
the campaigns, and, in 1863, was promoted to the Colonelcy of his regiment—
the twentieth Georgia Infantry. In 1864, being rendered unfit for service in
the field, he left his command and, in July of the same year, was appointed
President of the Court of Slave Claims, at Richmond. This position he held
until the surrender, when he returned home and resumed the practice of the law.
In 1865, he was Secretary of the State Constitutional Convention of that year,
and, a few weeks after its adjournment, was chosen Clerk of the Georgia House
of Representatives. Colonel Waddell was elected a Delegate to the Recon¬
struction Convention, which met in Atlanta in 1867, and framed the present
State Constitution. At that time, he disagreed with the policy of the Dem¬
ocratic party, of which he had long been a member, believing it wisest for the
people of the State to make the best they could out of the Reconstruction meas¬
ures. His position in the Convention was a peculiar one. Although he favored
the acceptance of the law of Congress, because powerless to resist it, he remained
unflinchingly opposed to the policy of the Republicans and firm in his adhesion
to the principles of the Democracy. He was the leader of a few men who?
like himself, were Democrats in principle, and was the author of the famous
" Hancock Resolutions." Colonel Waddell voted against every measure which
wrought a radical change in the Constitution of Georgia, and during the
state op georgia.
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debates delivered several able speeches; the most important of which was his
reply to an attack made by J. E. Bryant upon the white people of Georgia.
This was, probably, the ablest oratorical effort of his life, and was a complete
vindication of his people, and of the Democratic party. On the adjournment
of the Convention, Colonel Waddell. took active part in the Presidential cam¬
paign and was chosen an elector on the Seymour and Blair ticket. He then
returned to private life, from which he did not emerge until November, 1871,
when he was elected Clerk of the House of Representatives; a position he has
filled with signal ability, and to the entire satisfaction of the House. Person¬
ally, Colonel Waddell is one of the most estimable of men. A gentleman of
fine culture and of literary tastes, his addresses on literary subjects have always
been received with the deepest interest. Socially, he is very popular and makes
numerous friends wherever he goes.
•o-
HON. JOHN M. ALLRED.
THE subject of this sketch was born in Hall
county on the 21st of November, 1831,
received a private education and has been, dur¬
ing the greater part of his business life, engaged
in farming. He was a Democrat before the war,
and took an active part in politics. In 1800 he
was a staunch opponent of secession, and during
the struggle remained an Unionist and did not
serve in the Confederate army. In 1863 he was
elected Treasurer of Pickens county, where he
has resided many years. He held that position
until a short time previous to the close of the
war, when he retired to private life. After the
return of peace, Mr. Allred engaged in business
as a merchant and farmer, but, subsequently,
ceased mercantile pursuits and has since devoted
his entire time to agriculture. On the reorgani¬
zation of parties he joined the Republicans and
supported the reconstruction laws of Congress.
In 1870 he was the nominee of his party for the
Legislature and was elected over Dr. Fowler, the
Democratic candidate, by 112 majority. Since
taking his seat Mr. Allred has avoided every¬
thing like partisanship and has voted independ¬
ently on all questions. Politically, he is conser¬
vative, and, personally, an agreeable, clever
gentleman. He has been a member of the Bap¬
tist Church for the past four years, and is now a
Deacon of his Church.
HON. WILLIAM PATRICK ANDERSON.
MR. ANDERSON was born in Union District,
South Carolina, on the 13th of February,
1818, but moved to Newton county, Georgia, in
1833, where he completed his education. In
1835 he removed to Cobb county, taking up his
residence in Marietta, where he has ever since
resided, engaged in the double occupation of a
merchant and a farmer. Although, from the
P
time he became of legal age to the present day,
he has been a Democrat, he never held or sought
office before the war. He opposed secession, but
when Georgia left the Union he stood up in her
defence, and was, for some time Quartermaster
of the Seventh Regiment of Georgia State Guards.
After the surrender, Mr. Anderson resumed his
business pursuits, in which he has been quite
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successful. Last year he was one of the nomi¬
nees of the Democracy for the Legislature, and
was elected, over several opponents, by four hun¬
dred majority, to represent Cobb county—that
being the first time he was ever a candidate for
office. Mr. Anderson is very popular in Cobb
county, and is much esteemed by all who know
him for his geniality of temper as well as for his
ability.
HON. W. D. ANDERSON.
THIS gentleman—one of the Representatives
from Cobb—after declining to furnish the
materials necessary to prepare a biography,
offered to furnish them, but, failing in so doing,
we are unable to give a sketch of his life.
A. F. ATKINSON.
[Colored member from Thomas county.]
HON. AUGUSTUS O. BACON.
BIBB county is fortunate in possessing three
of the ablest members of the present State
Assembly, and not least among them is the sub¬
ject of this sketch. Captain Bacon was born in
Bryan county, on the 20th of October, 1839.
He received a classical education at the State
University of Georgia, where he was graduated
with honors, in August, 1859. Immediately af¬
ter he entered the Lumpkin Law School, where
he studied for the legal profession, and in 1860
was graduated. Before he could fairly engage
in the practice of the law the struggle for South¬
ern Independence began, and he at once volun¬
teered in the Confederate army. During a part
of the time he served as Adjutant of the 9th
Georgia regiment, in Hood's Division, and in
that capacity participated in the several cam¬
paigns of Northern Virginia. At a later period
in the war he was promoted to the rank of Cap¬
tain, and assigned to Staff Duty, and remained
in the service of his country until the Confed¬
eracy fell. Captain Bacon settled in the city of
Macon after the surrender, and has ever since
resided there; engaged in the practice of his
profession, and is, at the present writing, Attor¬
ney for the city. He has always been a Demo¬
crat, and has for several years past been prom¬
inent in his party, representing it in numerous
Conventions. In 1868 he was chosen a Presi¬
dential Elector, on the Seymour and Blair
ticket, for the Fourth Congressional District, and
in 1870, was nominated by the Democracy of
Bibb county for the Legislature, and elected,
beating down the Republican majority of 1870.
It was not long after taking his seat that he ex¬
hibited abilities of a high order, and proved
himself one of the ablest and most effective speak¬
ers in the House. His speeches are noted for
their clearness and argumentativeness, and have
aided Captain Bacon in attaining an influential
and enviable position in the Assembly. In the
Committee room, also, he has been efficient and
useful. Altogether, Captain Bacon is one of the
most promising young men in political life in
Georgia. A man of decided talent, possessed of
a well cultured mind, and devoted to his State,
he has a bright and honorable future before him.
In person he is a gentleman of rather above the
medium height, with regular features and long,
flowing blond beard, and is regarded one of the
finest looking men in the House.
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HON. CIIARL
THIS Representative is a native of Bryan
county, where he was born on the 21st of
October, 1839. He received a good private edu¬
cation, and on leaving school engaged in farming,
at which employment he continued until the-
breaking out of the war. In 1860 he was in
sympathy with the Old Whig party; but he be¬
lieved in the right of secession, and was an ad¬
vocate of its exercise after the election of Mr.
Lincoln. In January, 1862, he volunteered as
a private in the 5th Georgia, and served with
credit in the army of Tennessee, until some ten
months before the surrender, when he was cap-
SS H. BAKER.
tured by the enemy at Saltville, West Virginia.
Mr. Baker was kept a prisoner until the 12th of
June, 1865, and on his release and return home,
engaged in business as merchant, and still pur¬
sues it with success. In 1870 he was married,
and soon after, having previously taken an ac¬
tive part in politics, was nominated for the Legis¬
lature by the Democracy of Bryan county, and
was elected, beating down the Republican ma¬
jority of 1868. Since taking his seat, Mr. Baker
has made an excellent legislator, and is regarded
as a most useful member of the House.
HON. JOHN HARRIS BAKER.
THERE are so few members of the new Leg¬
islature in the prime of life, that all such
may be put down as the "fathers" of both
houses, and Mr. Baker is one of them. He is a
native of Warren county, Georgia, where he was
born on the 7th of August, 1824, his father being
engaged in farming, which occupation he has
pursued throughout life. Although he has al¬
ways Acted with the Democracy, Mr. Baker was
never before actively engaged in politics, but has
rather inclined to a military career. He served
in the United States army during the war with
Mexico, and, after the secession of Georgia,
promptly volunteered in defence of the South, and
remained in the service throughout the conflict.
In Mexico he served in the First Georgia Infantry
under Colonel Henry R. Jackson, and during
our struggle for Independence started out as
Captain in the Thirteenth Georgia Volunteers,
was promoted to the Colonelcy, and, at the sur¬
render, was in command of Gordon's old Brig¬
ade. For a long time Colonel Baker was in
ewell's Division, of Stonewall Jackson's Corps.
He participated in all the campaigns in Virginia,
displaying marked gallantry and receiving several
severe wounds, the honorable scars of which he
carries on his person. After the ill-fated termi¬
nation of the war, he resumed his occupation of
a farmer, in Pike county, taking, at the same
time, an active interest in the politics of the
State. In 1870 he was the regular nomineA of
the Democracy for the Legislature and was elect¬
ed by a handsome majority, defeating C. C.
Hightower, independent Democrat, and Joseph
Youngblood, Republican.
HON. MARK B. BALLANGER.
«/VUIET, unobtrusive and attentive in the Leg-
islature, a stranger would scarcely suppose
that but few members of the present Georgia As¬
sembly can boast of as admirable a record as Dr.
Ballanger possesses. A native of gallant and
unfortunate South Carolina, he was born in Spar¬
tanburg District on the 10th of January, 1830.
His parents died when he was a boy, and, in
1843, he came to Georgia, settling in Floyd county,
which he has ever since made his home. Here
and in Folk county he attended private schools,
farming in the intervals of study, until he was
approaching manhood, when he went to Jack¬
sonville, Alabama, and there began the study
of medicine, under Dr. O. Henorix. Subse¬
quently, returning to Georgia, he attended one
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course of lectures at the Medical College in
Augusta, but, before he could graduate, the
"gold fever" seized him—in 1851—and, going
to California, he spent four years there, engaging
in gold mining. The Eldorado of the West not
proving sufficiently fascinating to keep him there,
he came back to Georgia and resumed his medi¬
cal studies in Augusta, where he was graduated
in 1857. Dr. Ballanger then returned to his
home in Floyd county, and began the practice of
his profession, meeting with considerable success,
which he now enjoys. As a physician, he has
not only won reputation for skill and ability, but
his unselfish kindness and attention to the sick
of the poor classes, who are unable to pay him
fe>r his services, have demonstrated his philan¬
thropy and humanitarianism. Busily employed
in his professional duties, Dr. Ballanger had
little time to devote to politics before the war.
He was a Democrat then and voted with his party
on all important questions. When the struggle
for our Independence began, he entered the Con¬
federate army as a Captain in the Twenty-third
Georgia Infantry. With his regiment, he partic¬
ipated in all the campaigns of Lee's army. At
Sliarpsburg, he received a severe wound in the
left hip, and was soon after promoted to the rank
of Major. Three months after the battle he re¬
turned to the field, and at the second battle of
Cold Harbor he was promoted to Lieutenant-Col¬
onel. At Petersburg, he was commissioned full
Colonel of his regiment, which rank he held until
the close of the war, being one of the last Con¬
federate officers to surrender. Colonel Ballan¬
ger's military career was not only honorable but
also distinguished. He proved a gallant, capa¬
ble officer, and now bears upon his person the
scars of two wounds, received during the strug¬
gle. Returning home on the cessation of hostil¬
ities, he resumed the practice of medicine, in
which he is still engaged. ' In 1868 he was nom¬
inated by the Democracy' of Floyd for the Legis¬
lature, and was elected by a decisive majority.
His steadfast adherence to principle; his unbend¬
ing opposition to the partisan measures and
extravagancies of the majority, manufactured by
act of Congress, and his devotion to the interests
of the State, enhanced his popularity with the
people of Floyd, and, in 1870, he was again
nominated by the Democracy, and re-elected by a
greatly increased majority. Modest and retiring
in his disposition, Dr. Ballanger has never
sought distinction as an orator, but the testimony
of his fellow-members unite in representing him
as an earnest, practical legislator—a representa¬
tive, in fact—in whom Floyd county has every
reason to feel proud.
HON. TIIOS. J.
HE subject of this sketch was born in War¬
ren county, in 1818, received a fair education
at private schools, and has always been engaged
in argricultural pursuits from his youth to the
present writing. He entered into political life
as a Whig, and in 1860-1, opposed secession, but
after Georgia seceded supported her in her efforts
for Independence. After the outbreak of the
war, Mr. Barkkhrale was elected a Justice of
the Peace for his county, and served with ability
and integrity in this capacity for three years.
BARKESDALE.
On the reorganization of political parties after
the war, he joined the Democracy, by whom he
was nominated for the Legislature in 1870, and
elected by some eight hundred majority to rep¬
resent Warren county. Thus far Mr. Barkes-
dale has been diligent and earnest in the dis¬
charge of his duties, and while he has not often
addressed the House, in the Committee room,
where all the legislation is really done, has
proven able, practical and useful.
HON. SAMUEL BAIIRON.
R. BAllRON was born in the county he independence, lie strongly sympathized with the
represents, on the 31st of March, 1842, cause of the Confederacy, and on the return of
received a private education, and has always been peace joined the Democratic party, engaged ac-
engaged in farming. During the struggle for our tively in politics, became prominent and popu-
STATE OF GEORGIA.
37
lar, and in 1870 was nominated by the Demo¬
cracy of Jones county for the Legislature, and
elected by forty-five majority, notwithstanding
the fact that his county contains a large majority
of colored voters. Mr. Barron is a young man
of ability and promise, a refined, courteous gen¬
tleman, and a worthy representative of the people
of Jones.
J. BATTLE.
[Colored member from Thomas.]
HON. WILLIAM G. BATEMAN.
pR. BATEMAN was born in Houston county,
' in 1832, received a private education, and
has been engaged in business as a farmer an^
merchant ever since leaving school. Before the
war he voted with the Democracy, and during
our struggle for independence served as a Lieu¬
tenant. On the return of peace he resumed his
mercantile business, in which he has met with
success. He also engaged actively in politics,
and in 1870 was nominated for the Legislature
by the Democracy of Taylor county, and elected
by a decisive majority. Mr. Bateman was mar¬
ried in 1858, and is a member of the Masonic
Fraternity. Since taking his seat in the House,
he has proven an earnest, efficient legislator, and
one of the most useful members of the House.
Personally, he is full of conversation, courteous
and sociable, and is spoken of in high terms by
his acquaintances for the many sterling traits of
character he possesses.
HON. ABRAHAM BEASLEY.
R. BEASLEY was born in Jefferson county
in 1825, received a plain education at pri¬
vate schools, and has always been engaged in
farming. From the time he first voted to the
present day, he has been a Democrat, although,
until recently, he did not take any active part in
politics. During the war Mr. Beasley served in
the State forces. In 1870 he was nominated and
elected by the Democracy to represent Jefferson
county in the Legislature. He is a gentleman of
sound, practical ability, and- has made a good
representative of the people.
HON. ALFRED COLQUITT BELL.
R. BELL belongs to an old family of Web¬
ster county, in this State, where he was
born on the 28th of May, 1838. He received a
liberal education and, on leaving school, engaged
in farming, at which occupation he has ever since
been employed. Previous to the war he went
into politics as a Whig, and, in 1800, opposed
the disruption of the Union. When Georgia,
seceded, however, he patriotically cast aside all
previous predilections and aided in defending
the South, serving in the field in 1862 as a mem¬
ber of the Forty-sixth Regiment of Georgia Vol¬
unteers. After the downfall of the Confederacy
he kept aloof from politics until 1870, when he
was elected to the Legislature from Webster
county, defeating Hon. G. S. Rosser, and a col¬
ored man named Booker Krxo. Mr. Bell is
conservative in sentiment and will act with the
Democracy in the Legislature.
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HON. THOMAS M. BERRIEN.
ALTHOUGH one of the youngest members of
the Legislature, Mr. Berrien may be put
down as one of the promising public men of the
future. He was born in Floyd county in 1844,
and received a preliminary education at private
schools. He then entered the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis,'and was there en¬
gaged in studying for the naval profession when
the late war began. Leaving the Academy with¬
out delay, he returned to his native State and
immediately, on the establishment of the Con¬
federacy, entered the Confederate Navy, serving
in it until the close of the war, at which time liev
held the rank of Passed Midshipman. After
the surrender he devoted his attention to agri¬
culture, and has since been engaged in farming.
He, also, took an active part in politics and, in
1870, was nominated and elected by the Democ¬
racy of Burke county a Representative in the
State Legislature. Mr. Berrien is, unquestion¬
ably, a young man of fine capacity, and, if the
opportunity be afforded him, will yet make his
mark in the history of Georgia.
JAMES BLUE.
[Colored member from Glynn county.]
HON. JAMES E. BOOTHE.
fR. BOOTHE is a native of Pulaski county,
where he was born on the 10th of April,
1841. He received a private education, and on
leaving school engaged in farming, which he has
always made his business. In 1861 he entered
the Confederate army as Lieutenant in the Second
Battalion of Georgia Regulars, which subse¬
quently became the 10th Confederate Cavalry,
and served with the army of Tennessee in Ken¬
tucky, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina,
behaving with gallantry on the battle-field. In
1863, being disabled from further service in the
field by reasons of a severe wound he had re¬
ceived, Mr. Booths resigned his commission and
retired from the army. During the following
year, however, he joined the State forces, and
again took the field, serving with them until the
close of the war. On the return of peace he re¬
sumed farming and took little interest in poli¬
tics, except as a voter, until 1870 when, without
his solicitation, he was nominated for the State
Legislature by the Democracy of Pulaski county
and elected by nearly three hundred and fifty
majority. Mr. Boothe has been twice married,
first in 1859, and again in 1867. He is a gentle¬
man of pleasant address and a man of ability.
HON. CHARLES L. BOWIE.
R. BOWIE was born in South Carolina, in
1841, and came to Georgia when a child.
Here he received a private education, and has
always been engaged in agricultural pursuits.
A Democrat before the war, he, nevertheless, op¬
posed secession, holding the views of Hon. A. H.
Stephens on that question. When, however,
Georgia seceded he supported the action of the
State. In 1861 he joined the Fulton Dragoons,
which subsequently belonged to Cobb's Legion of
Cavalry, and served in Virginia, in Hampton's
Cavalry Corps until the surrender of Lee's army,
and being known as one of the most gallant men
in his command. On the return of peace he re¬
sumed farming, and also engaged actively in poli¬
tics. In 1871 he was nominated by the Demo¬
crats of Walton county, for the Legislature, and
elected over three opponents. He was married
STATE OF GEORGIA.
39
in 1871, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, and has been a Mason for several
years. Mr. Bowie bears a deservedly high re¬
putation in his county, and has made an excel¬
lent representative. He is not an orator, in that
sense of the word, but he is a diligent, efficient
member, capable and honest, and devoted to the
interests of his people. Personally, he is a liberal,
charitable and kind-hearted gentleman, temper¬
ate in his habits, neither drinks ardent spirits
or uses tobacco in any form and, altogether,
bears the reputation of possessing an upright,
exemplary character.
HON. WILIE
HIS representative was born in Marion
county, on the 31st of January, 1824, re¬
ceived a private education, and has been a far¬
mer all his life. Prior to the war he was a
Democrat in politics, although he did not parti¬
cipate actively in political affairs. During the
struggle Mr. Braddet held the position of Jus¬
tice of the Inferor Court of Glasscock county,
performing the duties appertaining to his office
ably and acceptably, and giving to the Confeder-
G. BRADDEY.
ate cause all his sympathy and support. In 1870
he was the candidate of the Democracy for the
Legislature, and was elected by about three hun¬
dred majority. Mr. Beaddey is one of the most
quiet and attentive members of the House, al¬
ways to be found in his seat or in the Committee
room, performing his legislative duties in a thor¬
ough, efficient manner. Personally, he is a pleas¬
ant, courteous gentleman, much esteemed by all
who know him.
HON. ASA W. BRAWNER.
BR. BRAWNER was born in the county he
so well represents on the 8th of November,
1830, received a good education and is a physi¬
cian by profession, enjoying at home a successful
practice. He engaged in politics prior to the
war, and, in 1860, was elected to the State Leg¬
islature to represent Franklin county, and served
in the House during the years 1861-2, being
then, as now, a firm, uncompromising Democrat.
In 1863 he held the position of Surgeon of the
Thirty-first Military District, and served in that
capacity until the militia forces of the State were
ordered to the field in the spring of 1864, when
he went with them as Surgeon of the Fourth
Regiment, and remained in active service until
the close of the war. He was, also, for a while
in 1863, in Toomb's Regiment of Cavalry. On
the return of peace, Dr. Brawner resumed the
practice of his profession in his native place, and
also, took an active interest in politics. In 1870
he was nominated by the Democracy for the Leg¬
islature, and was elected by a decisive majority
over two opponents. Dr. Brawner has made a
thoroughly good member. During the past ses¬
sion a severe attack of illness, which at one time
caused much anxiety among his friends, kept
him from his seat for many days, but at the pres¬
ent writing he is fast recovering. Personally, he
is said to be a gentleman of fine attainments, and
to be possessed of many excellent qualities.
HON. JONATHAN B. BREWTON.
fR. BREWTON was born in Tatnall county
on the 8th of January, 1827, and was edu¬
cated at private schools, and has always been
engaged in farming. Before the war he was a
Whig in politics, and an opponent of secession,
but after the struggle began for Southern Inde
pendence his sympathies were with his people.
He served in the Confederate army for fourteen
months as a member of the Fifth Georgia Cavalry.
In 1863 he was elected Clerk of the Superior
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Court of Tatnall county, and served with credit
in that capacity until 1867, having been re-elect¬
ed. Since the surrender he has been a Democrat.
In 1870 he was elected without opposition to
represent his county in the Legislature, and has
made one of the most useful and efficient mem¬
bers of the House. Mr. Brewton is a member
of the Baptist Church, and a gentleman pos¬
sessed of many sterling traits of character.
A. BRUTON-
[Colored member from Decatur county.]
J. BROWN.
[Colored member from Monroe county.]
HON. GEORGE WHITFIELD BRYAN.
[*R. BRYAN was born in Twiggs county, in
this State, on the 18th of March, 1840.
He received a good education, studied law and
was admitted to the Bar after the war broke out,
and is now in the enjoyment of a lucrative prac¬
tice. Being in his minority at the time of the
secession of Georgia, he had not taken any part
in politics, but after the close of the struggle he
joined the Democratic party, and has ever since
acted with it. In 1870 Mr. Bryan was nomina¬
ted by the Democracy of Henry county for the
Lower House of the Legislature and was elected,
defeating Samuel E. Dailey, Republican, by 391
majority. He is an able, cultured gentleman, of
amiable disposition, an agreeable, conversant
companion, and a most hospitable man.
HON. MARCUS H. BUNN.
MR. BUNN was born in Twiggs county, on
the 20th of May, 1817, and received a
good education at private schools. In his younger
days he was engaged as a teacher, but for
many years past has been engaged in farming.
A Whig in politics and an opponent of secession,
he nevertheless gave the Confederate cause his
heartiest sympathy and contributed to its support.
On the downfall of the Confederacy he joined
the Democratic party, and was in 1870 nomin¬
ated and elected by it to the Legislature from
Polk county, by one hundred and thirty-two ma¬
jority, defeating two opponents. While Mr.
Bunn has not been conspicuous in the debates,
his legislative career has been such as to reflect
credit upon his capacity. He has thus far served
his constituency with fidelity, and by his votes
has proven his devotion to the welfare of the
Stpte. Personally, Mr. Bunn is a most estimable
gentleman. For the past thirty-three years he
has been a member of the Baptist church, in which
he now holds the position of Deacon, and is also
a member of the Temperance Society. By those
who know him well he is spoken of in the highest
terms as a man of marked purity of character,
kind-hearted, hospitable and charitable.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
41
. HON. ISAAC H. BUSH,
HIS Representative was born in that part of
Early county, Georgia, now known as Mil¬
ler county, on the 10th of May, 1868. During
the war for Southern. Independence, although
then a mere boy, he volunteered in the State
Militia, which was transferred to the Confeder¬
ate army during the latter part of 1864, and
served in the field \intil the disbandonment of
his command. On the return of peace Mr,
Bush studied the law in the office of Simms &
Crawford, at Bainbridge, and was admitted to
the Bar in 1868. In 1867 he was nominated by
the Democracy of Miller county, to represent
them in the Legislature, and although the county
contains a large majority of colored voters, he
was elected, defeating John B. Hrarn, Republi¬
can, by sixty-six votes! Mr. Bush is a forcible,
energetic speaker, and a young man of ability
and fine promise.
HON. F. A. BUTTS.
®R. BUTTS is a native of Hancock county,
and was born there on the 31st. day of
January, 1826. He received a good education at
private schools, and subsequently became a
teacher, and continued as one for fifteen years,
proving efficient and successful in his profes¬
sion. Previous to the late war he was an Old
Line Whig, and an opponent of secession; but
when Georgia seceded he bowed to the will of the
people, and supported the act, and, for a time,
held a Lieutenant's commission in the State ser¬
vice. On the downfall of the Confederacy, Mr.
Butts engaged in farming, which he now makes
his sole occupation. In 1866 he was elected a
Justice of the Peace, which position he held with
credit until he took his seat in the House. Mr.
Butts was, in 1870, nominated by the Democracy
of Hancock county for the Legislature, and was
elected by seven hundred and ninety majority,
and has thus far made an excellent member,
speaking seldom, but always to the point, and
working diligently in the Committee room. He
was married in 1851, and is a member of the
Masonic Fraternity, in which he holds the posi¬
tion of Past Master.
T. G. CAMPBELL, JR.
[Colored member from Mcintosh.]
HON. ISAAC CARLTON.
®R. CARLTON was born in that part of
Thomas county, now known as Colquitt,
on the 11th of March, 1842. He received a plain
English education, and while yet a youth was
employed in farming, which occupation he has
always engaged in. On the outbreak of the war
he volunteered as a private in the Confederate
army, and served with credit as such until May,
1863, when having been dangerously wounded
at the battle of Mechanicsville, he was disabled
D
from further service for a long period. On con¬
valescing he obtained a furlough and returned
home, and while there was elected Ordinary o'
Colquitt county, serving to the entire satisfaction
of the people during six years, being twice re¬
elected. In 1870 he was nominated by the Dem¬
ocracy for the Legislature, and was elected by
forty-three majority. Mr. CarIiTON is a staunch
Democrat, a thoroughly honest man and a true
son of Georgia.
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HON. W. W. CATO.
HIS gentleman was born in Fairfield Dis¬
trict, South Carolina, on the 2d of June,
1826, but came to Georgia when a child, and was
here educated at private schools. Before the
war »he was a Whig in politics, and, in 1860,
during the secession excitement, sided with the
"Co-operation" party, but supported the Con¬
federacy during our struggle for Independence.
In 1862 he entered the Confederate army as First
Lieutenant in the Forty-first Georgia Infantry,
and in that capacity served with Bragg's army
until he was discharged at Tupelo, by reason of
physical disability. He returned home and was
subsequently elected a Captain of the State
troops, and held that rank six months, when he
was chosen a Lieutenant-Colonel of Militia, in
which position he served until the surrender.
He then resumed farming, in which occupation
he has been engaged all his life. Colonel Cato
joined the Democratic party after the war, and,
in 1870, was nominated and elected by the Dem¬
ocracy to represent Troup county in the Legisla¬
ture. As a Representative, he has been capable,
industrious and efficient, and has carefully guar¬
ded the interests of his constituents. He is a
married man and father of a family; is a mem¬
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
and also of the Masonic Fraternity, and is Junior
Warden of his Lodge at the present writing.
HON. JOSEPH P. CHASTAIN.
HE subject of this sketch was born in Hab¬
ersham county in 1830, and received a plain
English education at private schools. He then
engaged in farming, to which he subsequently
united the profession of Preacher of the Baptist
Church, he having been a member of that Church
for many years. A Democrat in politics from
his youth, he was a warm sympathizer with the
Southern cause during the latt war, the four
years of which were spent by him in preaching.
In 1860 he held the position of Postmaster under
the Government. During the same year he was
elected Ordinary of Gilmer county, a position he
held with ability for four years. In 1870 Mr.
Chastain was nominated by the Democracy to
represent Gilmer county in the Legislature, and
was elected by a decisive majority. It is almost
needless to say that, as a Legislator, he has faith¬
fully served his constituents. Observant, capa¬
ble and earnest in the discharge of his duties,
Mr. Chastain's career, as a Legislator, has thus
far reflected credit upon himself and to the peo¬
ple of Gilmer county.
HON. WALTER A. CLARK.
MR. CLARK was born in Brothersville,
Richmond county, on the 5th of March,
1842. He was educated at Emory College, where
he was graduated with first honor in 1866. He
volunteered in the First Georgia regiment in
July, 1861, and holding the rank of Lieutenat,
served throughout the war, surrending with the
army of Tennessee under General Johnson, in
April, 1865. Since then he has pursued the avo¬
cation of farming, in his native county. En¬
gaging actively in politics as a Democrat, he was
unanimously nominated by his party to repre¬
sent Richmond county in the Legislature, and
was elected by about five hundred majority.
Although, since taking his seat, Mr. Clark has
seldom addressed the House, he has made an
able, efficient legislator, and has, in many res¬
pects, proven a fit representative of one of the
wealthiest and most intelligent counties in the
State,
STATE OF GEORGIA.
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HON. WILLIAM H. CLARK.
APTAIN CLARK was born in Upson county,
in September, 1829, but in childhood moved
to Troup, where he has ever since resided, and
where he received a good private education. On
leaving school he engaged in the double occupa¬
tion of farmer and merchant, meeting with suc¬
cess in both branches of industry. He began
political life as a Whig, and as such, served be¬
fore the war as Alderman of West Point, his
place of residence. Although he opposed seces¬
sion, Captain Clark entered heartily into the
struggle for Southern Independence. He volun¬
teered as a private in the 41st Georgia Infantry,
and was subsequently transferred to the 17th
Alabama, in which he served with credit, rising
from the ranks to the rank of commander of a
company, then |to the position of Commissary,
and finally to that of Quartermaster. In this
latter position he served until the surrender of
Joiinston'n army, when he returned to his home,
and resumed business as a merchant and planter.
Joining the Democracy after the war, he became
prominent in its councils, and in 1870 was the
nominee of his party for the Legislature. At the
election in 1868, Troup county was carried for
the Republicans by a large majority; but in
1870, Captain Clark and his colleague, W. W.
Cato, broke this down completely, and were tri¬
umphantly elected representatives in the lower
House. How well he has performed his legisla¬
tive duties the Journals of the Assembly will
tell; but we may say here, that if thorough hon¬
esty, sound judgment and earnest, active work,
united to an ardent desire to do all that lay in
his power to promote the welfare of Georgia, be
worthy of commendation, then Captain Clark
has every reason to be satisfied with his record,
and his constituents have every reason to be sat¬
isfied with their representative.
HON. CICERO C. CLEGHORN.
THERE is not any more useful and energitic
member of the Georgia Assembly than the
subject of this sketch. Born in Jackson county,
in this State, on the 12th of March, 1826, he
moved with his parents, when six years of age,
to that part of Floyd, now known as Chattooga
county, and where he has ever since resided.
Here Mr. Cleqhorn received an English educa¬
tion at private schools, and subsequently engaged
in agricultural pursuits. Before the outbreak of
the late war, he was a Whig in politics, and an
opponent of secession, but did not take any ac¬
tive part in political discussion. When, however,
Georgia seceded, he supported her action, and
during the struggle was engaged in manufactur¬
ing for the army. On the return of peace he
continued his manufactory in operation, and re¬
sumed farming, in both of which occupations he
is still engaged. Participating in political affairs,
as a member of the Democracy, Mr. Cleqhorn
was in 1865, appointed Sheriff of Chattooga
county to fill a vacancy, and during the follow¬
ing year, was elected by the people to the same
office, performing its duties for three years to
the entire satisfaction of his constituents. In
1868 he was elected by the Democrats to repre¬
sent his county in the Legislature, and served in
the lower House throughout his term, partici¬
pating in its deliberations, and opposing with
uncompromising resolution, the re-reconstruc¬
tion of Georgia and the extravagancies and par¬
tisan measures of the majority. His ability and
address, however, enabled him to carry through
all the measures introduced by himself, affecting
the interests of his constituents; and his sue -
cess in this regard, as well as his devotion to prin
ciple, enhanced his popularity, and brought
about his re-nomination by the Democracy in
1870, when he was re-elected by an increased
majority. Mr. Cleghorn was married in 1858,
and has been a member of the Presbyterian
church for a number of years. He is one of the
sterling, solid men in the Legislature, a worker
rather than a speaker, and a man of many fine
qualities, both of head and heart.
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MANUAL OP THE
HON. JAMES
R. CLEMENTS was born in Montgomery
county on the 2d of April, 1826, received
a private education, and has been engaged in
farming from his youth to the present time.
Although not prominent in politics before the
war, he was an Old Line Whig, and an opponent
of secession; but, like a great majority of those
who were originally Unionists, when the strug¬
gle began his entire sympathies were with his
native State, and with the Confederacy. He
Berved during the war in the State forces until
1864, when he was elected £lerk of the Superior
Court of his county. This position Mr. Clements
held after the framing of the present State Con¬
stitution, in 1868, performing the duties of his
). CLEMENTS.
office efficiently. He had united with the Dem¬
ocracy immediately on the reorganization of
parties, after the surrender, and, in 1870, was
nominated and elected by the Democrats to rep¬
resent Montgomery county in the Legislature.
Mr. Clements was married in 1851. He is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, of fifteen years' standing, and now holds
the position of Steward in the Church. He has,
also, been a Mason for the past eighteen years,
and has been Junior Warden of his Lodge. He
is a man of sound, practical ability, a thoroughly
consciencious Legislator, and is much esteemed
by all who know him.
HON. OBADIAH LEWIS CLOUD.
MR. CLOUD was born in Warren county,
(now McDuffie,) on the 18th of May,
1838, received a liberal educatioh and, after
leaving school, engaged in farming pursuits, in
which he is still employed. Except as a voter,
he was not actively engaged in politics previous
to the war. He opposed secession and advocated
the maintenance of the Union in 1860, but
abided by the decision of his State and defended
her on the battle-field. In 1863 he entered the
"Terrell Artillery," better known as "Brooks'
Battery," of the Confederate army, serving with
it until the close of the contest. After the sur¬
render he returned home and, on the reorgani¬
zation of political parties, joined the Democracy,
with whom he has ever since acted. In 1870 he
was one of the Democratic candidates for the
Lower House of the Legislature, and was elected
by 390 majority, to represent McDuffie county.
Mr. Cloud never held any office before the war.
He possesses much popularity in his county, and
is regarded as one of the most promising public
men in his section of the State.
G. H. CLOWER.
[Colored member from Monroe county.]
HON. DAVID C. CODY.
fTTjHE career of Mr. Cody has thus far been a
» highly honorable one. Born in Warren
county on the 22d of October, 1831, he received
a good private education and, on leaving school,
engaged in planting, in which pursuit he has
always been employed, although, not exclusively,
as he was at one time a merchant. He engaged
in politics as. ft Whig, and was a str >ng opponent
of secession—not doubting the right to secede,
but doubting the policy of it. When, however,
Georgia left the Union he abided by her decision
and left with her, and when the Federal Govern¬
ment prepared to coerce her, he was one of the
first to volunteer in her defense. He entered
STATE OP GEORGIA.
45
"the Confederate army in 1861 as a private in the
Thirty-first Georgia Infantry, and participated in
all the caimpaigns in Virginia, Maryland and
Pennsylvania, bbhfcVing with conspicuous gal¬
lantry, being promoted through all the subordi¬
nate grades to the rank of Captain. At the
battle of Gettysburg he received a severe wound,
and, on his recovery, was transferred from line
to staff service, and assigned to duty as Inspector
General of Evan's Division. In this position he
served until the surrender of Lee's army, which
memorable event he was a personal witness of at
Appomattox. Since the return of peace Captain
Cody has been a Democrat and has taken^ an
active part in politics. In 1870 he was nomina¬
ted by his party for the Legislature and elected
by 243 majority. Although he does not often
address the House, he has been a most energetic
and diligent member since taking his seat, and
has impressed all with whom he has come in
contact with his ability as a Legislator and his
devotion to the welfare and prosperity of his
State. Captain Cody was married in 1851, and
has been for several years a member of the Ma"
sonic Fraternity.
ABRAM COLBY.
[Colored member from Greene county.]
HON. LEWIS A. M. COLLINS.
pR. COLLINS was born in Coweta bounty on
the 10th of May, 1838, and when a small
child moved with his parents to Stewart. Here
he received a plain English education and, on
leaving school, pursued the avocation of a farmer
for some time. In 1853 he settled in Mitchell
county, where he has ever since resided, carry¬
ing on at Camilla, the county seat, the business
of a merchant. In 1870 he was nominated by
the Democracy for the Legislature, and was
elected by about three hundred majority, that
being the first time he was ever a candidate for
office. A man of integrity, and active, and en¬
ergetic, he has made a° reliable, trustworthy
member. In 1865 he was married and is now
the father of three children.
HON. P. Dl
fHE subject of this sketch enjoys the honor
of being the youngest member in the House,
having beeen born in Burke county on the 14th
of March, 1847. He received a private educa¬
tion, and since attaining to manhood has follow¬
ed the profession of a planter. In 1864, being
then only seventeen years of age, he volunteered
in defense of the Confederacy, joining the Fifth
Georgia Cavalry, and served until the surrender
in Wheeler's Corps. On returning home he
engaged in politics, becoming prominent and
popular among the Democrats of his county. In
NCAN COX.
1868, having then barely attained his majority,
Mr. Cox was nominated by the Democracy for
the Legislature, and was defeated. In 1870 he
was again the nominee of his party, and was
elected by 470 majority. Since taking his seat
he has made an excellent member, and may be
regarded as one of the promising young men in
politics in Georgia. He is a man of ability and
will yet make his mark. Mr. Cox was married
in 1867 to Miss Fletcher, of Burke county, and
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.
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MANUAL OF THE
HON. HUGH L. W. CRAIG.
HIS able and thoroughlyjuseful Representa¬
tive was born in Baton Rouge, La], on the
12th of May, 1841. On his mother's side, he is
descended from the Pattersons of Revolutionary
fame; while his grand-uncle is well known to
journalism, as the first man who published a
newspaper in the State of Tennessee. Dr. Craig
received a liberal education at the Mississippi
State University, at Oxford, and was graduated
there with honors. On leaving College he studied
medicine at Nashville, and, in 1860, was ad¬
mitted to practice. Soon after the war broke
out, and Dr. Craig, who is a devoted Southerner,
immediately entered the Confederate army, vol¬
unteering in the Nineteenth Tennessee Infantry,
of which he became Assistant Surgeon, and
served in that capacity until the surrender. In
1865 he settled in Georgia, in the county he now
represents, and resumed the practice of his pro¬
fession with marked success, besides occasionally
writing for the press. He became popular with
the people of Telfair county, and taking an active
part in political discussion, was, in 1870, unani¬
mously nominated for the Legislature by the
Democracy, and elected over two opponents by
an overwhelming vote. Dr. Craig has made one
of the best members of the House. As Chair¬
man of the Committees of Auditing and of Enroll¬
ment, he has displayed an energy and efficiency
which reflects the highest credit upon his capac¬
ity. And he has, besides, faithfully devoted his
attention to all matters affecting the people in
general, and his county in particular. Dr. Craig
was married in 1864, and is a Mason. Person¬
ally, he is a most courteous and cultured gentle¬
man, and is much esteemed by all who know
him.
HON. ROBERT ]
HERE are few members of the Legislature
whose records are more interesting than
that of the subject of this sketch, brief as his
public career has been. Colonel Crittenden was
born in Talbot county, Georgia, on the 5th of
November, 1837, and when seven years of age,
moved with his father to Sumter county. Here
he received a common school education, after
which he engaged in business. In 1860 he mar¬
ried Miss Fanny M. Reid, of Putnam county,
and the year following moved to Alabama, where
he soon became popular and influential. In
1862 he entered the Confederate army, being
elected Major of the 33d Alabama Infantry, and
in June of the same year, was promoted to the
Lieutenant-Colonelcy. He participated in every
battle in which the heroic and ill-fated Army of
Tennessee was engaged, from Shiloh to Nash¬
ville, distinguishing himself by his gallantry in
CRITTENDEN.
the field. In 1846 he was promoted to the
Colonelcy of his regiment, in which position he
served until the surrender, when he returned
to Alabama, and resumed the civil affairs of life.
Four years later (1869,) Colonel Crittenden
came back to his native State, and settled in
Randolph county, where he has since resided.
Previous to the war he had not taken much in¬
terest in politics, although he was then, as now,
an ardent Southerner, and devoted to the wel¬
fare of the South. Since the war he has acted
with the Democratic party, by which he was
nominated for the Legislature in 1870, and
elected by more than three hundred majority,
defeating James Jackson, colored Republican.
Colonel CRirrENDEM is a man of marked talent,
a clever, hospitable gentleman and a true son of
Georgia.
HON. JOSEPH B. CUMMING.
fl^HE subject of this sketch was born in Au-
*=> gusta, in 1836, and is a member of one of
the most prominent families of that city. He
was educated at the University of Georgia, and
after his graduation, spent three years in Europe,
visiting the various Capitals and important Cities
of. the Continent, and gathering in 'them that
fund of information which, added to extensive
STATE OF GEORGIA.
47
reading, has made him one of the most accom¬
plished scholars in the State. On leaving the
galleries, museums and libraries of the Old
World, he entered the Law School of Cambridge
University, where he studied for the legal pro¬
fession, and in 1859, was admitted to the Bar.
He had scarcely began the practice of the law
before the war for Southern Independence broke
out. In May, 1861, he volunteered as a private
in the 5th Georgia Infantry, and remained with
the army in the field until the surrender. During
the struggle he was repeatedly promoted, and at
the close held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in
the staff of General Joseph E. Johnston. In
the official reports of this commander, Colonel
Cumming's name will be found mentioned in the
most honorable terms of commendation. The
war ended, he returned to Augusta, where he
has since been successfully engaged in the prac¬
tice of his profession. He also took an active
part in politics, and in 1870, was nominated and
elected by the Democracy by a large majority to
represent Richmond county in the Legislature.
During the session of last year, (1871,) he at¬
tained a deservedly high position in the Assem¬
bly, ranking as one of the leaders of his party,
and serving on some of the most important com¬
mittees. He is an effective public speaker;
his style of oratory is unstudied, but agreeable
and finished, and his language is alway polished
and felicitous. As we intimated before, Colonel
Cummino is one of the most accomplished stu¬
dent of belles letters in Georgia, and his intimate
acquaintance with literarure makes his society
much sought by persons of culture and refine¬
ment. He is rather below medium height, but
is well proportioned, with regular, intellectual
features, and is always scrupulously neat in his
attire.
M. DAVIS.
[Colored member from Clarke county.]
HON. JOHN B. DAVIS.
fHE subject of this sketch was born in New¬
ton county in 1835, received a liberal edu¬
cation at Emory College, where he was graduated
in 1856, and has since then been engaged in
farming. In 1861 he entered the army as a
Lieutenant of State troops, but being in feeble
health, he was compelled to resign and return
home, after a brief service. After the downfall
. of the Confederacy, he took an active interest in
political affairs, but simply as a voter, never de¬
siring nor never seeking office. In 1870, how¬
ever, he was nominated for the Legislature by
the Democracy of Newton and elected by a hand¬
some majority. Mr. Davis has always taken a
deep interest in agriculture, his experience in
and thorough knowledge of which, influenced
the Speaker in [appointing him Chairman of the
Committee on Agriculture. This position he held
during the last session of the Legislature, acquit¬
ting himself with ability. In other matters of
legislation he was accounted one of the really
able and useful members; not that he addressed
the House frequently, for he seldom spoke, but
that he was always in his seat or in the commit¬
tee room, aiding, by judicious suggestion and
sound advice—such legislation most needed by
the people. Mr. Davis is a Mason and has held
the position of Master of his Lodge. He is at
present Secretary of the Agricultural Society of
Newton county, where he is very popular with
all classes, and held in high esteem for the many
manly and excellent traits of character he pos¬
sesses.
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MANUAL. OF THE
HON. JOH
HE subject of tbis sketch is a native of the
county he represents, and was born there in
1841. He was educated at Emory College, where
he was graduated in 1859. Before he could en¬
gage in any professional occupation, the war be¬
gan, and early in 1861, Mr. Dell entered the
Confederate army and continued fighting for
_ Southern independence until the surrender; being
discharged twice, he re-entered and served dur¬
ing the four years in two or three different regi¬
ments in the Army of Tennessee, and on the
coast of Georgia and South Carolina. He re¬
turned home and studied the law, and during
the year 1866 was admitted to the Bar. Since
then he has been successfully engaged in the
5" C. DELL.
practice of his profession, and is now regarded
as one of the most promising young lawyers in
the State. In 1866 Mr. Dell was elected Solic¬
itor of Scriven county, which position he filled
with ability until it was abolished by the Consti¬
tution framed in 1868. Engaging actively in
politics, he was nominated for the Legislature in
1870, by the Democracy of his county, and was
elected by a considerable majority. He was
married in' 1870, and is a member of the Meth¬
odist Episcopal Church, South, and also of the
Masonic fraternity. Since taking his seat, Mr.
Dell has made an excellent member and has dis¬
played marked legislative ability.
A. DUKES.
[Colored member from Morgan county.]
HON. EMORY PARK EDWARDS.
N the Northern Circuit of Georgia Captain
Edwards has deservedly won reputation as a
lawyer, and, in his new capacity of legislator,
bids fair to extend and increase his reputation.
He was born in the county he represents in 1838,
received a private education, studied law under
John C. Burch and, in 1856, was admitted to
the Bar, being then but eighteen years of age.
A young man of unusual abilities, his youth did
not interfere with his professional pursuits. He
was a Democrat in politics before the late war,
and engaged with ardor in the struggle. Early
in 1861 he entered the Confederate army, as a
Lieutenant in the Fifteenth Georgia Infantry, in
which he subsequently became Captain, and
served in the field until 1864, participating in
several battles and receiving a wound. In 1863
he was appointed Solicitor-General of the North¬
ern Circuit, but did not enter upon the discharge
of his official duties until the following year,
when he left the army. Captain Edwards per.
formed the duties of Solicitor until after the
surrender, and, in 1865, was elected to the same
office, serving until 1868, when he was removed
by Mr. Bullock. As Solioitor-General, he prov¬
ed one of the ablest and most earnest and ener¬
getic prosecuting officers the Northern Circuit
ever had. On his removal he resumed his pri¬
vate practice, in which he has been very success¬
ful. In 1870 he was nominated and elected by
the Democrats of Elbert county a Representative
in the State Legislature, and has, since taking
his seat, fully maintained his reputation as a
gentleman of fine ability and of high personal
character. He was married in 1860, and is a
Mason.
HON. CHARLES J. EMERSON.
R. EMERSON is a native of Spartanburg ucated, and where he has ever since resided.
District, South Carolina, and was born on On leaving school he engaged }n the study of
the 5th of November, 1824. In 1828 his parentp medicine, .attending courses of lectures at An*
moved to Georgia, where he was reared and ed- gusta and Nashville, and receiving his diploma
STATE OP GEORGIA.
49
in 1846. Before the war he was a Whig in poli¬
tics, and voted against secession, but after the
struggle began he supported the cause of the
Southern States, and served in the army as As¬
sistant Surgeon until the surrender. On the
return of peace, Dr. Emerson resumed the prac¬
tice of his profession, in which he has met with
much success. In 1870 he was nominated for
the Legislature by the Democrats of Whitfield
county, with whom he has acted ever since the
war closed, and was elected by 607 majority.
Quiet, unobtrusive, and seldom speaking, Dr.
Emerson has, nevertheless, proven a thoroughly
good legislator, and is recognized as a geqtlcmaq
of ability and capacity,
HON. JAMES 1
HE subject of this sketch was born in Jones
county on the 16th of January, 1828, and
received an academical education. In 1846 he
began the study of medicine with Dr. S. D.
Ford, of Augusta, and, in March, 1848, gradu¬
ated at the Medical College of Georgia. During
the following winter he attended a course of lec¬
tures in the Jefferson Medical College, and im¬
mediately after (1849) engaged in the practice of
his profession, in which he has met with fine
success. Dr. Etheridge was educated in the
Whig school of politics, but was, nevertheless,
an ardent believer in the doctrine of State Rights,
and an advocate of secession. In June, 1861, he
entered the Confederate army as a Lieutenant in
the Twelfth Georgia Infantry, and served for ten
months in the mountains of Virginia, receiving
a severe wound on the 8th of May, 1862, in the
battle of McDowell. He was subsequently pro¬
moted to the rank of Surgeon of his regiment,
and, in May, 1863, was appointed Senior Sur¬
geon of Doles' Brigade of Georgians. This
position he held until the surrender, after which
he returned home and resumed the practice of
. ETHERIDGE.
medicine. Until the past year he, also, engaged
in farming. He has always taken great interest
in agriculture, and is now President of the Put¬
nam County Agricultural Society. Dr. Etheridge
is a member of the Baptist Church, in which he
holds the position of Deacon, and, also, that of
Superintendent of the Sabbath School. He has,
for several years, been Master of Rising Star
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 4.
Although he has seldom addressed the House,
whenever he has done so, Dr. Etheridge has
shown himself an able, fluent Speaker, possessed
of marked oratorical powers. His conversation
and address are those of a Student and thinker.
Personally, he is one of the finest looking men
in the House, and of notable refinement in his
manners. He has never once in his life drank
ardent spirits as a beverage, and is, in appear¬
ance, the embodiment of perfect health. The
Democracy of Putnam county, in electing him to
represent them in the Legislature, evinced as
marked discrimination as Dr. Etheridge has dis¬
played marked good judgment and practical abil¬
ity as their Representative.
HON. JOEL C. FAIN.
ROMINENT among the members of the House
Colonel Fain has won reputation not only
as a legislator, but also as an officer of the late
Confederate army. He was born in Floyd county,
on the 2l8t of March, 1839, received an academ¬
ical education, and, after studying the law at
Calhoun, under his brother, and attending the
Law School of Judge Gould, was admitted to the
Bar in March, 1861. Before he could enter into
F
practice, the war broke out. He was at that
time, as now, a staunch Democrat, and he was an
enthusiast in the cause of the South. In April,
1861, he went to South Carolina, and there vol¬
unteered as a private in the Second Regiment of
volunteers of that State. He served in Virginia
with this command during the first year of the
war, receiving two wounds at the First Battle of
Manassas, During the following year (1862) he
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MANUAL OF THE
was elected a Captain in the Sixth Georgia Cav¬
alry, and participated with it in all the campaigns
of the Western Army, distinguishing himself for
gallantry on the field, and being promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, which he held at the
time of the surrender. He was again wounded
at Chicamauga, and received a fourth wound on
the retreat from Dal ton to Atlanta. In Decem¬
ber, 1864, he was retired from active service by
reason of the effects of his wounds. Returning
home after the surrender, Colonel Fain devoted
himself to the private affairs of life, and in 1866
began the practice of his profession, in which he
has been signally successful. His fine war record
had, naturally enough, made him popular with
the people of his county, and to this he soon
added reputation for legal ability, which en¬
hanced his popularity and led to his election, in
July, 1866, as Solicitor of Gordon County Court.
This position Colonel Fain filled with credit until
its abolishment, in 1868, by the present Constitu¬
tion of the State. During the same year he was
nominated by the Democracy to represent the
Forty-third District in the State Senate, for the
short term, and was elected by a large majority.
As a Senator, he was with the minority of Demo¬
crats in the Legislature, which made a vigorous,
though unavailing effort, to prevent the re-recon¬
struction of Georgia, and check the shameful ex¬
travagance of the State Government. Colonel
Fain's course, during his term of two years, was
such as to elicit from his party the warmest
encomiums, and to strengthen his popularity
with the people. In 1870, he was the nominee
of the Democracy to represent Gordon county in
the Lower House, and was elected by an over¬
whelming majority. With what earnestness and
ability he has discharged his legislative duties,
and how devoted he has been to the interests of
his constituents, and of the people at large, the
Journals of the House will testify. And we may
add, that while he did not often address the
House during the last session, whenever he
spoke, his views were always received with atten¬
tion, and always gave evidence of a ripe, culti¬
vated mind.
HON. JOHN
THE subject of this sketch was born in North
Carolina, on the 27th of October, 1817, but
has resided in Georgia many years. He received
a good education at private schools, and exhibit¬
ing in early youth a strong predilection for the
Ministry, was employed for some time as a trav¬
eling preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. He subsequently studied medicine at the
Medical College in Savannah, and was graduated
in 1855, and practiced his profession with suc¬
cess until the close of the war. Mr. Fabmeb
has been a moderate but consistent Democrat
from his boyhood. In 1860, while believing in
the right of a State to secede, he opposed seces¬
sion as impolitic, but when Georgia left the
Union, he supported her action. During the war
he was chosen Judge of the Inferior Court of his
county, and held that position for some time.
He also served as Surgeon of Militia for the Sec-
►V. FARMER.
ond Senatorial District. In 1866 he studied the
law, and in December of the same year was ad¬
mitted to the Bar, and since then has been suc¬
cessfully engaged in practice. Taking part act¬
ively- in politics, Mr. Fabmeb was, in 1868,
nominated for the Legislature by the Democracy
of Liberty county, but was* defeated by a negro
opponent. When the negroes were expelled he
was seated, but subsequently, by act of Congress,
was forced to vacate the seat. In 1870 he was
again the candidate of his party and was tri¬
umphantly elected—completely breaking through
the Republican majority of 1868. Mr. Fabmeb
is a gentleman of fine natural ability, of high
character for integrity, and a faithful, energetic
representative of the people. He has been for
more than twenty years a member of the Meth¬
odist Episcopal Church, South, of which he is
still a local preacher.
STATE OE GEORGIA*
51
HON. SAMUEL E. FIELDS.
THE subject of this sketch was born in Pick¬
ens District, South Carolina, and moved
with his parents to Georgia, when three years of
age, settling first in Heard, and subsequently in
Forsyth county, in the latter of which he was
educated a,t a private school. In 1849, being
then a young man of twenty, Mr. Fields moved
to Murray county, where he has ever since re¬
sided, engaged in farming. He entered into po¬
litical life as a Whig, and in 1860, opposed seces¬
sion; but on Georgia seceding, he linked his
destiny with hers, and supported her heartily in
the struggle for Southern Independence. Early
in 1861, he joined the State troops, which were
subsequently transferred to the Confederate
army, volunteering in the first company which
left his county. His regiment was the 11th
Georgia, and with it he served for some time,
when he was detailed and assigned to duty in
manufacturing leather for the soldiers. Mr.
Fields continued in this business throughout the
war, and is stiU engaged in tanning, in addition
to farming. Taking active part in politics, after
the surrender he joined the Democratic party,
by which he was in 1867, elected a delegate to
the Constitutional Convention called under the
reconstruction laws of Congress. In this body
he voted with the minority, and was one of the
thirteen members who voted for the famous
"Hancock resolutions," introduced by Hon. J.
D. Waddell. On the final adjournment of the
Convention, he returned home and resumed his
business pursuits, taking but little part in poli¬
tical affairs until 1870, when he was nominated
by the Democracy of Murray county, and elected
by an overwhelming majority. During the late
session of the Legislature he was recognized as
an able, efficient member, seldom speaking but
a diligent worker in the Committee room, and
ever watchful of the interests of his constituents
and of the State. A man of high character for
integrity, a social, conversant companion, kind-
hearted, liberal and charitable, he wins the es¬
teem and friendship of all who make his ac¬
quaintance, and as a public character fairly
reflects back upon his constituents, the honor
they conferred in selecting him to represent
them in the Convention. Mr. Fields was mar¬
ried in 1865, and is a member of the Masonic
Fraternity.
M. FLOYD.
[Colored member from Morgan.]
HON. SAMUEL J. FLYNT.
fR. FLYNT was born in Wilkes county, on
the 17th of October, 1837, and has through¬
out life been engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Previous to the secession of Georgia, he had
never voted, although he had attained his major¬
ity. On the outbreak of the war he volunteered
in the Confederate' army, and served with gal¬
lantry in Virginia as a Captain in the 15th Geor¬
gia Infantry, under Longstbeet. After the sur¬
render he resumed farming, and also took an
active interest in politics. In 1870 he was nom¬
inated for the Legislature by the Democracy, and
elected, defeating a negro named Daniel Evans,
by about one hundred and sixty votes. Captain
Flynt, in the discharge of his legislative duties,
has been an active, energetic member, and has
faithfully represented the people of Taliaferro
county.
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HON. WILLIAM FRANKLIN.
R. FRANKLIN was born in Buncombe
county, North Carolina, on the 22d of
J\ine, 1824, but moved with his parents to
Georgia when he was about seven years of age.
His father being a man in humble circumstances,
the subject of this sketch was deprived of those
advantages derived from an education at school.
He, however, educated himself during the inter¬
vals of labor at farming, in which occupation he
is still employed. Entering into politics, he was
elected in 1854 Clerk of the Superior Court of
Fannin county, and was re-elected eight succes¬
sive terms—twice without opposition—serving
over seventeen years in that capacity, when he
declined a re-election. At the outbreak of the
war he was strongly in favor of the Union, and
his Unionism led to his arrest during the strug¬
gle. He was sent to Tennessee and assigned to
military duty with the Sixty-fifih Georgia, and
remained with the army until May, 1863, when
he was discharged. After the surrender Mr.
Franklin accepted the situation, but opposed
the extreme measures of Congress, and has al¬
ways voted with the Democracy against them.
In 1870 he was elected a member of the Legisla¬
ture, from Fannin county, defeating William
Murphy and B. C. Dugan, by a plurality of 104
votes.
HON. STERLING GLOVER.
R. GLOVER was born in Warren county in
1813, received a private education, and
has been always engaged in farming and in mer¬
cantile transactions. He entered political life a
Democrat, and, in 1844-5, served as Sheriff of
his county. During the war for Southern Inde¬
pendence, Mr. Glover heartily sympathised
with the cause of his native State. Seven of
his sons and twe sons-in-law represented him in
the Confederate army, and two of his sons—
gallant, patriotic men—sealed with their lives
their devotion to their country. In 1863 he was
again elected Sheriff of his county, and held
that position to the close of the war. In 1870
he was nominated by the Democracy of Sumter
county to represent them in the State Legislature,
and was elected by 735 majority. Mr. Glover,
to quote from his own language, is a plain far¬
mer, and he is, also, a man of sterling sense,
and has served his constituents with credit and
fidelity.
HON. WASHINGTON L. GOLDSMITH.
URING the legislative session of 1871 Col¬
onel Golosmith was one. of the prominent
members of the Assembly. He is descended
from two families of revolutionary fame. Both
his grand-fathers served in the Continental army;
and. one of them was present at the surrender of
Cornwallis, at Yorktown, to Washington. He
was born in Edgefield District, South Carolina,
. on the 15th of July, 1837, but came to Georgia
in 1848. He was educated at Cherokee College,
(destroyed during the war,) and graduated in
that institution in 1859. Soon after he began
the study of the law at Lumpkin Law School,
but before he had completed his course the war
broke out and he at once took the field. In 1861
he entered the Confederate army as a Third
Lieutenant in the Fourteenth Georgia Infantry,
and served in Virginia, under Stonewall Jack¬
son and A. P. Hill, in Lee's army, until the
surrender, receiving promotions through succes¬
sive grades until he reached the rank of Lieuten¬
ant-Colonel, and displaying marked gallantry
and skill on the battle-field. Colonel Goldsmith
was in all (except two or three) the engagements
of the Army of Northern Virginia, but, luckily,
escaped without a wound. On the downfall of
the Confederacy he returned to his home in De-
Kalb county, and was soon after admitted to the
Bar. Since then he has been engaged in the
practice of his profession, meeting with much
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53
success. He, also, engaged actively in politics
as a Democrat, having always been one. Be¬
coming popular and influential, he was, in 1870,
nominated by his party to represent DeKalb
county, and was elected by a decisive vote over
two opponents. He has made an admirable leg¬
islator, and has won reputation in an Assembly
which contains an unusually large number of
able men. Colonel Goldsmith possesses admin¬
istrative talents of a high order. Although he
seldom addresses the House, he is an able, agree¬
able speaker. In the Committee-room he is an
indefatigable worker. The fact that he has been
placed on some of the most important of the
Joint Committees of Investigation is an evidence
of his abilities. In 18G5 Colonel Goldsmith
married. He is a member of the Masonic Fra¬
ternity, and, also, of the Baptist Church. Per¬
sonally, he is a gentleman of fine address, his
conversation evidencing a well-cultured mind.
HON. JOHN
R. GOODMAN is a representative American,
being a self-made man, in the true seqse of
the word. His father, Gilliam Goodman, was a
resident of Lawrens District, South Carolina,
and here the subject of this sketch was born, on
the 14t\ of July, 1821. In 1827, his parents
moved to DeKalb county, Georgia, where he re¬
ceived the first rudiments of an English Educa¬
tion. The moderate circumstances of his father
compelled Mr. GooIiman to seek his own susten¬
ance at an early age, and on the 23d of October,
1839, he left the parental home and started on
his independent voyage through life. On that
day he traversed the ground on which the city
of Atlanta now stands, being then en route to
work on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, which
important thoroughfare he aided in constructing.
In 1849, "times having mended," Mr. Good¬
man entered the Sulphur Springs Academy, in
Alabama, where he completed his education, and
GOODMAN.
in 1847, studied medicine and obtained his di¬
ploma. At that time he was a member of the
Whig party, and remained steadfast for the
"Constitution and the Union," until the wave of
revolution swept over the South, and brought
about the secession of Georgia. Dr. Goodman
then hastened to the defense of his country. He
entered the Confederate army in 1861, and com¬
manded company A., 43d Tennessee Volunteers
until 1862, when he was transferred to the Medi¬
cal Department, with the rank of SurgEon, in
which capacity he served until the ill-fated ter¬
mination of the struggle. Since then he has
acted with the Democracy, and in 1870, was
elected by them as the representative in the
Legislature from Campbell county. Moderate
in his views, and ardently desiring the pros¬
perity of Georgia, Dr. Goodman unites to a clear,
comprehensive mind the most devoted patriotism.
HON. E. D.
THE subject of this sketch was born in Jack¬
son county, Georgia, on the 4th of Sep¬
tember, 1840. He received a liberal education,
on leaving school, engaged in the study of the
law, and was admitted to the Bar. An ardent
Southerner, Mr. Graham promptly volunteered
in defense of his State, after the secession of
Georgia and organization of the Confederacy. As
a member of the 6th regiment of Geprgia Volun¬
teers, in Colquitt's Brigade, he served in all the
campaigns of the glorious army of Northern
Virginia, sharing its honors, and participating
GKAHAM.
in its misfortune. After the surrender he re¬
turned home and devoted himself to his profes¬
sion, gaining a large practice which he still en¬
joys. ,In 1865, he was elected a member of the
Constitutional Convention, which met under
President Johnson's plan of reconstruction, and
in 1870 was elected by the Democracy of Dade
county, to the Assembly, obtaining a majority
over thp combined votes of two opponents. Mr.
Gramam is a staunch Democrat, an able lawyer
jand legislator, and a gentleman of fine attain¬
ments.
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HON. JOHN W. GRAY.
r'R. GRAY was born in Columbia county,
near Augusta, Georgia, on the 5th of June,
1829. When four years of age his parents moved
to Cass (now Bartow) county, taking up their
residence near Adairsville. Here he was reared
and educated, and here, also, he has ever since
resided, except for a brief interval. In 1851,
Mr. Gray became infected with the "gold fever"
and went to California, where he spent two years,
at the expiration of which time he returned to
his old home and engaged in the double occupa¬
tion of f arming and merchandising. He entered
into politics at an early age as a Democrat, but
occasionally supported the Whigs, being a believer
in the mamim "measures not men" are to be
considered in politics., In 1852 he supported
Franklin Pierce for the Presidency; in 1856,
Millard Fillmore and, in 1860, John Bell.
Although originally an opponent of secession,
Major Gray yielded to the decision of his State
on that question, and supported her in it. He
was elected Colonel of the Bartow County Mili¬
tia in 1861, and, after the declaration of war,
organized the Eighth Battalion of Georgia Vol¬
unteers, of which he became the Major. Upon
the re-organization of the Confederate army, in
1862, he was left without a command, but, soon
after, he accepted the Adjutancy of his old Bat¬
talion, in which capacity he served in all the
campaigns of Beauregard's forces in South
Carolina, Johnston's in Mississippi, Bragg's in
Tennessee, and Hood's in the same State, par¬
ticipating in the numerous battles which were
fought. In February, 1865, he was assigned to
duty under General W. T. Wofford, in North
Georgia, as Assistant Adjutant-General, with the
rank of Captain, a position he held until the
close of the war. After the surrender he re¬
turned home, and, in 1867, was the Democratic
candidate for the Convention which framed the
present Constitution, but was defeated. In 1868
he was nominated for the Assembly but declined
to serve, but, in 1870, the nomination being
again tendered him, by the Democracy, he ac¬
cepted it, and was elected, without opposition,
to represent Bartow county. Mr. Gray is a
man of much ability, and stands deservedly high
in the Legislature.
HON. ELI S. GRIFFIN.
HE subject of this sketch is one of the very
few members of the present Assembly
whose legislative careers antedated the beginning
of the late war. He was born in Twiggs county
on the 27th of September, 1828, was educated
at private schools, and has always been engaged
in agricultural pursuits. He entered into active
political life when quite a young man, as a mem¬
ber of the Democratic party, and, in 1851, was
elected Sheriff of his county. This office he
held with credit for about one year, when he
resigned it, having been elected a member of the
State Legislature. For eight consecutive years,
beginning in 1853 and ending in 1860, Colonel
Griffin represented Twiggs county in the Assem¬
bly, having been thrice re-elected during that
period. The mark of confidence thus reposed
in him by his constituents was well merited, as
he served them with ability, and made one of
the most efficient members. When the move¬
ment began for Southern Independence he gave
it an enthusiastic support. Early in 1861 he
entered the Confederate army as a Captain in
the Twenty-sixth Georgia Infantry, and, on the
organization of his regiment was elected its
Major. Holding this rank he went to Virginia,
where he served under Stonewall Jackson, and
participated with gallantry in the Seven Days
Battles before Richmond, soon after which he
was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. In this
capacity, Colonel Griffin took part in all the
campaigns of Lee's army until the second battle
of Manassas, when, being severely wounded, he
was incapacitated for further service in the field,
and compelled to resign. He returned home in
the fall of 1862, and, at the election held the
same year, was chosen, without opposition, a
State Senator, to represent the Twenty-first
District, and, in 1864, was re-elected, serving
with ability until the Confederacy was over-
STATE OF GEORGIA.
55
thrown. On the return of peace, he was, for
some time, under the political ban, but his polit¬
ical disabilities were finally removed by Congress.
In 1808 Colonel Griffin advocated the Congress¬
ional plan of reconstruction—-not because it
pleased him, but because he believed it to em¬
body the most favorable terms attainable. He,
however, remained a Democrat in his political
views, and has always been one. In 1870 he
was accepted as a compromise candidate by both
the political parties of his county, and was
elected to the Legislature. Colonel Griffin was
married in 1848 to Miss A. M. Nash, of Twiggs,
is a member of the Baptist Church, and, also, a
member of the Masonic Fraternity. A gentle¬
man of fine address, of ability, and of integrity,
he has proven an excellent legislator, and, dur¬
ing the past session, has shown himself as patri¬
otic, and as devoted to the interests of his people,
as in the happy days gone by when he served in
the House at Milledgeville.
HON. JOEL
THIS gentleman, the recognized leader of the
Republican minority in the lower House
of the Legislature, is descended from one of the
most distinguished families of the South. His
ancestors originally settled in Virginia, and dur¬
ing the revolution served in the patriot army,
and participated in the battle of Camden. After
Richardson's command was defeated and scat¬
tered, they joined Marion's forces, and fought
with them until Great Britain recognized our
Independence. One of them, the eldest of three
brothers, was a member of the Continental Con¬
gress, which met at Philadelphia, and was a man
of eminence in his State. On the return of
peace, the Griffins took up their residence be¬
low Camden, South Carolina, where the subject
of this sketch was born, on the 23d of Decem¬
ber, 1833. His parents died while he was a boy.
In 1846, he moved to Georgia, and received a
thorough education at the State Military Insti¬
tute. On leaving College, he entered "the law
office of Governor Charles J. McDonald, under
whom he studied for the legal profession until
1858, when he was admitted to the Bar. Colonel
Griffin then began the practice of law, and also
took part in political affairs. In 1860, he sup¬
ported Douglas for the Presidency, and opposed
secession as wrong and impolitic. However, im¬
mediately on the breaking out of the war, he
volunteered in the army, and as Captain, com¬
manded the first company which left the town of
Fort Valley, and the second which left Houston
county, where he has resided many years. His
company was attached to the 3d Georgia Infan¬
try. and he served with it in the army of North-
K. GRIFFIN.
ern Virginia until 1862, when he returned to
this State, and raised and organized the 8th
Georgia Cavalry regiment, of which he became
Colonel. At the head of this force, Colonel
Griffin served the Confederate cause with dis¬
tinction. He was assigned to an independent
command on the coast of Virginia and North
Carolina, and inflicted much damage on the Fed¬
erals. Towards the close of the conflict his regi¬
ment operated in Georgia, and fired almost the
last gun prior to the surrender, in opposing the
progress of Wilson's Cavalry corps. The mili¬
tary record of Colonel Griffin is honorably men¬
tioned in the several histories of the war, and
was unquestionably gallant and effective. On
the downfall of the Confederacy, he returned
home, disabled from wounds, and on his recov¬
ery, practised law for a brief time successfully,
but finally abandoned it for farming, in which
occupation he is still employed. When the re¬
turn of peace brought about a reorganization of
parties, Colonel Griffin espoused the cause of
•the Republican party. He opposed President
Johnson's reconstruction policy, and advocated
the Congressional plan. While this course lost
him many old friends at first, he persevered in
it, and became one of the most influential leaders
of the Republican party in Georgia. In 1870 he
was nominated by his party for the Legislature,
and was elected by two thousand one hundred
and ninety-two majority, defeating two oppo¬
nents, and overturning the Democratic majority
of 1868. Since taking his seat, Colonel Griffin
has been the leader of his party in the House,
and although unable to control or influence legis-
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lation, by reason of the overwhelming prepon¬
derance of the Democracy, has impressed all the
members by his ability and address. He is not
an extremist in his political views, as is proven,
not only by his votes, but by the articles which
appear in the Southwest Georgian newspaper
which he publishes and edits at Fort Valley.
Personally, Colonel Griffin is a gentleman of
most agreeable manners, and is much esteemed by
all who know him.
HON. JAMES
R. Guerry, although one of the youngest,
may also be said to be one of the promising
members of the new Legislature. He is a son of
T. L. Guerry, and was born on the 18th of De.
cember, 1848, in that part of Randolph county
which subsequently became and is now known
as Quitman county, Georgia. When the war
broke out, Mr. Guerry was a lad of thirteen,
and, consequently, took no interest in politics.
He, however, at the early age of fifteen, entered
the Georgia Malitia, serving with the eleventh
regiment. After the close of the war, he en¬
gaged in mercantile pursuits until 1867, when he
began the study of the law, and in February,
H. GUERRY,
1868, was admitted to the Bar, at an adjourned
term of the Court in Quitman county. Notwith¬
standing he had not yet attained his majority ^
Mr. Guerry's fine abilities soon gained dor him
a large and lucrative practice, which he still en¬
joys. Entering into politics as a Democrat, he
became popular and influential in his county,
and in J 870 was nominated by the Democracy as
their candidate for the Legislature. At the elec¬
tion in November of the same year he defeated
Samuel Seibles, the colored Republican candi¬
date, by pne hundred and thirty-five majority,
an attestation of his popularity, as there are
more colored than white voters in Quitman.
HON. C. S.
OLONEL Guyton was born in Laurens coun¬
ty, on the 21st of December, 1834, and was
educated at Franklin College, on leaving which
he engaged in farming, and has ever since been.
He entered the political arena as a member of
the American party, and opposed secession, but
supported the act after it was performed. In
1861, he joined the second regiment of Georgia
State troops, which afterwards became the Fifty-
second Georgia Infantry in the Confederate ser¬
vice, holding the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
In this capacity he served with gallantly in Ken¬
tucky under Kirby Smith, and in Tennessee
under Bragg, until December, 1862, when his
command was transferred to Pemberton's army
at Vicksburg. Colonel Guyton participated in
the fatal campaign, which, through blundering or
something worse, resulted in the defeat of our
army, and capture of the great stronghold on
the Mississippi. He subsequently served in
GUYTON.
Walker's Division, of Hardee's Corps, in John¬
son's Army, until the death of Walker, in 1864,
when his regiment was transferred to Claiborne's
Division, with which he served until the close of
the war. Colonel Guyton commanded his regi¬
ment from the fall of Vicksburg until the sur¬
render, displaying, in the numerous battles in
which he took part, great personal courage and
military skill. In 1863 he was elected a State
Senator to represent the Sixteenth District, and,
after serving one week, returned to the army.
In 1870 he was elected by the Democracy of
Laurens county a Representative in the Legisla¬
ture, and has thus far served with credit. Colo¬
nel Guyton is a frank, noble-hearted, gallant
gentleman, who deserves the confidence reposed
in him by his constituents, and whose legislative
career bids fair to be as honorable and distin¬
guished as his military career has been
STATE OF GEORGIA.
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HON. JOH
LTHOUGH a young man, the subject of this
sketch has already won an enviable i epu.
tation as a lawyer and as a legislator. He was
born in Butts county, on the 20th of February.
1841, and was educated at Erskine College, where
he graduated with honors. On leaving college
he studied the law in the office of Colonel James
S. Botnton, in Jackson, Butts county, and was
admitted to the Bar in 1861. Before he could
begin the practice of his profession, the war
broke out, and Mr. Hall volunteered in the
second company that left his county for Vir¬
ginia. It formed part of the 14th Georgia Infan¬
try, and with it he served his first campaign in
Western Virginia. , His health becoming im¬
paired by arduous duties and constant exposure,
he obtained a furlough and returned home. Here
he *remained a month or two, when, becoming
fully recovered, he rejoined in time to take part
in the seven days' battles before Richmond. In
one of these engagements he was severely
wounded, while in command of his company y
and becoming disabled, was compelled to retire
from the service. During the following year,
(1863,) *being then at home, Mr. Hall was
elected to represent Butts county in the Legisla-
* I. HALL.
ture, where he served with credit until the down¬
fall of the Confederacy, being the youngest man
in the House. On the return of peace he opened
a law office in Jackson, and soon rose rapidly in
his profession. During the year 1869, he moved
to Thomaston, Upson county, where he now re¬
sides, and there engaged in the practice of his
profession. As a lawyer he is regarded as one of
the ablest men in the Flint Circuit, in which he
has been employed in some of the most import¬
ant law suits. In 1870 Mr. Hall was nomin¬
ated by the Democracy of Upson county for the
Legislature, and since taking his seat, has proven
one of the most practical and useful members of
the House. He seldom speaks, but when he
does, it is always to the point, in clear, incisive
and logical language which never fails of effect.
He has already taken an important part in legis¬
lation, being the author of the Election Bill to fill
the unexpired term of Mr. Bullock, the late
Governor, and also the bill to protect the inter¬
ests of the State in lending its credit to rail¬
roads. By his practical ability, Mr. Hall has
acquired considerable influence in the House,
and his opinion on any bill is always received
with marked consideration.
HON. WILLIAM H. F. HALL.
fR. HALL was born in Butts county, in this
1 State, and was educated at the University
Virginia, where he was graduated. He sub¬
sequently studied the law, and was for some
years a practising lawyer in Western Georgia,
and was at one time connected with the press of
the State. On the reorganization of parties, af¬
ter the downfall of the Confederacy, he joined
the Republicans,, of whom he became a leader,
and was a strong advocate of the Congressional
plan of reconstruction, to the success of which
he lent his influence. In 1868, after the framing
of the State Constitution, he. was elected by his
party a member of the Legislature to represent
Meriwether county, and in 1870 was re-elected
by an increased majority. Mr. Hall was Chair¬
man of the Finance Committee of the House
G
during the sessions of 1868-69 and 1870. He is
one of the most quiet members in the Assembly,
seldom speaks, but, at the same time, thoroughly
understands his legislative duties. He resides
on his plantation some four miles from Green¬
ville, in Meriwether county, where he has lived
for forty years. Naturally reserved and retiring
in his manners, Mr. Hall has never mingled to
any considerable extent with society, and since
partisan feeling has penetrated the social circle,
has led an even more retired life than before.
He is, however, said by those who know him
well, to be a man of ability and culture, and a
kind-hearted, liberal and hospitable gentleman.
He possesses considerable influence in the Re¬
publican party, and i8 one of its most prominent
leaders in his section of the State.
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HON. THOMAS S. HAMMOND.
It. HAMMOND is one of the most quiet
and unassuming, and, at the eame time,
one of the most accomplished members of the
Legislature. Born in Morgan 'county, Georgia,
on the 13th of "October, 1824, he received a class¬
ical education at private schools, on completing
which he engaged in the profession of a teacher
in his native county. In 1849 he moved'to Mon¬
roe county, and there continued to teach nntil
1855, when he permanently settled in Butts
county. Here Mr. Hammond followed the double
profession of tutor and planter, meeting with
flattering success in both. Previous to the break,
ing out of the war he was a Whig in politics, but
had never taken k' conspicuous part in publio
affairs. With the majority of his party, he op¬
posed the policy of secession, but, after Georgia
had seceded, he linked his fortune with hers urn.
til the cause of Southern Independence was lost.
Although exempt fronk military service, Mr.
Hammond entered the army in 1863, hided in
the defense of Atlanta, and served until -the sur¬
render, when he returned home and resumed his
business of a planter, but abandoned that of a
teacher. He was elected, during the war, a Jus¬
tice of the Inferior Court of Butts county, and
performed the duties attached to his office to the
entire satisfaction of the people, until the Court
was abolished. During the excitement incident
upon the reconstruction measures ef Congress,
Mr. Hammond remained at home quietly engaged!
iu agricultural pursuits. In 1870, however, at
the solicitation of many of the citizens, he ac¬
cepted the Democratic nomination for the Legis- -
lature, and was eleoted by a large majority to-
represent Butts county. His career in the As- -
sembly, thus far, has been highly honorable.-
Aiming solely to place hi? native State once more
on the high road to prosperity, he has voted on
all questions thoughtfully and conscientiously.
Mr. Hammond seldom speaks, but he is one of
the most diligent and attentive members in the
House. In his county, he is deservedly very
popular, and wherever he is known is esteemed
and respected. A gentleman of varied learning
and extensive information, kind-hearted and.
benevolent, and a man of sterling integrity, his
selection, as a Representative, by the people of
Butts county, doe* credit to their intelligence.
Mr. Hammond was married in 1850, and has a
fkmily of children. < He has been for many years
connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, of which he is an exemplary and honored
member.
HONi JOHN
H^HE subject of this sketch .was born in Jack¬
et son bounty en the 16th of February* 1811,
and has resided there all his life. He received
a private education, and, qn, leaving school, en¬
gaged in farming, which he has pursued to the
present time. Reared in the Whig school pf
politics, Mr. Hancock was-a staunch opponent
of secession, and a strong adyooate of the Union
until after Georgia seceded, when he supported
her action and sympathized with her iu her ef¬
forts for Independence, sending three sons to the
army—ohe of whom lost his life while gallantly
fighting the enemies ef his country. During the
war he was eleoted a Justice of the Inferior
Court td fill a vacancy, 'and on the expiration of
I. HANCOCK.
his term was re-elected. Mr. Hancock served
with ability in this position until the Court was
abolished by the present Constitution. In 1870
he was nominated for the Legislature by the
Democrats of Jackson county, and was elected
by a large majority o.ver three opponents. Earn¬
est, honest and attentive, Mr. Hancock has faith,
fully discharged his legislative duties. He is
not an orator, in the senBe of the word, nor has
ever sought to serve his constituents by oratory.
He has, however, brought to the Legislature
sound, practical ability, and devotion to the in¬
terests of the Slate, which have rendered him
an useful aud efficient member-
STATE OF GEORGIA.
59
HON. WILLIAM J. HEAD.
THIS able lawyer and efficient legislator was
born in that part bf1 Fayette county, now
known aa Spalding^ on the 21st of December;
1827. His father moved to Carroll county when
he was a child, and here he reoeived a good edu*
cation at private schools. On arriving toward
manhood, Mr. HkaL studied the law, and in
1852, was admitted to the Bar. He practised
his profession in Carroll until 1857, when he
moved to Haralson, where he has ever* since re¬
sided, and where he has gained an honorable
reputation as • lawyer, having been employed in
many of the most importaht law eases in his
'Circuit. On the outbreak of the war he entered
the Confederate army as a Captain in the 35th
Georgia Infantry, and served with his eommand
in Virginia, until 1862, when he was forced to
resign because of disability. Subsequently,
hcwever, he re-entered the service as a volunteer
in the State forces, with which he served six
months. On the return of peace, Captain Head
resumed the practice of hie profession, and in
1868; Was elcoted Judge. of Haralson County
Court. This position he held with credit to him¬
self until General Pom issued an order for the
authorities to put negroes on juries, when,
rather than comply with it, he resigned and
withdrew from the Bench. In 1870 he was nom¬
inated for the Legislature by the Democracy of
Haralson county, with whom he has always been
allied, and the election in December resulted in
a tie between hie and his opponent's votes. At
s subsequent election he was chosen by forty-six
majority, and since taking his seat has fully
made kn excellent member. Captain Head, does
not address the Honse often; but When he does
it is always to the point, and bis views are al¬
ways received 'With attention, and never fail to
produoe the desired effeot. He was married in
1850, and. is a member of the Masonio Frater¬
nity, hating been Master of his Lodge several
times.
HON. EMANUEL HEIDT.
[Mr. Hsidt declined to furnish the material for a biography.]
HON. HENRY LIVINGSTON HILLYER.
r'R. HILLYER is a son of Hon. Virgil Hill*
teb, of Ohio, and was born at Utica, in the
same State, on the 2d of May, 1840. In 1850
his parents moved to the city of New York, and
there engaged in mercantile pursuits. Here the
subject of this sketch received a preliminary edu¬
cation in the public schools, after which he was
sent to the Rev. Stev. A. Douglass, to be pre-'
pared for entering Columbia College. Owing to
an infirmity of the eyes, (he having been totally
blind at the age of four,) he abandoned the
idea of taking a collegiate course, and began the
study of landscape painting under Mr. A. D.
Shettuck, an artist, of New York. He contin¬
ued his studies until the breaking out of the
war, when he entered the store of his father, his
two brothers having enlisted in the United States
army. 'At the close of the war, he married the
daughter of Hon. S. L. Fuller, of Livingston
county, New York; made a professional tour to
Europe, and on his return moved to Camden
county, Georgia, where his family had purchased
a plantation. Since then Mr. Hillyer has pur¬
sued his profession as an artist, at the same time
engaging in other business. In 1870 he was
elected a member of the lower house of the Legis¬
lature from Camden county, by the Republicans,
defeating- Robert Tompkins, Democrat. Mr.
Hillyer was formerly-a Whig, but has been a
Republican since the organization of that party.
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HON. E.
HE subject of this sketch was born at La¬
fayette, Walker county, Georgia, on the
16th of January, 1840. He entered Oglethorpe
College, at Midway, near Milledgeville, in the
Junior Class in 1858, and was graduated Summa
Cum Land» in 1860. Immediately after he stud¬
ied the law under Colonel C. D. McCutchen, at
Dalton, and was admitted to the Bar in February,
1861. It was Mr. Hook's purpose to settle in
Dalton, but V homme propose et Dim dispose. The
war began, and, in April, 1861, he joined an
Infantry Company, then organized in his native
town, and of which he was chosen Third Lieu¬
tenant. Two months later the company, which
^ was then attached to the Ninth Begiment of
Georgia Volunteers, was marched into the Con¬
federate service, and, in August following, Colo¬
nel Hook became its Captain, a vacancy then
occurring. Participating in all the campaigns of
the Army of Northern Virginia, and endearing
himself to the men of his regiment, by his kind¬
ness and attention to them, as well as by his
gallantry, Captain Hoge, while at home recover¬
ing from the effects of a wound received at Get¬
tysburg, was chosen Lieutenant-Colonel of the
F. HOGE.
regiment, and, on returning to the field, served
in that capacity until the Battle of the Wilder¬
ness, (May 6,1864,) when he was again wounded
and temporarily incapacitated from active service.
In the ensuing fall he was commissioned a full
Colonel, but being on crutches till the close of
the war, was not again in the field. At the out¬
break of hostilities his family removed to At-
lanta> and there Colonel Hogb has resided since
the surrender, engaged in the practice of his
profession. Entering actively into politics he
has become prominent and influential in a brief
space of time. In 1868 he was President of the
Young Men's Democratic Club, and, in 1870, was
elected to the Legislature from Fulton county, by
720 majority. Colonel Hogb has always been a
Democrat, but is no extremist. He is an able,
cultured gentleman!, an1 easy, fluent speaker, and,
socially, one of the most entertaining of men.
In private life he is very popular. He was the
first President of the Young Men's Library As¬
sociation, and id Vice-President of the Atlanta
Law Association. Personally, he is a man of
striking physique—tall, well-proportioned, and
possessing a frank, honest face.
I
HON. JAMES M. HOWELL.
R. HOWELL is a native of Haywood county,
North Carolina, where he was born on the
13th of May, 1829. He received a thorough ed-
cation under private tutors, and, on completing
which, studied medicine, at Nashville, Tennessee,
subsequently attending three courses of lectures,
including one at New York, and one at Charles¬
ton, at which latter place lie was graduated an
M. D.> in 1866. He, however, began the prac¬
tice of his profession in 1851* and, two years
later, moved to Georgia, where he has ever since
resided, meeting with marked success in his pro¬
fessional career. Prior to the late war he was a
Whig in politics, and an opponent of the doctrine
of secession, but, when Georgia seceded, he
" went with his State," and gave her his hearti¬
est sympathy and support throughout the bloody
struggle of four years. From the outbreak to
the close of the war, although not actually in the
military service of "the Confederacy, Dr. Howell
voluntarily attended upon the sick and wounded
of our army without asking compensation and
without receiving any. In 1864 he was married
to a lady of Virginia, with whom he now resides
at Alpharetta. Although he had never taken an
active part in politics, the prominence and pop¬
ularity of Dr. Howell was such that, in 1870,
without his solicitation, he was nominated by the
Democracy of Milton county for the Legislature,
and was elected by about one hundred majority.
He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and
is highly spoken of for his kindliness of heart
and benevolence, and for the sterling integrity
of his charaoter.
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61
hokj charl:
R. HOOKS was born in Wilkinson county
in 1823, and there received a plain English
education during the intervals of labor at farm¬
ing, in which occupation he has always been
engaged. He entered political life as a Whig,
but did not take any great interest in politics
while his party existed. Although he opposed
secession after the war began, Mr. Hooks' entire
sympathies were with the South. He did not
himself serve in the army, but was 'represented
by two sons, one of whom was killed during the
struggle. On the passage of the reconstruction
laws of Congress, he advocated their acceptance
3s h. hooks.
i
as the best policy, and was chosen a delegate to
the State Constitutional Convention of 1867—8,
taking part in the deliberations of that body.
In 1868 he was elected, as a supporter of the
'.'Rebel" measures, to represent Wilkinson county
in the Legislature, and in 1870 was re-elected, by
nearly 300 majority, over Joel Covey, the Dem¬
ocratic candidate. Mr. Hooks has always been
a Conservative in politics, and his votes during
the last session of the Legislature attested his
desire to serve the people of the State faithfully,
and to do all that lay in his power to promote
their welfare and prosperity.
hon. charles b. hudson.
R. HUDSON was born in Milledgeville on
the 3d of November, 1827, received a lib¬
eral education, studied the law and, in 1856,
was admitted to the bar. Engaging in the prac¬
tice of his profession, his abilities as a lawyer
won for him a profitable legal business, which he
still enjoys. He entered the political arena as a
Democrat, and supported the secession move¬
ment. In 1861 Mr. Hudson volunteered in the
Confederate army and, as a lieutenant in the 5th
Georgia, served with gallantry until the surren¬
der, when he returned home and resumed the
practice of law. In 1865h e was chosen a mem¬
ber of the State Constitutional Convention called
under the Johnson plan of reconstruction, and
eerved with credit during its session. He was
nominated by the Democracy, in 1870, as a can¬
didate to represent Schley county in the Legis¬
lature, and was elected by. a handsome majority.
Mr. Hudson is one of the solid members of the
Legislature—a man of fine attainments, an earn¬
est worker, and thoroughly devoted to the inter¬
ests of his constituents.
hon. isaac l. hughes.
R. HUGHES was born in Laurens District,
South Carolina, on the 20th of August, 1831,
and received a good education at private schools.
In 1852 he married, and some time after moved
to Georgia, going to Augusta, where he studied
medicine at the Medical College of Georgia, grad*
uating on the 1st of March, 1856. He subse¬
quently moved to Forsyth county and engaged in
the practice of his profession, meeting with
.marked success and obtaining a large medical
business, which he still enjoys. Except as a
voter, Dr. Hughes took no part in politics prior
to the war, but has always belonged to the Dem¬
ocratic party. After the outbreak of hostilities
between the Confederate and United States he
entered the Confederate army and served for a
time as Assistant Surgeon to the Cherokee Legion.
In 1866 he was elected Treasurer of Forsyth
county and held that position until 1868, fulfilling
the trust confided in him with ability and integ¬
rity. In 1870 he was nominated by the Democ¬
racy of his county for the Legislature, and was
elected by a handsome majority over five oppo¬
nents. Dr. Hughes has been a member of the
Baptist Church for the fast thirteen years. He
is a Royal Arch Mason and Passed Master of the
Blue Lodge. A man of thorough honesty, of
strong, practical ability, and devoted to the inter¬
ests of Georgia, his legislative career has thus
far been highly honorable to him.
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HON. JAMES
ORN in Jackson county, Georgia, on the 21st
of December, 1831, Mr. Hunter received
an academic education, subsequently studied the
law, and, in 1853, was admitted to the Bar. En¬
gaging in the practice of his profession, his abil¬
ities soon brought him prominently before the
public, and he succeeded in obtaining a large and
profitable legal business. Mr. Hunter also took
an active interest in politics, as a Democrat of
the State Rights School, but never held office be¬
fore the war. He entered the Confederate Army
in 1861, as Captain of Company C, Twenty-sixth
Georgia Volunteers, and served with gallantry in
Virginia until the latter part of 1864, receiving
two severe, and several slight wounds, in the
numerous engagements in which he participated.
Having been elected a member of the Legislature
from Brooks county during 1864, Captain Hunter
resigned his commission, and, returning to Geor¬
gia, took part in several extra sessions called by
Governor Joseph E. Brown, performing his leg¬
islative duties with credit to himself. On the
H. HUNTER.
downfall of the Confederacy, being intensely
Southern in sentiment, he determined to leave
the country, and had actually made preparations
for his departure, when, on the solicitation of
friends, he abandoned the idea. He then re.
sumed the practice of his profession with success,
to which he has always added the occcupation of
a farmer. Engaging in politics as a Democrat,
he was, in 1868, nominated by the Democracy of
his bounty for the Legislature, but was dtefealbd.
In 1870, he was again the nominee of his party,
and was elected by one hundred and fifty major,
ity—completely overturning the adverse majorit-
of three hundred of two years previous. It
1856, Captain Hunter was married to Misi
Huqhet, of Clarke county. He is a member of
the Masonic fraternity and a Lay Priest of hi;
Chapter. Since taking his seat in the House, b
has proven an able, diligent member, not sped
ing often, it is true, but devoting his entire tin.
and attention to all measures calculated to bene-
fit his people.
HON. HENRY JACKSON.
HE subject of this sketch is one of the
youngest, and, at the same time, one of the
most promising members of the Legislature.- -He
was born in Savannah on the 15th of July, 1845,
and received a first-class education—principally
in England. Returning from Europe, at the out¬
break of the war he entered the Confederate ser¬
vice as a cadet in the Regular Army, and was
subsequently appointed Adjutant of the Thirty-
eighth Georgia Volunteers. After serving in this
capacity for some time, he became Adjutant Gen¬
eral of Cququitt's Brigade, in the Army of
Northern Virginia, with the rank of- Captain,
serving as such through all the campaigns Of the
immortal Lee, until the surrender, when he
returned home. Captain Jackson then entered
the Lumpkin Law School, where he studied f
the legal profession. In February, 1866, he r.
admitted to the Bar, and immediately after settle
in Atlanta, where he opened an office, and whe
hi now enjoys a profitable practice. Capta::
Jackson engaged in politics soon after the clo
of the war, supporting the doctrines and prin
pies of the Democracy. He was elected, in 181
by the Common Council of Atlanta, Attorney f
the city, and served with credit during that yes
In December, 1870, Captain Jackson was elect;
by the Democracy a member of the Legislate:
from Fulton county. Connected with one of t:
most prominent families of the State, a you'
man of decided ability and personally very jx;
ular, he begins his political life most auspicious'
STATE OF GEORGIA.
63
HON. ROYAL
THE subject of this sketch has been, for the
past ten years, a prominent citizen of his
county, and has always been popular with the
intelligent and respectable classes of the commu¬
nity in which he lives. Mr. Jenkins was born
in Morgan county in 1827, and received a private
education, and has been engaged in farming from
bis youth to the present time, and also in mer¬
cantile transactions. He entered the political
arena as a Whig, and, as such, opposed secession,
but when Georgia left the Union he bowed to her
decision and supported it. In 1861 he served as
Sheriff of his county, having been elected to that
office, but, in April of the following year, he
joined the Tenth Battalion of Georgia Infantry,
and served jn Virginia, holding the rank of Seo-
R. JENKINS.
ond Lieutenant until September, 1863, when he
resigned and returned home, having, that year,
been elected Sheriff of Worth county, to fill a
vacancy. He served in that capacity until 1864,
when he was chosen Tax Receiver, which office
he held two years, discharging the duties to the
entire satisfaction of the people. Mr. Jenkins
took an active part in politics after the recon¬
struction of the State, and, in 1870, was nomi¬
nated by the Democracy for the Legislature, and
elected by a large majority. Since taking his
seat he has made an useful and efficient member,
and has fully merited the confidence shown him
by the voters of Worth county. He is a married
man, a Mason, and a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South,
HON. JOHN
THE subject of this sketch is a son of Dr.
William J. Johnson, one of the most dis¬
tinguished physicians of Georgia, and was born
in the town of Fort Gaines on the 27th of Sep¬
tember, 1840. He received a good education,
and, on leaving school, studied fojr the legaj prp^
fession. On the outbreak of the war, he volun¬
teered in the Fifth Georgia Infantry as a private,
and on the re-organization of his regiment, was
elected a First Lieutenant. Shortly after, he was
transferred to the Seventeenth Alabama, in which
command he held the rank of Adjutant. Just
previous to the campaign in Kentucky, he re¬
joined his company in the Fifth Georgia, prefer¬
ring active service in the field to remaining on
garrison duty in Mobile, and participated in the
invasion of that State, acquitting himself with
gallantry. He commanded his1 company in the
terrible battle of Murfreesboro, and subsequent
to that engagement, was detached and assigned
to duty as Post Adjutant, in which position he
remained until just previous to the battle of
Chickamauga, when he returned to his command.
At Chickamuga Captain Johnson received a dan¬
gerous shot wound in the thigh, which completely
disabled him from further service in the field.
On recovering, he was retired, and assigned to
B. JOHNSON.
post duty, in which he was engaged when the
war ended. The return of peace found Captain
Johnson, like numerous others, in straightend
circumstances, and he at once resorted to school-
teaching for a livelihood. He is still engaged in
tbi? profession, and has proven one of the most
effective teachers in his section of the State. He
Las also, at times, practiced law. In 1870 he
was nominated for the Legislature by the Democ¬
racy of Clay county, and elected by a handsome
majority. During the late session of the Assem¬
bly he won reputation for ability, and was one of
the most efficient and useful of the members.
His speeches bn the floor were always admirably
worded,'and were noted for their conciseness and
clear explanation of the subject under discussion.
Hence, Whenever he spoke in advocacy of, or in
opposition to, any measure, his views were
always received with attention, and always pos¬
sessed influence. Personally Captain Johnson is
a oultured, polished gentleman; well read in
books, and conversant on all topics. Brief as his
legislative career has been, It has given promise
of future distinction, which, judging from the
earnestness and diligence with which he has
guarded their interests, his constituents will not
be slow to award him.
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hon. have
R. JOHNSON was born in Jasper county on
the lGth of September, 1820. Jlis parents
moved to Henry county when he was ten years
of age, and here he received a good education at
private schools. He began business life as u
farmer, and is still employed in Agriculture, but
has been engaged in other pursuits during his
life. He was an Old Line Whig before the war
and a staunch opponent of secession, remaining
a Unionist throughout the struggle, and giving
no support whatever to the Confederacy. He
never served in the army proper, but was, for a
short time, captain of a militia company. On
the return of peace he was appointed post-master
at Griffin, which office he held until the installation
of General Grant, when he resigned. Although
always a Unionist, Mr. Johnson was never a
h. Johnson.
Radical. He was an uncompromising opponent
of the reconstruction measures of Congress, and
joined the Democracy as the most conservative of
the two parties in the Republic. In 1870 he was
th. candidate of his party for the Legislature,
and was elected by 4G majority. The certificate
of election was, however, given to his opponent,
whose right to the seat he contested successfully.
Mr. Johnson has been a resident of Spalding
county ever since it was formed out of Henry
and Pike^sounties, and was a Justice of the Peace
prior to the war. He was married in 1845, and
since then has been the father of not less than
fifteen children. As a legislator he is quiet and
unassuming, but able, diligent and practical, and,
personally, is a gentleman possessed of many
sterling traits of character.
hon. w. p. johnson.
(This gentleman—a Representative from Jefferson county—did not furnish the material for a sketch.)
p. joiljfeb.
[Colored member from Dougherty county.}
hon. john r. jones.
nTflHlS Representative was born in Oglethorpe
» county in May, 1825, and was educated at
private schools. Prior to the war he took but
little interest, except as a voter, in political
affairs, but was a member of the Whig party and
opposed secession as an act of doubtful policy.
Nevertheless Mi;. Jones shared the universal
belief of Southern men that his first allegiance
was due his State, and when Georgia seceded he
acquiesced in the act and supported the effort to
make it successful. He entered the State forces
as a private and was subsequently promoted to
the rank of lieutenant, and, when his command
was turned over to the Confederate Government,
served with it on the battle-field. He resumed
planting on the termination of the war;—having
always been a planter. Mr. Jones, however,
while feeling aggrieved at the treatment of the
South by the Federal Government, and support¬
ing, by his votes, the Democratic party, continued
abstaining from active participation in politics;
but in 1870 he was requested by the Democracy
of Terrell county to become their candidate for the
Legislature, and, on his consenting to serve, was
elected in December of the same year by 443
majority. As a legislator, the career of Mr.
Jones has been most honorable to him. He is a
man of sound, practical ability, seldom speak¬
ing, and then always briefly and to the point—a
man, in fine, who thinks and works, and Berves
his county and the State, with a view to bene¬
fitting the people. He is a man of unflinching
integrity, firm and consistent in his political
convictions, and, in every sense of the word,
STATE OF GEORGIA.
65
merits the confidence of his constituents. Mr.
Jones was married, in 1844, to Miss Janes, of
Lee county. He is a member of the Baptist
Church, of the Masonic Fraternity, and of the
Order of Odd Fellows, and is, personally, kind
hearted and charitable, courteous and conversant
and a cultured, polished gentleman.
HON. GEORC
HE subject of this sketch is a native of the
county he represents, and was born there on
the 23d of October, 1833. He received a good
English education at home and, on leaving school,
began business life as a farmer, and has ever
since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. A
Democrat in politics from his early youth, Mr.
Jones embraced the Confederate cause with en-
thusiam. He served as a member of the Forty-
second Georgia Infantry until the surrender, part
of the time performing the important and dan¬
gerous duty of a scout for General Joseph E.
Johnston's army. On the return of peace he
resumed farming, and, in 1870, was nominated
and elected by the Democracy to represent Gwin-
E H. JONES.
nett county in the Legislature. While Mr. Jones
has not addressed the House, since taking his
seat, he has made an useful, efficient member.
A man of natural abilities, thoroughly honest,
and devoted to the interests of his county and
State, his votes have always been cast with a-
view to promoting the welfare of the people. In
1857, he was married to Miss Harrison, which
lady died a few years after, and, in 1867, Mr.
Jones married his second and present wife, Miss
Sarah L. Martin. For the past fifteen years
he has been a Steward of the Methodist Church,
of which he is an honored and exemplary mem¬
ber.
HON. JAMES W. JONES.
YER sixty-two years ago (1809) the subject
of this sketch was born in that part of
Elbert county now Hart. He received a plain
education at private school, and has throughout
his life followed the occupation of a farmer.
Mr. Jones has never before held office, but he
has been a firm, consistent Democrat, ever since
he cast his first vote. When the war for South¬
ern Independence broke out, he embraced the
cause with ardor, and although, by rerson of his
years, unable to serve in the field himself, he
was well represented by four sons and three
sons-in-law, all of whom fought for their country
until the Cause was lost. In 1870, he was nom¬
inated for the Legislature by the Democracy of
his county, and was elected by a large majority,
breaking down the Republican majority of 1868.
Although not an orator, in the general sense of
the term, Mr. Jones is a man of sound, practical
ability, who has, thus far, served his county
faithfully. Personally, he is a most amiable,
kind-hearted gentleman, and true to the princi¬
ples of the Masonic fraternity, to which he be¬
longs, in being charitable and benevolent. He
is the oldest member in the Assembly, but is
still in vigorous health, and looks as hale and
hearty as if he were twenty years younger than
he is.
HON. DAVID L. KENNEDY.
THIS able Representative of Bulloch county
was born in Tatnall, on the 21st of January,
1837; studied medicine at Savannah, and was
admitted to practice in 1866. On the outbreak
H
of the war, he volunteered with a cavalry regi¬
ment and served with it until 1862, when he be¬
came Captain of a company in the Forty-Seventh
Georgia Infantry. With ^this command he par-
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ticipated in the campaign of Johnston in Missis¬
sippi and in the Army of Tennessee, taking part
in the famous campaign from Dalton, until our
army reached Kennesaw Mountain, when he was
transferred to the Army of South Carolina. Cap¬
tain Kennedy subsequently rejoined Johnston's
Army when it came to North Carolina, and was
with it to the surrender at Greenesboro. lie then
returned home, and began the practice of medi¬
cine, in which he has met with success. In 1870
he was nominated by the Democracy for the
Legislature, and was elected by a decisive major¬
ity. During his thus far brief legislative career,
he has been one of the most useful and diligent
members; watchful of the interests of his con¬
stituents, and meriting the confidence they have
reposed in him. Personally he is a gentleman of
culture, a pleasant companion, and a true-hearted,
liberal man.
HON. DANIEL W. KILLIAN.
R. KILLIAN was born in Henderson coun¬
ty, North Carolina, on the 29th of Decem¬
ber, 1839; received an academic education, and
studied medicine in Charleston and in Atlanta,
graduating a physician in 1859. During the
same year he settled in Towns county and began
the practice of his profession, meeting with
marked success. A Democrat of the school of
Jackson, he opposed secession as bad policy; but
when the act was performed, he stood by his
State in her effort for independence. He entered
the Confederate Army as Captain of a Company
in the Fifty-Second Georgia; served under Rbaog
in Tennessee and Pemberton at Vicksburg, and
surrendered with the heroic but betrayed garri¬
son. He was elected to the State Legislature in
18G3, and served in the House until the war
ended. Captain Killian then resumed the prac¬
tice of medicine, in Towns county. In 1868 he
was nominated for the Legislature by the Democ¬
racy, and was defeated by four votes. Two years
later he was again the nominee of his party, and
was elected by a decisive majority. A man of
fine attainments, well-cultured and able; of strict
integrity and devoted to the interests of his peo¬
ple, his career in the House has been honorable
and praiseworthy.
HON. DANIEL E. KNOLES.
rjtjHE subject of this sketch was born in Bul-
loch county, in 182-, and received a private
education. He early engaged in business, at one
time as a manufacturer of lumber, and subse¬
quently as a merchant, in which latter he is still
engaged. Mr. Knoles began his political career
as a Democrat, and has ever since remained
faithful to the principles and policy of the
Democracy. A man of sterling good sense and
irreproachable private character, he soon won
the confidence of his fellow-citizens and, in 1856,
was elected Ordinary of his county, performing
the duties of his office with ability. When the
war for Southern independence began he was
among the earliest to volunteer in defence of his
native State. He entered the Confederate army
in 1861 and served in the field until disabled by
wounds, being then Captain of Co. A, Twenty-
sixth Georgia Infantry. On recovering, Captain
Knoles returned to the army and participated
in its several campaigns until the surrender in
1865, acquitting himself during the struggle like
a gallant soldier and Southerner. Soon after the
close of the war he was elected Clerk of the Supe¬
rior Court, but was unable to enter upon the dis¬
charge of his duties until his disabilities were
removed by Congress. In 1870 he was nomi¬
nated for the Legislature by the Democracy of
Pierce county, and was eleoted by about one
hundred majority. Captain Knoles is altogether
a man of fine capacity. He belongs to that class
of men which seldom speaks, but which thinks
much, works diligently and votes intelligently.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
67
HON. SIMMONS C. LAMPKIN.
MR. LAMPKIN is a native of the county he
represents and was born there on the 1st
of June, 1834. He received a private education
and has always been engaged in agricultural pur¬
suits. Before the war he was, as he still is, a
Democrat; but he took no prominent part lh
political discussion. He opposed secession as
impolitic; but his opposition ceased after Geor¬
gia had seceded, he supporting her throughout
the struggle for independence. Mr. Lampkin
entered the Confederate army and served in
the field for a while, but was forced to leave it
by reason of ill health. Returning home he
resumed planting, and, after the surrender,
engaged actively in politics. In 1870 he was
elected by the Democracy to the Legislature by
765 majority, and since taking his seat has made
an excellent member, faithfully representing the
people of Columbia county and discharging his
legislative duties with ability and industry.
HON. HENI
HIS Representative was born in Augusta, on
the 14th of August, 1821, and was educated
at Georgetown College, District of Columbia,
where he was graduated in 1840. Returning to
his native State, he studied law under Hon. A. J.
Miller and, in 1842, was admitted to the Bar at
Augusta. During the same year, he moved to
Lincoln county, settling at Lincolnton, where he
has ever since resided, engaged in the practice
of his profession. Mr. Lang began political life
<bs a Whig, and advocated the Union cause in
1850. After the organization of the American
or Know-Nothing party, he acted with the Dem¬
ocracy and, in 1860, supported the claims of
Stephen A. Douglass to the Presidency, and
Y J. LANG.
voted for that gentleman. He opposed secession,
but after Georgia had withdrawn from the Union,
he abided by the decision of his State and sup¬
ported her through the struggle, serving in the
State Militia, until discharged on account of sick¬
ness. After the surrender, Mr. Lang advocated
a Conservative policy, believing that if agitation
should cease, Georgia would soon resume her
former prosperous and happy condition. Last
year (1870) he was elected without opposition to
the Lower House of the Legislature, where he
will act with the Democratic majority in opposi¬
tion to the Radicals. Mr. Lang is a well-read,
able man, and cannot fail to give satisfaction to
his constituents.
HON. II. B. LIPSEY.
R. LIPSEY was born in Macon county in
September, 1832, received a private educa¬
tion and, on leaving school, studied for the Med¬
ical profession in the University of Medicine, in
New York, receiving his diploma in 1853. He
had, in 1849, moved to Alabama, but in 1853 lie
returned to Georgia and in this State began the
practice of medicine, in which he has been emi¬
nently successful. Although he took no active
part in politics before the war, Dr. Lipsky always
belonged to the Democratic party, and on the
outbreak of hostilities between the Confederate
and United States, entered the Confederate army,"
serving part of the time as a First Lieutenant and
subsequently acting as Surgeon until the fall of
1863. He was then commissioned a Surgeon in
the army and assigned to duty in the Tenth Mil¬
itary District, where he remained until the sur¬
render. He then resumed his private practice,
but of late years has devoted less attention to
medicine than to farming, which is now his prin¬
cipal occupation. In 1870 he was nominated and
elected by the Democracy of Lee county to rep¬
resent them in the State Legislature, he being
the first Democrat chosen from that county since
the war ended. He was married in 1858, is a
member of the Masonic fraternity and holds the
position of Senior Warden of his Lodge. Dr.
Lipsey is a gentleman of fine attainments, able,
practical and diligent, less a speaker than a
worker—a man, in fact, who has endeavored to
serve, and has succeeded in serving, his constitu¬
ents and the State at large in a thoroughly
acceptable manner.
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HON. DAVID C. MANN.
R. MANN is a native of Wilkinson county,
and was born there in 1842. He received
a private education, and from his youth to the
present time has been engaged in farming. In
May, 1861, he entered the Confederate Army as
a private in the Tenth Georgia Infantry, and
served in the Army of Northern Virginia, in
McLaws' Brigade, until the battle of Sharpsburg>
where he was wounded and captured. Having
been disabled from further service in the field
by his wound, on his exchange he was discharged
from the army. Some time after his return
home Mr. Mann was elected Tax Collector of his
county, and filled that office ably and acceptably
until 1868, when he was elected Ordinary. This
latter position he held until 1870, when he re¬
signed, to take his seat in the Legislature, having
been elected that year by the Democracy to rep¬
resent Wilcox county in the Lower House. Mr.
Mann has made a good member, and has alto¬
gether merited the confidence of his constituents.
Personally he is a clever gentleman, somewhat
reserved in his manners, but warm-hearted, gen¬
erous and hospitable.
HON. JOHN B
R. MANSFIELD is descended from one of
the earliest settlers of Connecticut. Major
Moses Mansfield, one of his ancestors, was a
man of prominence, distinguished himself during
the Indian war, in the Colonial service, held
several positions in the civil departments of the
Colony, and in honor of his services the town of
Mansfield, Connecticut, was given its name.
William Mansfield, the grand-father of the
subject of this sketch, was an ardent patriot
during the war of the Revolution, and during the
war of 1812, when he suffered heavy losses at
the hands of the British. His son Lucius was
born in New Haven, but| emigrated to Georgia
about the year 1818, settling first at Sparta, Han¬
cock county, where he worked at carriage making
until 1841, when he moved to Stewart county,
continuing the same business there. He was a
man of fine personal character, and was much
esteemed by all who knew him. Hon. John
Bryan Mansfield, his son, and the subject of
this sketch, was born in Lumpkin, Stewart
county, on the 29th of February, 1844. In 1861
—being then but seventeen years of age—he
entered the Confederate army, serving in Vir-
MANSFIELD.
ginia until the surrender of Lee's forces in 1865.
He then returned home and engaged in manu¬
facturing carriages and buggies, and by diligence
and close application, was successful in business.
In 1867 he sold out his establishment, and during
the following year moved to Marietta, where, in
co-partnership with his two brothers, he engaged
in manufacturing a fertilizer. In 1869 he sold
his interest in the business, and returned to his
old home, and has since then been employed in
agricultural pursuits. During January, 1870,
he was chosen Marshal of his town, (Lumpkin,)
and in June of the same year, at the solicitation
of many friends, accepted the position of Deputy
SheriflF of his county, and performed the duties
of his office satisfactorily. In October, 1870,
Mr. Mansfield was nominated by the Republi¬
cans to represent Stewart county in the Legisla¬
ture, and was elected in December following by
five hundred and eighty majority. Although
allied with the Republicans, he is conservative in
politics, and has voted independently in the
Legislature. Personally, he is a gentleman of
capacity and promise, and in manners and de¬
portment is affable, courteous and well-bred.
HON. WM. H. MARTIN.
HE subject of this^sketch was born in Wash- which occupation he has followed throughout his
ington county, Georgia, on the 3d of Decern- life. He was a Democrat and an opponent of
ber, 1828, received a plain English education secession before the war, but took no active part
and, on leaving school, engaged in farming, in politics at the time. When Georgia seceded
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Mr. Martin linked his fortune with hers and
defended her against coercion. Entering the
Confederate army in' 1861, as a member of the
Thirteenth Georgia Infantry, he served with gal¬
lantry, until the surrender, in Virginia, on the
coasts of Georgia and South Carolina, part of
the time being in the Engineer Corps. On the
downfall of the Confederacy he returned home,
resumed farming, and participated actively in
the politics of the day. In 1870 he was nomi¬
nated ' by the Democracy of Johnson county for
the Legislature, and was elected by a majority
of 111 votes. Mr. Martin is a sound, practical
legislator, who has the interest of the State at
heart, and who serves his constituents with
fidelity.
HON. ¥M. N.
R. McCONNELL was born in that part of
Henry now known as Clayton} county, in
1827. He received a good English education at
private schools, since when he has been always
engaged in farming. He entered into political
life as a Whig, and in 1860-'l opposed the
secession of Georgia, but subsequently sympa¬
thised with the cause of the South, although he
did not serve in the army during the war. After
the contest had begun he was elected a Judge of
McCONNELL.
the Inferior Court of his county, and served in
that capacity, with credi,t to his abilities, until
the office was abolished in 1865. On the return
of peace, Mr. McConnell joined the Democracy,
by whom he was nominated for the Legislature
in 1870 and elected by some three hundred
majority, personally, Mr. McConnell is a very
agreeable, clever gentleman, who has, since tak¬
ing his seat, endeavored to serve his constituency
with energy and fidelity.
HON. GARNER
fHE course pursued by Mr. McMillan in the
State Legislature, thus far, has^already won
for him an enviable reputation throughout the
State. He was born at Elberton, Georgia, on the
8th of May, 1842, and was educated at Emory
and Henry College, where he was graduated in
1861. He immediately after engaged in the
study of the law, but temporarily abandoned his
studies in March, 1862, when he entered the
Confederate service as a private in the 24th Geor¬
gia regiment, commanded by his father. In No¬
vember of the same year, he was elected a Lieu¬
tenant of company K., and in June, 1863, was
promoted to a Captaincy in company B., 3d Bat-,
talion of Georgia Sharpshooters. Captain McMil¬
lan served as a live officer in all the campaigns
of Lee'8 army from Fredericksburg to the last
battle of Cold Harbor, receiving slight wounds at
Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania Court House,
and behaving throughout with gallantry and
skill. In September, 1864, he was detached from
bis command and assigned to duty as Assis-
t McMillan.
tant Adjutant-General in the Engineer's Bureau,
and at the time of the surrender was in the
Secret Service Department. On the return of
peace he resumed his legal studies, and in Octo¬
ber, 1865, was admitted to the Bar. Entering
actively into politics, he soon became prominent
as an advocate of the principles of the Demo¬
cratic party, and in 1868, was chosen an Alter¬
nate Elector on the Seymour and Blair ticket,
for the Sixth Congressional District. In 1870 he
was nominated by the Democracy of Habersham
county for the Assembly, and was elected by an
overwhelming majority over two opponents.
Captain McMillan is one of the most promising
young lawyers and politicians in Georgia. Unit¬
ing to a logical, well cultivated mind, oratorical
powers of a high order, he has already made a
marked impression upon the Assembly. As a
public speaker his style is argumentative and
forcible, and his ideas are always expressed in
felicitous language.
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HON. SAMUEL A. McNEILL.
MR. McNEILL is one of the leading members
of the Legislature. He was born in Tal¬
bot county, in this State, in September, 1837,
and received a good education at Collinsworth
Institute, on leaving which he began business as
a merchant, and continued one until the early
part of 1871, when he abandoned mercantile af¬
fairs, and has since devoted himself to farming.
In 1860-'l he studied the medical profession, but
did not take a diploma. Prior to 1861 Mr.
McNeill was an Old Line Whig, but after Geor¬
gia seceded he cast aside all former party affilia¬
tions, and defended his native State against coer¬
cion. In May, 1861, he volunteered as a private
in the 5th Regiment of Georgia Infantry, and on
the reorganization of his command during the
following year, was elected First Lieutenant of
his company. Although he participated in al¬
most every battle fought by the Western army,
from Shiloh to the close of the war, he escaped
the storm of shot and shell without receiving a
wound. On the downfall of the Confederacy he
returned home and resumed business; also taking
an active interest in the political questions of
the day, as a member of the Democratic party.
In 1870 he was nominated by the Democracy of
Randolph county as their candidate for the Legis¬
lature, and was elected by a handsome majority.
Since taking his seat, has won reputation as one
of the most diligent and practical members of
the House. Although he does not often speak,
his earnestness and activity in the Committee
rooms have been felt, and his abilities as a legis¬
lator'is generally recognized, he being a member
of some of the most important committees. Mr.
McNeill was married in 1865, to Miss E. Bell,
a daughter of Hon. 0. P. Bell, formerly a Sena¬
tor in the Legislature, representing the Eleventh
District. He is a member of the Masonic Fra¬
ternity, and also a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. Personally, he is a
most courteous, urbane gentleman, full of con¬
versation, and possessed of a kindness of heart,
and an amiability of disposition which render
him popular and esteemed by all in whose soci¬
ety he may be thrown.
HON. ROBERT L. McWRORTER.
THE subject of this sketch was born in Ogle¬
thorpe county on the 29th of June, 1819.
When five years of age his father died, leaving a-
widow with five children, and a small farm of
seventy acres of land for their inheritance. Mrs.
McWhorter, being a woman of superior charac¬
ter and great energy, determined to battle bravely
with fortune. She solved the problem of how
to educate her children and still enable them to
work on the farm, by sending one of them at a
time to school, while the remaining two culti¬
vated the land. In this way Robert, as well as
the other children, acquired a limited English
education at the common schools of the county.
On reaching his nineteenth year, his mother
placed him in the store of Janes & Wilburn, at
Penfield, in Greene county. He labored with
such diligence as a clerk that he won the confi¬
dence of his employers, who doubled his wages
during the second year of his service, and made
him a partner before the close of the third year.
Soon after this promotion he married Miss Janes,
daughter of Colonel Absalom Janes, and a most
estimable lady, and immediately subsequent to
his marriage bought out the interest of Colonel
Janes in the business. He also bought a farm
about the same time, and uuiting farming with
his mercantile affairs, was successful in both avo¬
cations. About the year 1847, his wife died leav¬
ing one child, Robert, now a young man of edu¬
cation and promise. Two years later (1849) he
again married—this time to Miss Thurmond, of
Albany, Dougherty county, a young lady of edu¬
cation and fine mental endowments, who had just
completed her course of studies at Salem, Noyth
Carolina.
While a young man, Colonel McWhorter en¬
tered the political arena, and the first office held
by him was that of Justice of the Peace—to him,
then, a mark'of distinction. On the expiration
of his term he declined a re-election, declaring
to his friends that he would not hold any office
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71
he could not fill to his own satisfaction, and that
as he "had signall failed to spell, translate, define
or make intelligible the words ' capias ad satisfa-
ciendem,' he would not hold the office of Jus¬
tice of the Peace again." He was soon after made
Post Master at Penfield, and held that position
for about fifteen years to the satisfaction of the
Department at Washington. In 1857, he was
chosen to represent Greene county in the General
Assembly and served in the Lower House until
1860, having been re-elected. He was a member
of the Legislature during the great struggle for
secession, and advocated the cause of the Union ;
but when Georgia, withdrew, he accepted the de¬
cision of the people. At once organizing a com¬
pany of volunteers, he started for the front, and
during the first year of the war was promoted to
the rank of Major. He was, subseqnently,
transferred to the staff of General A. R. Wright,
with which he remained until the surrender,
serving with fidelity and efficiency. Although
he never breathed a word intimating doubt in the
success of the Confederacy, Major McWhortrr
never felt any confidence that the South would
achieve her Independence; and, on the memora¬
ble day of Lee's surrender, he expressed appre¬
hension tha.t the Southern leaders would be
executed, and the lands of all Southerners con¬
fiscated. Happily, these fears were not realized.
He returned home in May, 1865, to find the
greater part of his means lost. He had closed
up his mercantile business, and invested largely
in negroes and lands. The first were gone; the
last almost valueless. He, however, went to
work with a stout heart to repair his broken for¬
tunes. Perceiving that the masses were impov¬
erished and almost overwhelmed by debts, which
they could not pay, he at once advocated the
famous Relief measures. On the platform of
Relief, he was elected, in 1865, to represent
Greene county in the Legislature, and took an
active part in putting into successful operation
the system of Relief. During this session of the
Legislature, he voted for Joshua Hill and James
Johnson for United States Senators. This action
gave offense to some of his old friends and when,
in 1867, he advocated the acceptance of the
Reconstruction laws, he was denounced with
much severity by his former friends and political
associates. Major McWiiorter, nevertheless,
persevered in his course. During the session of
the Constitutional Convention of 1867-8, he was
in Atlanta frequently, advising those of his
friends who were delegates as to the best course
to pursue. His political disabilities having been
removed, in 1868 he was elected a member of the
State Legislature, and, on,the organizing of the
House, was chosen its Speaker and was re-elected
in 1870—discharging the duties of his position
with ability. In 1870, he was again elected- to
the Legislature from Greene, and has proved an
active, industrious and practical member. He is
a gentleman of fine abilities, Conservative in his
political sentiments, and votes independently of
party affiliations. Personally, he is much es¬
teemed and possesses many friends.
In early life, Major McWiiorter united with
the Baptist Church, at Baird's, in Oglethorpe
county, and has -ever since remained a member
thereof. For nearly twenty years he was Clerk
of his Church, and has represented it in the
Georgia Association most of the time, since 1852,
and was Chairman of the Finance Committee of
that body for a series of years. He was also, for
some years, a Delegate of the Georgia Baptist
Association to the State Convention, of which he
was Chairman of the Finance Committee, and has
frequently represented the Church of his State
in the Southern Baptist Convention.
HON. ISAAC
MR. MEADORS was born in the county he
represents on the 29th of April, 1839, was
educated at private schools and has always been
a farmer. Although he took no -active part in
politics prior to 1861, he has always been a Dem¬
ocrat and a staunch supporter of his party, lq
J. MEADORS.
1862 he entered the Confederate army as a lieu¬
tenant in the Ninth Battalion of Georgia Infantry,
and served in that capacity tlihteen months with
the Army of Tennessee, when he was forced to
resign and return home on account of ill health.
During the following year (1864) he was elected
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MANUAL OF THE
Tax Collector of his county, and filled that office
.with ability and integrity until his term expired.
On the holding of the general election in 18C8
Mr. Meadors was chosen County Treasurer by
the Democracy, which office he held during one
term, performing the duties attached thereto to
the satisfaction of his constituents, who testified
their continued confidence in him by nominating
and electing him in 1870 to the Legislature, from
Madison county, byamajority of 198 votes
HON. JOHN W. MORELAND.
THE subject of this sketch is one of the
youngest members of the House. He was
born in Meriwether county in July, 1845,
received a liberal education in private schools,
subsequently studied the law, and in 1871 was
admitted to the Bar. Engaging in politics after
attaining the legal age, Mr. Moreland was
elected to the Legislature in 1870 by 363 major¬
ity, and since taking his seat has voted as an
independent Conservative. Mr. Moreland is,
personally, a gentleman of agreeable address.
He has, for some time past, been a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
HON. PERRY
R. MORRIS was born in Worcester county,
Maryland, on the 1st of October, 1832, and
there received a good private education. At the
age of seventeen he left his native State and
came to Georgia, settling in Columbus, where he
resided many years. Here he engaged in busi¬
ness on the railroad and has, for the past seven¬
teen years, held the position of a conductor. On
attaining his majority he joined the Democracy
and has ever since belonged to that party, never
voting any other than the Democratic ticket.
Early in 1861 he entered the Confederate army
as captain of a company , in the Ninth Georgia
Infantry, and, in that capacity, served two years
in Virginia. He was then compelled to resign
because of ill health; but about two months after
returning home, his health being restored, Cap-
A. S. MORRIS.
I
tain Morris raised and organized a company of
cavalry and re-entered the Confederate service,
his command being attached to the Tenth Geor¬
gia Cavalry Regiment. He served in the field in
Virginia and North Carolina until the surrender,
acquitting himself with credit. Returning home
on the cessation of hostilities, he resumed his
business as a conductor and also took an actiye
interest in politics. In 1870 he was an inde¬
pendent Democratic candidate for the Legisla¬
ture, and was elected to represent Talbot county
by 600 majority. Captain Morris has made an
excellent representative, his career in the House
being marked by strict attention to the interests
of his constituents and adherence to the princi¬
ples and policy of the Democracy.
HON. DANIEL MORRISON.
MR. MORRISON was born in Appling county,
Georgia, on the 15th of June, 1823, of
Scotch parentage, but moved to that part of Tel¬
fair now Coffee county in 1851, where he carried
on the double business of hatter and farmer. In
1853 he was elected County Surveyor, and, at
the expiration of his term, was chosen a Justice
of the Peace for Coffee, which position he held
for six successive years. In 1860 Mr. Morrison
removed to Pierce county and, having previously
been a Whig, voted against secession and in favor
of the Union. He, however, acquiesced in the
decision of his State, and, after the war, joined
the Democratic party, with which he has ever
since acted. He moved to Ware county in 18§7,
and in 1870 was chosen by the Democracy to
represent them in the Legislature. Mr. Morri¬
son has been for the past seventeen years a mem¬
ber "of the Methodist Church South, and is at
present a local preacher of the same. He has the
reputation of being a most exemplary Christian,
and a gentleman of sound, practical ability.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
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HON. J. W
Mr. MURPHY was born in Hamilton, Harris
county, Georgia, on the 25th of November,
1839, received a preliminary education at home
and subsequently completed his studies at the
University of Georgia at Athens. On leaving
College he studied the law, and was admitted to
the bar only a short period prior to the breaking
out of the war. He had, consequently, scarcely
begun the practice of his profession before he
laid aside his law books and volunteered in the
Confederate army. Entering the service as cap¬
tain of a company of the Thirty-first Georgia
Infantry, he participated in all the campaigns of
his regiment, with credit to himself, until the
surrender. Returning home, Captain Murphy
MUKPJIY.
engaged in planting, preferring agricultural pur¬
suits to the legal profession, and is now a planter
of Harris oounty. In 1870 he was nominated by
the Democracy as a candidate to represent his
county in the Legislature, and was elected by a
handsome majority, running about 100 votes
ahead of his ticket. As a legislator be has dis¬
played sound and practical ability, and has, by
his votes, proven faithful to the interests of his
people and to the principles of the political
party to wMcji he belongs. In person, Captain
Murphy is quite prepossessing, and in private
life is a most hospitable and entertaining gen¬
tleman.
HON. ROBERT A. MURPHY.
HE subject of this sketch is descended from
one of the oldest families of Georgia. His
grand-father, Edmund Mubphy settled in Au¬
gusta, before the revolution, and at one time
held the position of Indian Agent, upder King
Geoboe's Government, but on the outbreak of
the war embraced the patriot cause, and served
with gallantry as an officer in the Continental
army. His grand-son, Robebt A. Murphy, was
born in Burke county, 1833, received a thorough
education at private schools, after which he de¬
voted his time to agricultural pursuits, in which
he has always been engaged. He entered into
political ^ifp as a Democrat, but did not take a
prominent part in politics until after the war,
although he supported the secession 'movement
with enthusiasm. In 1862. he volunteered in
Cobb's Legion of Cavalry, and served with it in
Virginia, participating in all the campaigns of
Stewart's Division of Hampton's Corps, to
which his oommand belonged, until the downfall
of the Confederacy. After the surrender, Mr.
Murphy resumed planting. He also took an
active part in politics, and in 1870, was nomin.
ated by the Democracy of Burke county for the
Legislature, and was elected by a decisive major¬
ity. Since taking his seat, he has performed
his legislative duties with ability and diligence,
and has paade one of the most useful members of
the lower House. In 1866 he was married to
Miss Jones, a member of a prominent family of
Burke county, of Revolution fame, and which,
like his own, have always#been prominent and
influential in the country.
HON. GEORGIA 1
MR. NETHERLAND is a native bf the county
he represents, and was born in 1837. He
received a private education, studied law tinder
Hon. Geo. N. Lester, and was admitted to the
Bar in 1857, being then only seventeen years of
age. Ignoring politics, and devoting his time
entirely to his profession, he soon obtained a
large and profitable business which he still en-
I
f. NETHERLAND.
joys, and is noted for his success before the war,
winning, it is said, nine-tenths of all the cases in
which he is employed. In February, 1862, he
entered the army as a private in the 26th North
Carolina Infantry, of which he subsequently be¬
came a Lieutenant. In this capacity Mr. Neth-
erland served until July, 1864, when he was
forced to resign because of disability from wounds
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received, he having been wounded ^hree times, in
three different battles in Virginia. In 18G5 he
was elected Justice of the infer ion Court of Ra¬
bun county, 'and served 'until the eourt was
abolished by tha pifeseUti Constitution. During
his term* he performed the duties of his bffice
with marked ability, clearing the scounty of all
indebtedness* and displaying in other ways ad-
ministr&tWe talent of a high order* In 1870 ho
was nominated by the Democracy of Rabun
county, without his solicitation, as their candi¬
date for the Legislature, and was elected by an
ovewhelming majority. Mr. Netiierlakd is a
gentleman of fine attainments, a thinker and a
worker in the Assembly, rather than a Bpeaker
and a man whom we predict will yet serve Geor¬
gia in a higher sphere of duty than the one he
sow occupies.
HON. C. A. NUTTING.
{T^jHERE is, perhhps, no mfember of ilia Legist
lature less ambitious of political honors
than the subject of this sketch, and there is cer¬
tainly no member who has, with less effort,
attained to more influence in the Assembly than
he has. Mr. Nutting was born in Windsor, Ver¬
mont, on the 28th of May, ljBJfJ, bn<l IflTiis ha"
tive place received an English education, during
the intervals of t!m& obtained ^frdirt 4, long and
laborious apprenticeship *in cotton and VooleU
manufacturing krnl in the mechanic' artfs. tn
1839, being then a jyoun^ man of twenty-one, iie
came to Georgia and, cluring thelfbllowing year,
was employed as an Av4fseer in the Columbus
Factory, situated^ three miles abovte the town of
Columbus. Twfe years later, the opportunity
opening, he began business on his owii occount
in Jasper county, ill the erection andf successful
operation of a wool carding establishment,'"which
subsequently became known '4s the Ccmulgee
Mills, a prominent cotton bianufactoty 'of this
State, located at SeVen islands^ In "butts county.
Under the efficient and Economical management
of Mr. 1tuTTijtG,nthese Were made a source
of profit to all the owners, and after some years
became the sole property of himself and the late
Mr. Isaac Scott, of Macon, who was regarded as
one of the ablest financiers pf Georgia, and
whose high opinion arid" endorsement of Mr.
Nutting's ability, capacity aq,d integrity of char¬
acter are well known in the circle of their bus¬
iness relations. Their manufacturing establish¬
ment prospered well untij (he 18th of November,
1864, when it was utterly destroyed, (ogether
with an immense amount of property, by How¬
ard's wing of Sherman's Army* during its
march through Georgia to Savannah, The vil¬
lage which it had called into existence was made
as desolate as the Desert of Sahara, and its
thrifty and industrious inhabitants, who had
been, up to this period, surrounded by all the
comforts of life, were reduced to poverty. This
sudden misfortune carried Mr. Nutting to Ma-
Cpn, fffiere, on the termination of the war, he
engaged in the business of private banking, with
his old friend, Isaac Scott, under the firm name
of Nutting & Co., and conducted it with emi¬
nent success until the death of his partner in
December, 1867. £or about a year subsequently
he continued the business, when he was induced
to merge it into a State bank, called the City Bank
of Macon, and became associated with such well
known citizens of Macon as W. B. Johnston,
John J. Gresham, William S.'Holt, J. B. Ross,
(the latter is now a colleague of his in the Legisla¬
ture), and other gentlemen equally prominent in
business life. Of this banking institution Mr.
Nutting was elected President, and under his
Management, seconded fey an able Board of Direc¬
tors, he soon brought the City Bank to ah envi¬
able eminence among the feanking establishment^
of the country. Up to last year, Mr. Nutting
had never been prominently engaged in politics.
His long residence in Georgia had, however,
f thoroughly identified him with the interests of
the State and there was, and still is, no man in
her midst more devoted to the welfare and pros¬
perity of the people. Nevertheless, he had never
been a candidate for any offcee until 1870, nor
would he have been a candidate then had his
own inclinations and private interests heen par¬
amount. But Bibb county had been so notori¬
ously misrepresented in the last Legislature
that, at the urgent solicitation of the Democracy,
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he consented, at the sacrifice of both interest
and feeling, to become their candidate fbr the
present Legislature, and was elected by a decis¬
ive majority, triumphing over a Republican ma¬
jority of seven hundred votes cast in 1868. And
we merely record a fact in stating that, since
taking his seat, Mr. Nutting has added to his
reputation as a man of ability and as a patriotic
citizen of Georgia. Although he has seldom
addressed the House, he has made his influence .
felt fn (its legislation. Notably unselfish, his
votes have klWa^s Seeh cast for measures likely
to benefit the State, even tfyqugh they have
seemed to act detrimentally tp his own pecuniary
interests—as was seen "in his action on the bill
to repeaj the usury laws. In appearance, Mr.
NurriNq is most prepossessing^ while his man.
ners and address are such a^ at once acquaint
those in whose society he may be that he is a
well-bred, polished and cultivated gentleman.
W. OLIVER.
[Colored member from Oglethorpe.
PETER 0>NELA.
[Colored member from Baldwin,
GEORGE ORMAND.
[Colored member from Houston, j
G. F. PAGE,
[The sketch of this member was riot obtained.
HON. JOH]
R. PALMER was born in Hall county, in
this State, on the 10th of March, 1829,
received a private education and has been, during
his entire business career, engaged in planting
And stock raising. Politically, he was reared in
the Democratic faith, his father having been a
staunch Democrat of the Jackson school. In
1860, Mr. Palmer opposed secession and advo¬
cated the cause of the Union, but submitted to
the decision of the people when the act of seces¬
sion was passed. He entered the Confederate
Army and served about twelve months with
credit, holding the rank of Lieutenant in his com¬
pany. He was then elected a Justice of the
r PALMER.
Inferior Court of Dawson county, which position
he filled with ability until the close of the war.
In 1870, Mr. Palmer^ who still remained a-strong
Democrat in politics, was nominated by his party
to represent Dawson -county in the Legislature,
and was elected by a decisive majority. He has
made a thoroughly good member, and merits the
confidence of his constituents. Mr. Palmer wa8
married in 1848, and is a highly respectable
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. Personally, he is a pleasant gentleman,
kind-hearted, hospitable and liberal, and is much
esteemed by all who know him.
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HON. CHA&LES T. PATTILLQ,
BR. PATTILLO was born In Greene cdlinty,
on the 27th of July, 1832, and was edu¬
cated at private schools. He subsequently stud¬
ied medicine in Charleston and Nashville, obtain¬
ing a diploma in the lattei* city in 1867. Return¬
ing home Dr. PAttillo began the practice Of his
profession, meeting with much sitcCCss, Whjch he
^till enjoys. Originally a Whig in politics and
an opponent of secession, he, nevertheless, sup¬
ported Georgia in her efforts at independence, and
remained throughout the war devoted to the
cause of the Confederacy. Although justly ex¬
empted from military service by reason of his
profession, he entered the Confederate service as
Lieuteiiant in a cavalry regiment, and served in
the field for some time, when he resigned and
resumed the practice of medicine. Since the
war he his acted with the Democratic party and,
in 1870, Was chosen its candidate for the Legis¬
lature to represent Harris county, and was
elected by a decisive majority. His constituents
have every reason to be satisfied with his course
during the past session; for Dr. Pattillo has
made an excellent member, and .earned reputa¬
tion as an earnest, active worker. He is a man
of talent; well read and conversant, and display¬
ing in his conversation and address all the attri¬
butes of a well-bred gentleman.
HON. REASON PAULK.
R. PAULK is a native of the county he so
well represents, and was born there on the
6th of September, 1834. He received k good
education at private schools, since leaving which
he has constantly been engaged in agricultural
pursuits. A Democrat from his youth, he sup¬
ported his State in her struggle for independence,
but never held office until 1868, when he was
elected Treasurer of Irwin county, serving until
the expiration of his term in 1870, and perform¬
ing the duties of his office with ability and integ¬
rity. During the last named year he was nomi¬
nated by the Democracy for the Legislature, and
was elected without opposition. The confidence
exhibited by the people of Irwin county in thus
unanimously selecting him to represent them has
been well merited, for, since taking his seat in
the House, Mr. Paulk has made a thoroughly
good legislator.
HON. JOHN PAXTON.
N the 19th of August, 1838, Mr. Paxto*
was born in Camden, now Charlton county*
and, after receiving an English education at pri¬
vate schools, began business life as a farmer, and
in the occupation of one is still engaged. A
Democrat in politics from his youth, he embraced
the cause of the South with ardor, and, in 1861,
soon after the outbreak of the war, entered the
army as a private in the Twenty-sixth Georgia
Infantry, serving till 1863 in Stonewall Jackson's
Corps with gallantry, and being successively
promoted to sergeant, seoond lieutenant and first
lieutenant. In June, 1863, he was severely
wounded and, being 'disabled from further ser¬
vice in the field, resigned and returned home.
During the following year he was elected Clerk
of the Superior Court of his county, and held
that office till the spring of 1866, performing its
duties ably and efficiently. In 1870 he was
nominated by the Democracy of Charlton county
for the Legislature* and was elected without
opposition; and, since taking his seat, has made
a good and efficient member. Mr. Paxton was
married, in 1866, to Miss Strickland, of Charl¬
ton county, and is a member of the M. E. Church,
South.
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HON. WM.
HE subject of this sketch is a native of
Cobb county, and was bom in October, 1839,
but moved to Catoosa county in 1850. Here he
received a good private education, after which
he studied the law under A. T. Hackett, of Ring¬
gold, and in 1860 was admitted to the Bar. Soon
after, the secession excitement culminated in the
war for Southern independence, and in March,
1861, Mr. Payne entered the Confederate army
as a private. He served in the field throhghout
the struggle until the surrender in April, 1865,
when he held the rank of lieutenant. Return¬
ing home, he began the practice of his profession,
meeting with flattering sucoess, and is, at the
present writing, in the enjoyment of a fine legal
business. During 1866-'7 he served as Judge of
Catoosa County Court, performing the duties of
H. PAYNE.
his office ably and acceptably. In 1870 he was
nominated by the Democracy to represent
Catoosa county in the Legislature, and was
elected by about two hundred tnajority. Judge
Payne is a man of marked abilities, a student
and a thinker. While he speaks well, he has
' seldom addressed the House; but in the commit¬
tee room, where the capacity of a legislator is
best tested, has proven one of the most efficient
and useful of members. In person, he is a tall,
well-built man, with agreeable, intellectual fea¬
tures. In private, as well as in public life, he is
much admired for his integrity and devotion to
principle, and in the social circle is widely
esteemed for his geniality of temper, generous dis¬
position and benevolence.
HON. HENRY TH<
R. PEEPLES was born in Fairfield" District,
South Carolina, April 20,1818, and moved
to Georgia in 1825, settling in Hall county. He
subsequently moved to Jefferson, Jackson county,
where, in 1843, he married btiss Melissa Camp,
whom he lost in 1856. In 1844 Mr. Peeples
removed to Athens, and five years later to
Atlanta, in which last named city he carried on
a mercantile business until 1856, when he sold
it out and went to Berrien county, where he has
ever since resided. In 1858, having previously
studied the law and been admitted to the Bar, he
began the practice of the legal professibfi, and,
during the same year, married his second wife,
Miss Julia A. Dobson. He entered into politics
as a Whig, but held no office prior to the war.
In 1860, Mr. Peeples supported Bell a Everett
and opposed secession; but after the establish¬
ment of the Confederacy he served the cause of
the South with enthusiasm and never yielded
until the surrender of General Johnston destroyed
1MPSON PEEPLES.
the last hope of our people. When the cause
was wholly lost Mr. Peeples advised his fellow-
citizens to comply with the requirements of the
conquerors, and secure, under the Constitution
of the United States, all the rights and liberties
they could obtain. During the struggle for inde¬
pendence he held the position of Collector of
Taxes for the Confederate States in the Thir¬
teenth District of Georgia, and also served as
Ordinary of his county for eighteen months.
He was elected to, and served in the Legislature
of 1865-'6, and was nominated by the Democ¬
racy ia 1868 for the same position, but was
defeated, by 12 majority, by the colored voters.
Last year (1870) he was again nominated, and
was elected by 107 majority. Mr. Peeples is a
member of the Masonic Lodge, and was Master
of Duncan Lodge, No. 234, from 1860 to 1870.
He is still actively engaged in the practice of the
law, and bears the reputation of being a gentle¬
man of fine abilities.
HON. JOHN S. PENTECOST.
GENIAL companion, a warm-hearted man, ber, 1824, and moved to Carroll county in 1842.
and a thoroughly good legislator, Mr. Pen- Here he received a good English education at
tecost does credit to his constituents. He was private schools, on leaving which he engaged in
born in Jackson county on the ,19th of Decern- teaching, continuing in that profession until
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1862, and proving an efficient, able teacher. In
the year named he was elected Receiver of Tax
Returns for Carroll county and held thatpmsition
until 1870, when he was elected by the Democ¬
racy to represent his county in the Legislature.
During the war fie served a brief while in the
army, but his sympathies were with his people
throughout the contest. He has always been a
Democrat in politics, and is a gentleman of line
abilities. Socially, he is much admired for his
many sterling traits of character. Mr. Pente¬
cost is very fond of field sports, and is said to
be one Of the best 'possum hunters of his county.
HON. RUFtS WILEY PHILLIPS.
THIS gentleman is one of the leading mem¬
bers of the Democracy of Georgia. Born
in Jasper county, in this State, oh the 15th of
November, 1830, he was educated at Monticello
Academy and Mercer University, where he was
graduated with honors. He subsequently studied
law, and was admitted to the Bar, since which
time he has pursued his profession with marked
success. Although Mr. Phillips held no office
previous to the war, he entered actively into
politics as a Democrat, when quite a young man,
and was influential in his county at the time
Georgia seceded. During the struggle for Inde¬
pendence he was elected Mayor of Yaldosta, two
years in succession, but resigned .before liis
second term had expired, to take the field. He
served in the army of Northern Virginia, as
Lieutenant in the 12th Regiment of Georgia Vol¬
unteers, in General Henry R. Jackson's com-
mand, and was subsequently'commissioned Adju¬
tant of the 6th Regiment of Georgia State Troops,
which position he held to the close of the war.
In 1865 Mr.'Phillips was chosen Solicitor of his
county, aiid held that office until 1868, when he
was elected 'by the Democracy of Echols county
to the lower house of the Legislature. He was
re-elected in November, 1870, defeating his op¬
ponent by one hundred and sixty-seven major¬
ity. A deep and earnest pinker, and a forcible,
logical speaker, Mr. Phillips is one of the
most influential leaders of the Democracy in the
Georgia Legislature. He is unquestionably one
of the most promising men now in public life in
this State, and bids fair to achieve yet higher
distinction (than he has already obtained. In
the House of Representatives he is known as one
of its ablest members, and has been placed on
the most important committees.
HON. GEORGE
THE subject of this sketch was born near
Columbus, Georgia, on the 28th of Febru¬
ary, 1843, his father being Bishop G. F. Pierce,
one of the most distinguished prelates of the
Methodist Church, that this State ever possessed.
In 1857 he entered Emory College, and after
pursuing the usual course of studies, was gradu¬
ated with honors. In April 1861—being then
but eighteen—he volunteered in the Confederate
army as a private, and served in Virginia until
April, 1865, having been promoted tb Lieuten¬
ant, and afterwards to Captain and Acting Adju¬
tant-General during the struggle. He was
wounded five different times. Three days prior'
to the surrender of General Lee, he was made
F. PIERCE, JR.
prisoner, and was sent to Johnson's Island,
where he remained until June of the same year
when he was released. Returning home, Cap¬
tain Pierce resumed the study of the law, and
in 1866, was admitted to the Bar. Since then
he has been successfully engaged in the practice
of his profession at Sparta, Hancock county.
He also took an active part in politics as a Demo¬
crat, and in 1870, was nominated by his party to
represent Hancock county in the Legislature,
and was elected bjr a decisive majority. His
first session in the House has been most honora¬
ble to him. Ill an assembly which contains)1 an
Unusually large number of able men, he attained
to prominence. He participated actively in the
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debates, and gave evidence of possessing oratori¬
cal powers of a high order. Captain Pierce's
nndoubted abilities, his uncompromising politi¬
cal opinions and his ardent devotion to the South,
give promise of an enviable political future. He
is, perhaps, less a Democrat than a Southerner;
but it is undeniably true, that he faithfully rep¬
resent? the ideas of the young men of Georgia,
and of the Southern States generally. In that
"irrepressible" political conflict which must
inevitably come before many years have passed,
we believe that, if he lives, he will be destined
to take an important and influential part.
HON. JOSEPH F. POU.
IIE county of Muscogee was singularly for¬
tunate in the gentlemen it elected as repre¬
sentatives to the present Legislature. One was
chosen Speaker of the House, and by the time
this book appers, will be the Governor-elect of
the State. The other, who forms the subject of
this sketch, Mr. Pou, was born in Talbotton,
Georgia, on the 16th of June, 1836, received a
good education, and after leaving school studied
the law, and was admitted to the Bar id 1858.
He engaged in the practice of his profession im¬
mediately after, and was rising rapidly among
the members of the Bar when the war broke outt
A Democrat always, and an advocate of State
Rights, he fully sympathized with the cause of
the South, entered the Confederate army,- and
after seeing service attained the rank of Captain
in the 46th Georgia Infantry, which he held for
a short time. On the termination of the war he
resumed the practice of the law, and in 1869
held the position of Attorney for the city of Co¬
lumbus, where he now resides, performing the
duties of his office with ability. In 1870 he was,
with Hon. J. M. Smith, nominated for the Legis¬
lature by the Democracy of Muscogee county,
and elected by over nine hundred majority.
During the recent session he won reputation
both in the Commtttee room and on the floorf
and showed himself one of the best speakers in
the House. His style of oratory is very pleas¬
ing. There is a conciseness and appropriate¬
ness in the language with which be conceives his
ideas, and a clearness of utterance which, com¬
bined with a full, resonant voice, render all his
speeches agreeable. Mr. Pou is unquestionably
a gentleman of fine attainments and capacity,
and represents with credit one of the most in-
' telligent constituencies in Georgia.
HON. F. F.
t
R. PUTNEY was born in New Hampshire
during the year 1837, but moved with his
parents to Massachusetts, when two years old.
Here he received a good education, and resided
until 1858, when he left his home and went to
the West. In April of the same year, he started
from Leavenworth, Kansas, with a party of men,
on an overland trip to the Pacific Coast and Salt
Lake City, traveling for five months, horseback
on very nearly the same route »s that pf the Pa¬
cific Railroad. From that time until 1862, he
was engaged in business in Washington, Idahd
and Montana Territories. During the year men¬
tioned, he entered the 1st Regiment of Oregon
. PUTNEY.
Cavalry, and served in the United States army,
in the Pacific States, for three years. In 1865
he came to Georgia, settling in Dougherty county,
where he still resides. Here he purchased a
plantation, and has been, for the past six years,
engaged in cotton culture. In 1868, Mr. Putney
was elected Ordinary of his county, and in 1870
was nominated by the Republicans to represent
Dougherty county in the State Legislature, and
was elected by seventeen hundred majority. Mr.
Putney has always been a member of the Re¬
publican organization, his first vote having been
cast for the late Abraham Lincoln. Personally,
he is a very agreeable, entertaining gentleman.
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HON. MOR(
R. RAWLS is a bon vivant and humorist.
He was born in Bullock county, Georgia,
on the 20th of June, 1829, received a liberal edu¬
cation, and early in life entered into business as
a farmer and timber and lumber manufacturer,
in which pursuits he is still engaged. When a
young man, he made his entree into politics as a
member of the Democratic party, and has since
remained a firm adherent of the Democracy. In
1800 he opposed separate State secession, and
belonged to the co-operative party; but after
Georgia seceded he at once prepared to defend
the State against coercion by the United States
Government. On the 18th of September, 1861,
he was mustered into the Georgia State army as
a Captain of an infantry company 'raised in Ef¬
fingham county, served six months with the State
forces, and was then mustered into the Confed¬
erate army with his entire company. Upon the
reorganization of the Confederate forces he was
elected Lieutenant-Colonel of the 64th Georgia
Infantry, in which capacity he served during the
balance of the war. For many months Colonel
Rawls' command operated on the Coast of Geor¬
gia and South Carolina, and took an active part
in the defense of Charleston. After the evacua¬
tion of the forts on Morris Island, the regiment
AN RAWLS.
was ordered to join Johnston's army at Dalton,
and was engaged in the famous campaigns from
that place, which virtually decided the fate of
the Confederacy. In the battle around Atlanta
on the 22d of July, 1864, Colonel Rawls was
severely wounded through the cheek and neck,
while leading an attack upon the enemy's lines
near the Decatur road, the effect of which inca¬
pacitated him from further service in the field.
Pending the struggle he was elected a member of
the Georgia Legislature, and obtained leave of
absence to attend the session. In 1865 he was
chosen a delegate to the Constitutional Conven.
tion, under the Johnson plan of reconstruction,
and took a prominent part in framing the State
Constitution of that year. He was elected to the
Legislature in 1868, and re-elected in 1870, re¬
ceiving flattering majorities each year. Colonel
Rawls is a gentleman of marked abilities, and is
One of the most promising men in active public
life in Georgia. During the session of last year
(1871,) he was especially distinguished as Chair¬
man of the Finance Committee; the holding of
which position, in the present Legislature, is a
decided evidence of superior capacity and quali¬
fication.
HON. JOS:
HE Representative of Union was born in
Rutherford county, North Carolina, in May,
1820, received a private education and entered
into business life as a farmer and gold miner, to
which he subsequently added the business of a
merchant. He went to California in 1852, and
spent five years there, and on his return settled
in Union county, Georgia, where he has ever
since resided. Captain Reid was a Whig and an
opponent of secession before the war, but sup¬
ported the Southern States in their struggle for
Independence. In 1863 he entered the Confed¬
erate Army as a Captain in the Eleventh Georgia
IPH REID.
Cavalry, and served with his regiment in Wheel¬
er's Corps until the surrender, when he re¬
turned home and resumed farming. In 1870 he
was nominated for the Legislature by the Dem¬
ocracy, -without his seeking the nomination, and
was elected by a decisive majority. He is a man
of sound, practical ability, and always to be
found in his seat paying the closest attention to
the business before the House. He was married
in 1861 to Miss Martha E. Weaver, of North
Carolina, and is a member of the Masonic fra¬
ternity.
HON. JOHN W. RENERO.
THE subject of this sketch was born on the ever since been a merchant. He entered the
9th of January, 1832, in Washington coun- political arena as a Democrat, and in 1858 was
ty, received a private education and on leaving elected Tax Collector of his native county, hold-
school engaged in mercantile pursuits, and has ing that position until he moved to Mississippi,
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early in 1861. At that time he was an Unionistand
an opponent of secession, but after the struggle
began he defended his section against coercion.
Organizing a company of volunteers, he became
its Captain, and holding that rank served in the
Twenty-first Mississippi Infantry, particularly in
all the campaigns of Lee's army until the sur¬
render, having been wounded three times. The
fortunes of war deprived Captain Rknfro of all
the property he had possessed. Returning to
Washington county, he was immediately re¬
elected Tax Collector, and filled that position
with ability and integrity until 1870, when he
resigned, having been nominated and elected to
the Legislature by the Democracy, defeating his
opponent some seven hundred votes. The num¬
ber of times the people of Washington county
have elected Captain Renfro to office, is an evi¬
dence both of his integrity and capacity; and as
their representative in the Legislature, he has
already made a record which reflects as much
credit upon himself as it does upon their wisdom
in selecting him to represent them.
HON. JOHN B. RICHARDS.
UCH honor is due Mr. Richards for his
present prominence in the politics of Geor¬
gia, he having been the architect of his own for¬
tune, unaided by outside influence. He was
born in Iredell county, North Carolina, on the
26th of March, 1839, of poor parents. Left an
orphan at an early age, he barely succeeded in
obtaining the rudiments of an English education
before he was compelled to labor. He had pre¬
viously moved to Georgia, and began business
life as a clerk in the store of T. J. Hightower,
of Cherokee county. This position he held some
three or four years, and won the esteem and
friendship of his employer by his thorough hon¬
esty, energy and perseverance. Early in 1861',
he entered the Confederate army as a Lieutenant
in the Twentieth Georgia Infantry and served
with distinction in Longstreet's Corps, receiv¬
ing a severe wound at Chicamauga. He was,
subsequently, captured in Virginia and sent to
Fort Delaware. Here the Confederate officers,
who Were prisoners, had established»a school,
and here Mr. Richards completed his education,
mastering all the higher branches of study. Re¬
turning to Cherokee county on the close of the
war, he turned his acquirements to advantage by
school-teeching, which avocation he pursued
until 1867, when he abandoned it and has since
dsvoted his attention to farming. In 1867 he
married a daughter of Harrt Strickland, one
of the most amiable and accomplished ladies of
Cherokee county. In 1870, he was nominated
for the Legislature by the Democracy of his
county, and was elected by a large majority.
Mr. Richards is a gentleman of fine abilities, a
student and a thinker, and a man devoted to the
interests of Georgia. He is very popular in
Cherokee county, where he is much esteemed for
many sterling qualities of head and heart.
A. RICHARDSON.
.[Colored member from Clarke.]
HON. HARRISON W. RILEY.
WE doubt if there is in the present Legisla- and varied incidents. Mr. Riley was born in
ture of Georgia a more remarkable char- Granville county, North Carolina, about the year
acter than the subject of this sketch, or a man 1806. Never having been educated, and being
whose life has been marked by more numerous still nnable to read or write, he is unable to state
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the date of his birth, or even the'precise year.
His parents were persons in very poor circum¬
stances, and, before he had reached his t welfth
year, they apprenticed him to a farmer, named
Parker, living in the same county. After some
time spent in hard labor on the farm, an event
occurred which changed the current of his life.
Parker died, and, discovering that his parents
designed indenturing him again, the boy ran
away from home and started for Knoxville, Ten¬
nessee. En route, he overtook a party of persons
bound for the same place, with whom he trav¬
eled. On reaching Knoxville he obtained work
from the celebrated Judge White, who was sub¬
sequently a candidate for the Presidency, receiv¬
ing twenty-four dollars per annum and his board,
but having to purchase his own clothing. Ilere
he remained some time, and made himself so use¬
ful that, when he declared his intension to leave
White's service, that gentleman offered to
increase his pay to one hundred dollars per
annum, which offer was declined. In 1829 he
" worked round rock out of the river and helped
to lay the streets of Knoxville with it." Saving
some money, he bought two horses at auction, and
then traded the animals for a freight boat and
started for Ditto's (?) Landing, near Huntsyille,
Alabama, employing the hands that were on the
boat, although he had no money with which to
pay them. Utterly ignorant of the course of the
riyer, which, at the time, was very high, he
trusted to luck and took the widest channels.
On reaching the junction of the Tennessee and
Clinch rivers, he was hailed from the bank, and,
landing, met a party of negro traders, who con¬
tracted with him to take them to Ditto's Land¬
ing, paying him forty dollars in cash and defray¬
ing their own expenses. The sum paid was
larger than he had ever before possessed at one
time, and emboldened him to confidently assure
his employees that he was intimately acquainted
with every bend of the river. Soon after start¬
ing, a thunder-storm, accompanied by a drench¬
ing rain, broke upon the travelers. The vio¬
lence of the wind drove the boat to the bank, and,
for awhile there was great danger of its swamp¬
ing, and of all drowning. However, the storm
was bravely faced. On reaching near Chatta¬
nooga, numerous persons on the banks shouted
to the party to stop. Thinking that they were
merely amusing themselves, and never dreaming
of danger, Mr. Riley kept the boat on its course,
and before long the craft plunged into the whirl¬
pool called the "Boiling Pot." At the first
shock he was dashed off; but, luckily, in falling
into the water, he caught the side of the boaj
and was helped aboard again. He relates, with
infinite gusto, the terror of all the passengers—
the singing and praying of the negroes, as the
boat whirled round and round, in imminent
peril of being engulphed. After great labor, he
succeeded in getting out of the " Boiling Pot,"
having lost his oars and somewhat damaged his
boat. Landing immediately, he expended his
forty dollars in refitting, and, starting again,
reached Ditto's Landing without incident. Here
he was offered two hundred dollars for his boat,
which he promptly accepted. As he was not
familiar with bank notes of larger denomination
than five dollars, he made the purchaser pay
him forty of these notes. He promptly started
for Knoxville, and made the trip of two hundred
miles afoot in four days, sleeping on the road at
night.
The success which had attended his trip estab¬
lished his credit at Knoxville. Purchasing
another and a larger boat, he stocked it with
various articles of commerce, part of which was
bought on credit, and started down the river
to make a fortune. Arriving at Florence, Ala¬
bama, misfortunes beset him. His boat hands
took sick and died. He also became ill and
remained so for six weeks, at the expiration o.
which all he possessed was six dollars and twen¬
ty-five cents. Getting back to Knoxville as best
he could, his disaster excited the sympathies of
his creditors, who treated him liberally, and he
finally paid them every dollar he owed. In the
spring of 1831 he got into a quarrel with a man
named Tipton ; a struggle ensued and Mr. Riley
stabbed his antagonist. Fearing that Tipton
would die (which he fortunately did not) Mr.
Riley left Tennessee and came to Georgia. He
first went to the gold mines at a place called
Burns' Stand, and subsequently began mining at
Battle Branch,' being then utterly without means
and a perfect stranger to the people. At this
time, as he says, he was a wild young man, and
was ever foremost in the contests between the
Tennesseeans and the Georgians. Leaving Bat¬
tle Branch, he went to Cane Creek with a party
and resumed mining. HI luck attended their
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efforts. A party of Georgians, who had dammed
the river, were working below and the Tennes-
seeans proposed to join them. They declined
the proposition. Mr. Riley therefore proposed
to "clean them out." Marching down, they
drove the Georgians from their works and took
possession of all they had. A faction fight fol-.
lowed. Reinforcements reached the Georgians
and they retook the works; reinforcements came
to the aicTof the Tennesseeans, and they, in turn,
again triumphed. About two hundred men were
engaged on each side, and a desperate battle was
fought, which resulted in the whipping of the
Georgians. The military was then sent.for to
dispossess the Tennesseeans, but before they
could arrive a compromise was effected. Subse¬
quently other troubles arose, and the cavalry
was sent to make arrests. Mr. Riley was then
at Burns' Stand with his brother, who lay in
bed sick. Pistol in hand, he refused to surren¬
der, and they left him alone with his brother,
intending to return and make him prisoner. He
immediately started for Leather's Ford, about
eight miles distant, in Hall county. On the way>
he arrested two deserters who had stolen his
coat. The soldiers, it seems, had treated their
prisoners very roughly. A lieutenant came up
in search of the deserters. Mr. Riley promptly
arrested him and, on his proving refractory, tied
his arms and made him wade the river (it was
midwinter) several times. He then took the
deserters to the camp, received sixty dollars
reward for their arrest, and returned. After
compelling the lieutenant to wade the river once
more, Riley tied him to his horse and started
him home. Of course his conduct had been
unlawful, and the military, on learning what he
had done, got after hiin. He retired, to what
was then Indian territory, and they pursued
him. It was on a "sales day " when they came
up with him. About five hundred Indians were
present, and, as they promised to sustain him,
Mr. Riley determined not to retreat. Halting
the soldiers, he told them that they were intru¬
ders on Indian territory, and that if they did not
each retire, after taking a drink, he would have
the last man of them scalped 1 The odds were
too great for them to show fight, so they tdbk
the drink and retired! No further attempt at
arrest was made!
In the year following, Mr. Riley settled in
Lumpkin county, and engaged in gold mining
until Dahlonega was settled. He then con¬
structed a building where the hotel now stands,
and engaged in hotel-keeping and in mercantile
affairs. To his credit be it said, that, as soon as
fortune favored him, he started for North Caro¬
lina to search for his parents. His father was
dead, but he found his mother and brother, both
of whom he brought back to Georgia. He cared
for his mother during the balance of her days.
His brother %he had educated, and he (the
brother) was the first Clerk of the Superior
Court elected in Lumpkin county. He is now
dead. Mr. Riley was then a Whig; but Lump¬
kin county was Democratic by about eight hun¬
dred majority. In 1839 he was the nominee of
his party for the Legislature, and, as he was per¬
sonally very popular, the prospect was favorable
for Ins election. However, a few days before
the election, his Democratic opponent assaulted
him and Mr. Riley shot him, inflicting a severe
wound. This event impaired his chances, and
the wounded Democrat was elected by 38 major¬
ity. At the next election, however, he was
again a candidate, and was successful. He rep¬
resented Lumpkin county in the lower House fof
twelve successive years, being repeatedly re-elect-
el, and in 1850 was chosen a delegate to the
State Convention. In 1852 he was defeated on
the question of dividing the county, but in 1854
he was elected to the State Senate, in which he
served until 1800. Mr. Riley was always a
strong opponent of secession, and has always
been a Unionist. He took no part in the war
and did not sympathize with the Confederacy;
still he helped the Confederate soldiers and their
families, and still assists their widows and
orphans. In 1805 he represented his county in
the Constitutional Convention; subsequently, he
was nominated for the State Senate; but,feeling
doubtful of his eligibility, he declined to run.
In 1870 he was an independent candidate for the
Legislature, and was elected over two opponents
by a large majority. Ever since the reconstruc¬
tion laws were passed he has acted with the
Democracy, and now gives a hearty support to
the policy of his party.
The career of Mr. Riley has been altogether a
remarkable one. Deficient in education, (which
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he regrets,) he has, nevertheless, achieved wealth
and prominence. He, unquestionably, possesses
decided natural abilities. When we consider his
early life, his boyhood unrestrained, his youth
spent amid wild and almost uncivilized scenes,
his varied traits of character find a ready
explanation.
HON. J.
THIS primitive citizen of Macon was born in
North Carolina, during the early part of
the present century, and is now about sixty-
three years of age. He came to Georgia with
his parents, when a child, and after receiving a
good English education, engaged in mercantile
affairs. He began life on his own account, over
forty pears ago, without other capital than' an
energy and industry with which few men are en¬
dowed, and with a geniality of disposition added
to a thoroughly honest character which made
him popular with business men, and gave them
confidence in his capacity. It was not long be¬
fore he succeeded in establishing himself on a
sound basis, and since then he has passed through
all changes and financial revulsions, sustaining
an untarnished reputation for integrity; and has
been, for years past, the leading merchant in the
thriving and prosperous city of Macon.' Mr.
Ross was an Old Line Democrat of the school of
Jackson, a strong opponent of secession and an
uncompromising Unionist when the war began.
During the struggle, however, his sympathies
were with his people, and he contributed munifi-
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cently to the support of the Confederate soldiers,
their families and their widows and orphans. In
canvassing for sound, upright conservative men
to succeed those who had misrepresented Bibb
county in the last Legislature, Mr. Ross was
unanimously selected as one of the standard,
bearers of the Democracy, and was elected over
the heavy Republican majority of 1868. At the
beginning of the late session of the present Le¬
gislature, he found himself laboring under the
effects of cataracts of the eyes, and his sight be¬
came so much impaired that he was compelled
to consult the best medical authorities. To this
end, he obtained leave of absence immediately
after the organization of the Assembly, and re¬
pairing to New York, placed himself under an
eminent surgeon there, who has, we learn, af¬
forded him the relief so anxiously sought. Mr.
Ross' known energy, strict integrity and unde-
viating attention to business trusts, will justify
us in the conclusion that should his health and
sight permit him to return to his seat—as we
hope they will—he will make adegislative record
in every way satisfactory to his constituents.
HON. W. P. ROUNTREE.
HIS gentleman was born in Emanuel county,
in this State, on the 25th of April, 1830,
received a private education, and on leaving
school, engaged in "agricultural pursuits. Al¬
though too young at the time to take an active
or prominent part in politics, he early espoused
the doctrines of the Whig party, and held them
when the secession movement began. At the
outbreak of the war, however, he espoused the
cause of his State with ardor, and in 1861, en¬
tered the Confederate army as a private in the
5th Georgia Cavalry, and was subsequently pro¬
moted to the rank of Lieutenant. At first, Mr.
Rountree did military service on the coasts of
Georgia and Carolina, but afterwards his regiment
was attached to Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, and
he participated with it in all .the campaigns of
the army of Tennessee until the surrender in
1865, behaving with gallantry on the battle-field.
On the downfall of the Confederacy he returned
home and resumed his business as a farmer, in
which he Is still engaged. In 1865 Mr. Roun¬
tree was elected Tax Receiver of his county, and
held that office five years, having been re-elected
on the expiration of his first term, performing
his duties with ability and success. In 1870 he
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85
was nominated by the Democracy of Emanuel
for the Legislature, and was elected by a decisive
majority. Since taking his seat in the Assem¬
bly, he has discharged his legislative duties with
skill and ability. Mr. Rountree was married in
1869. He is a member of the Masonic Frater¬
nity, is popular in his county, and much es_
teemed by all who are acquainted with him.
HON. ISAAC RUSSELL.
R. RUSSELL belongs to one of the oldest
and most distinguished families of Geor¬
gia. His ancestors came to this State with Ogle¬
thorpe, long before the Revolution of 1776, and
were among the original settlers of the city of
Savannah, where their descendants have ever
since resided, and where the subject of this
sketch was born on the 28th of September, 1844.
He received an academical education, and, al¬
though a lad of but little more than sixteen
years of age when the war broke out, volun¬
teered in the Phoenix Rifles, of his native city,
and served in that company until he was ap¬
pointed an Assistant Insx>ector General and
assigned to duty as such on the staff of General
Smith. In this capacity he remained until he
was transferred to the staff of General Toombs,
with which he served until the war closed. Af¬
ter the surrender, he returned home, studied
law and was admitted to the Bar, and is now en¬
gaged in the practice of his profession. In 1870
Mr. Russell, who had previously held minor
offices in Savannah, was nominated by the Dem¬
ocracy of Chatham county to represent them in
the Lower House of the Legislature, and was
elected by some 1,500 majority. He is Presi¬
dent of the Young Men's Democratic Association
of Savannah, is an uncompromising Democrat,
and is proud of having been a "rebel." Since
taking his seat he has voted steadily with his
party, and has displayed an earnest desire to
do everything in his power to promote the wel¬
fare and prosperity of the State.
HON. WILLIAMS RUTHERFORD.
R. RUTHERFORD is a native of the county
he represents, and was born there on the
20th of July, 1809. He was educated at private
schools and at the University of Georgia, and has
always, since leaving college, made planting-a
business pursuit. Reared in the Whig school of
politics, he was an opponent of secession in 1860,
but after Georgia left the Union, he " went with
his State." In March, 1862, he entered the Con¬
federate Army as a Lieutenant in the Forty-
fifth Georgia and served with his regiment in all
the campaigns in Virginia until the fatal day of
Lee's surrender, at which time he held the rank
of Captain. On the return of peace, he re¬
sumed farming. Having, since the downfall
of the Confederacy, acted with the Democracy
and taken an active part in politics, Captain
Rutherford was, in 1870, nominated for the
Legislature by his party and was elected, by one
hundred and ninety-six majority, to represent
Crawford county. While he has not been con¬
spicuous in the debates of the House, he has
been a diligent, attentive and efficient Represent¬
ative, and has merited the confidence of his con¬
stituents for the fidelity he lias shown to their
interests.
IIO>Y DUNLAP SCOTT.
THERE is not any member of the Legisla- received a thorough education at the University
ture more widely or personally known than of Georgia. In 1858 he moved to Floyd county,
tl^e subject of this sketch. He was born in where he has ever since resided, and in 18(50,
Madison county, on the 20th of June, 1831, and studied the law under Judge R. D. Harvey, at
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Borne, and was admitted to the Bar during the
same year. In politics he was originally a Whig,
and after the dissolution of his party in 1854,
joined the American organization. In 1860,
however, he coalesced with the State Rights
Democrats, and advocated the secession of the
Southern States, when the result of the Presiden¬
tial election became known. Supporting his
words by deeds, as early as April 14, 1861, he
entered the Confederate service as a Lieutenant
in the 8th Georgia Infantry, commanded by the
lamented Bartow. He was subsequently pro¬
moted to the rank of Captain, and served gal¬
lantly on the battle-field until the surrender of
Lee's army. Returning to Rome in 1865, he re¬
sumed the practice of his profession, meeting
with marked success. He also engaged actively
iiV politics, and in April, 1868, was nominated
by the Democracy to represent Floyd county in
the State Legislature, and elected by a hand¬
some majority. From the opening of the ses¬
sion, Captain Scott took a prominent and influ¬
ential part in the deliberations of legislation of
the House. He introduced the famous minority
report of the Committee on Privileges and Elec¬
tions, declaring the negroes elected to the Legis¬
lature inelligible to office and vacating their
seats. After a fierce struggle, Captain Scott
succeeded in carrying the measure, and the ne.
groes were expelled. This action of the House
was the pretext on which Congress re-recon¬
structed Georgia, and the subject of this sketch
was one of the fortunate few among the Demor
crats who were not turned out of their seats by
Governor Bullock and the military authorities.
During the long session of 1870, memorable for
the grossest extravagance on the part of the Le_
gislature, Captain Scott was the recognized lea¬
der of the Democratic minority. He delivered
numerous ajale speeches and fought the majority
with such ability that the press of the State
abounded in praise of him. He was successful
in carrying several important measures, includ¬
ing the bill to lease the State Railroad. Origin¬
ally the project of leasing the Road was not ap¬
proved by him, but he finally became convinced
that unless this was done the State would lose
the entire property, as there were several schemes
afloat to get possession of it. Two bills were, in
part, pending on the subject. One appropriated
$50,000 over and above the profits of the Road^
to be expended in repairs and refitting. The
other provided for the leasing of the Road for
thirty years, Governor Bullock to have the
power to name the price to be paid by the lessees.
In addition, the lessees were to have the right of
purchasing the Road at any time for five millions
dollars, in payment of which the Governor was
to be compelled to receive the depreciated' bonds
of the State at par. In view of these facts, Cap.
tain Scott introduced his bill and succeeded in
having it adopted. All the radical measures
were resisted 'by him with ability. On the ex¬
piration of his term the Democratic nomination
was tendered him by acclamation, but was de¬
clined because of his desire to devote his time
to the legal profession. Captain II. A. Gartrell
was accordingly nominated and elected. He,
however, died shortly before the meeting of the
Legislature, and at the earnest solicitation of
many friends, who united in a written memorial,
extensively signed, requesting him to serve, Cap¬
tain Scott consented to become a candidate for
the vacant seat, and was elected over three inde¬
pendent Democrats by some six hundred major¬
ity. His career in the present Legislature has
been highly honorable, and has added to his
reputation. Personally, he is one of the most
social and companionable of men. He has been
twice married. In 1857 he married Miss Vir¬
ginia Wray, of Athens, who died some years
after, leaving two children. In 1870 he married
again to Miss Mary M. Jones, of Mississippi.
After a brief and happy wedded life, this est5«
mable lady died, leaving an infant. Captain
Scott is a member of the Presbyterian Church,
and possesses a wide circle of steadfast and in¬
fluential friends by whom he is much esteemed-
HON. LEMUEL SELLERS.
nrflUE subject of this sketch was born in Ap-
^ pling county, on the 23d of November, 1827,
received a plain English education, and has al¬
ways been engaged in farming and stock raising.
Until 1855, he was a member of the Whig partyj
but in that year he joined the Democracy, and
although an opponent of secession, heartily sup¬
ported Georgia in her efforts to leave the Union,
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87
During a part of the war he served with credit
in the Confederate army, but his health becom¬
ing impaired, he was discharged and sent home.
In 1870 he was nominated by.the Democracy to
represent Appling county in the Legislature, and
was elected by one hundred and twenty-eight
majority, defeating J. J. Robinson, independent
Democrat. A man of sound, parctical ability^
Mr. Sellers has made an admirable member,
adhering firmly to the principles and policy of
his party, and voting for all measures likely to
promote the interests of his constiuents, and of
the people of Georgia in general.
HON. WILLIAI
HE career of Colonel Simmons, though brief,
has been most eventful and interesting.
The Colonel was born in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett
county, on the 28th of August, 1839, and received
a liberal education at Emory College, Oxford,
Georgia, where he wag graduated in July, 1858.
On leaving college, he selected Journalism as his
profession, and was employed in editing a news¬
paper until May, 1860. In July, 1861, he en¬
tered the Confederate army as a First Lieutenant
in the Sixteenth Georgia Infantry, commanded
by the lamented Howell Cobb, and sepred with
it until the early part of 1863, displaying marked
gallantry on the battle-field, which attracted
the attention of his superior officers. At the
time mentioned, the Confederate States Congress
passed an act authorizing the organization of a
battalion of picked men, for skirmishing and
sharp-shooting, for each Corps. On the recom¬
mendation of General W. T. Wofford, through
General R. E. Lee, he was appointed Major of
one of these battalions. Major Simmons' mili¬
tary services embrace three years of incessant
fighting. He participated in the Peninsular
campaigns, from Yorktown to Richmond, and
was also in the battles of South Mountain and
Sharpsburg, in Maryland, Fredericksburg and
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Funkstown, the
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the
several engagements around Richmond and Pe¬
tersburg, till August, 1864; besides taking part
in at least thirty skirmishes and conflicts of
minor importance. Longstreet's Corps, to which
he belonged, having been sent into the Valley to
reinforce Early, on the 16th of August, Major
Simmons was captured at Port Royal, Virginia,
by the enemy, and taken to Fort Delaware,
where he remained imprisoned until August 1st,
1861. At this point there were about fifteen
[ E. SIMMONS.
thousand Confederate prisoners who, when Lee
surrendered, were offered the privilege of return¬
ing to their homes on their taking the oath of
allegiance to the United States Government. A
majority of them, disheartened by the news of
Lee's defeat, accepted the offer; but about five
thousand, including the subject of this sketch,
returned a point-blank refusal. Subsequently,
when Johnston surrendered, the offer was re¬
newed, and all but eighty-two accepted it. Again,
Major Simmons was among the defiant mi¬
nority. He had, it is true, given up all hope of
our succeeding in carrying on the war, but he
objected to taking the oath because he was re¬
quired to take it freely and voluntarily; whereas,
he never would have taken it at all of his own
choice. After spending several months in prison,
he, with his compatriots were released, General
Schceff, the then commandant of the prison,
agreeing that they might take the oath with a
known mental reservation.
■ On returning home, the subject of this sketch
studied the law and, in March, 1866, was admit¬
ted to the Bar. Two months later, he was
elected Solicitor of Gwinnett County Court, by a
large majority, defeating a prominent attorney of
fifteen years experience. As a lawyer, he has
been most successful, and now enjoys a large and
lucrative practice. From his youth, his political
faith has been that of the Democracy. A young
man of ability and fine attainments, and filled
with a laudable ambition, it was not long before
he became prominent in the politics of his sec¬
tion of the State. He took an active part in the
last Presidential campaign, and, in 1869 and
1870, was Chairman' of the Democratic Execu¬
tive Committee of the Sixth Congressional Dis¬
trict of this State. During the last named year,
he was nominated for the Legislature by the
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Democracy, and elected to represent Gwinnett
county by the largest majority ever given to any
candidate for that position in the county. Dur¬
ing the last session, Major Simmons was one of
most conspicuous members of the House, and
was recognized as one of its leaders. He partic¬
ipated actively in the debates, delivering some
very able, trenchant speeches^ winning reputa¬
tion as an eloquent and logical speaker. His
share in the legislation of the Assemby was also
prominent and influential. Majdr Simmons must
fairly be regarded as one of the young men of
Georgia whose present career gives the most un¬
doubted promise of a brilliant political future.
He is certainly a man of talent and a thinker.
Personally, he is a gentleman of refinement,
high toned, courteous and hospitable.
HON. LEANDER A. SIMMONS.
fR. SIMMONS was born in Gilmer county,
on the 18th of September, 1837, received a
good education, studied law under the lamented
T. R, R. Cobb, and, in 1858, was admitted to the
Bar. Engaging in politics as a Whig, he opposed
secession, but when Georgia withdrew from the
Union he supported her in her efforts against
coercion. He entered the Confederate army in
1861, as Captain of a company in the 23d Geor¬
gia Infantry, and is one of seven brothers who
fought for the South, five of whom perished
during the conflict. Captain Simmons served in
Virginia throughout the war, participating in all
the campaigns of Lee's army until the surrender.
He then returned to his home, in Hall county,
and resumed the practice of the law with sue-
cess. In 1869 he was elected Mayor of the town
of Gainesville, where he resides, and which po¬
sition he still holds. In 1870 he ran as an inde¬
pendent conservative candidate for the Legisla-
ture, and was elected by one hundred and eleven
majority, to represent Hall county. Captain
Simmons is a gentleman of fine attainments, and
personally, is sociable, conversant and entertain¬
ing.
ARBY SIMMONS.
[Colored member from Houston.]
HON. HENRY P. SLATON.
fR. SLATON was born in Wilkes county, on
the 18th of March, 1837, received a pri¬
vate education, and on leaving school, devoted
his attention to agriculture, in which pursuit he
has always been engaged. Up to 1861, he took
no prominent part in politics, although he was
always strongly Southern in his sentiments. Im¬
mediately upon the breaking out of the war he
volunteered into the Confederate army, entering
the 9th Georgia Regiment as a private, serving
with that command some six months in Virginia,
where he was transferred to Cutt's Battalion of
Artillery, with which he remained until the sur¬
render, holding meanwhile the rank of Sergeant.
On the cessation of hostilities, Mr. Slaton re¬
turned home and resumed farming. He also
took an active part in politics as a member of the
Democratic party, and in 1870, was nominated
for the Legislature by the Democracy of Wilkes
county, and elected by a decisive majority, break¬
ing down the Republican majority of two years
previous. Since the opening of the session he
has made an efficient member, and has faithfully
represented the people of his county.
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HON. JOHN FREDERICK SMITH.
>R. SMITH is a native of Oglethorpe county,
in this State, and was born on the 18th of
March, 1838. He received a good education and,
after leaving school, engaged in the occupation
of a farmer, the pursuit of which he still con¬
tinues. Previous to the war, being then quite a
young man, Mr. Smith did not take any great
interest in politics. He, however, supported
Stephen A. Douglas for President, and opposed
secession, but when Georgia seceded and the
Confederacy was organized, he promptly volun¬
teered in defense of his native South. Entering
the 24th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers as a
private, he served with credit in Virginia, during
the first two years of the war. Pn 1863 he was
promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 66th Georgia,
and in that capacity served in the Western army
until the curtain fell upon the bloody-field of
war, and upon a conquered people. After the
surrender he was elected a Justice of the Peace
for his county, and served with credit. In 1870
he was nominated for the Legislature by the
Democracy of Oglethorpe, and was elected by a
handsome majority, receiving the largest vote of
any of the candidates. In his county, Mr. Smith
is exceedingly popular, and wherever he is
known he is highly esteemed for his ability.
Personally, he is a whole-souled, hospitable gen¬
tleman, a warm, generous friend, and a legisla¬
tor in whom his constituents may well be proud.
S. SMITH.
[Colored member from Coweta.]
HON. CLAIBORNE SNEAD.
jF the many able members of the present
Legislature, there is none who has won a
more enviable reputation than the subject of this
sketch. Born in Augusta in March, 1836, he
received a liberal education, and, on leaving
school, studied the law in the office of his father;
and, after his admission to the Bar, began the
practice of his profession in his native city.
From the opening of his legal career, Colonel
Snead gave evidence of his possessing abilities
of a high order, and it was not long before he
had won a commanding position at the Bar, and
had gained a lucrative business. Engaging act¬
ively in politics as a Democrat, the first office he
held was that of Councilman of Augusta, being
at the time quite a young man. In I860 he took
part in the Presidential campaign as a supporter
of Stephen A. Douglass; but, as soon as the
result of the election was made known, he pro¬
posed to defend his State from the encroach¬
ments of the Republican party. Intensely
Southern in sentiment, ardently devoted to his
native State, and imbued with the highest order
of patriotism, he waited only to become certain
that war was inevitable, when he took the field.
As early as April, 1861, he entered the volunteer
service as a lieutenant in the Third Georgia In¬
fantry, and started for Virginia. Distinguishing
himself on the many battle-fields of the glorious
Old Dominion, he was steadily promoted in rank,
until, at the surrender, he held the position of
Colonel of his regiment. He participated in all
the campaigns of Lee's army, with the exception
of the last, and was wounded at Malvern Hill.
On the downfall of the Confederacy in 1865, he
returned to Augusta and resumed the practice of
his profession, and, during the same year, was
elected a member of the Legislature from Rich¬
mond county. In the Assembly he won reputa¬
tion by his close attention to public business,
and by the eloquence of his speeches, the most
notable of which was the (me he delivered in
behalf of the bill to appropriate money to be
expended in burying the Confederate dead. In
1870 he was again nominated by the Democracy
for the Legislature, and was elected, obtaining
some two hundred and fifty more votes than any
other of the Democratic candidates. Since the
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opening of the session, Colonel Snead has again
distinguished himself for devotion to the welfare
of the State, He does not rise often, but when
he does speak he is always listened to with in¬
terest, and never fails to impress his argument
upon the minds of his colleagues. His style of
oratory is easy and engaging, and his ideas are
always expressed in admirable language, which
often rises to eloquence of a high order. Per¬
sonally, Colonel Sxead is a gentleman of fine
appearance. An extensively read man, he con¬
verses with fluency on any subject, and to this
culture is united a grace of manner which hag
made him popular in the social circle, with
ladies and gentlemen alike.
HON. JOHN
R. SFENCE was born in Appling county in
1834, received a private education, and
has heen all his life engaged in farming and
stock raising. Early* in 1861, he moved to Cof¬
fee county, where he has ever" since resided.
Soon after his removal the war broke out, and
he volunteered in the Confederate army, serving
with credit as Captain of Company C, Fiftieth
Georgia Infantry, until the surrender. He has
always been a member of the Democratic party,
M. SPENCE.
but never took active part in political affairs
until after the war had closed. In 1870, he wag
the nominee of the Democracy to represent Cof¬
fee county in the Legislature, and was elected by
thirty majority over an independent Democrat,
the Republican candidate receiving but two
votes in the county. Captain Spence has made
an attentive, useful and efficient member, and
has faithfully discharged his legislative duties.
Personally, he is a clever, social gentleman.
GEORGE PIERCE STOYALL.
THERE are but few young men in Georgia
whose career gives greater evidence of
ability and enterprise, than the subject of this
sketch. Born in Columbia county on the 18th
of April, 1843, he received a good education, and
had barely attained his eighteenth year, when
the war for Southern Independence broke Out.
Although too youthful to take part in the politi-.
cal movements which resulted in secession, Mr.
Stovale was not too young to take up arms in
defense of Georgia. He entered the Confederate
service as a private, in 1861, was promoted to
Lieutenant in 1862, and served as Adjutant of
his regiment for about one year. A company
of sharpshooters was then organized in his Brig¬
ade, and he was placed in command of it, with
the rank of Captain. In this capacity he par¬
ticipated in all the campaigns of the Army of
of Northern Virginia, distinguishing himself by
his gallantry, and receiving honorable wounds at
Gettysburg and in the Wilderness, At Sharps-
burg, Captain Stovall was one of the five, out
of twenty-seven men in his company, who es¬
caped death or wounds. With but two excep¬
tions, he was in every battle in which his regi¬
ment was engaged. After the surrender, he re¬
turned home and engaged in business. Com¬
mencing without any capital whatever, he suc¬
ceeded, by dint of ability, energy and industry,
in establishing himself and in amassing a hand¬
some competency, and is, at present, at the head
of a large and profitable business. Mr. Stovall.
entered into political life as a Democrat, and is
still one. He was nominated by the Democracy
of Columbia, in 1870, for the Legislature, and
was elected by a majority of six hundred and
seventy-four over R. N. Lester. The signal suc¬
cess of his private career is satisfactary indica¬
tion of the talent he possesses, the application
of which to the public affairs of Georgia we may
be assured of-
STATE dF GEORGIA.
9i
HON. JAME3 MADISON SUMMERS.
APTAIN Summers was born in the county
he now represents, on the 30th of Decem¬
ber, 1830. He received a private education, and
since leaving school, has always been engaged in
farming, except during the war while in the
army. He entered political life as a Democrat,
and supported Georgia in her effort to leave the
Union. In 1862, he volunteered in the Confed¬
erate army, and was chosen the Captain of a
company in the Forty-second Georgia Infantry,
with which he served in the Western Army, and
during the famous siege of Yicksburg. On the
fall of that city, Captain Summers returned home
on parole, and, on being exchanged, rejoined
his regiment and served with it until the sur¬
render—taking part in every battle fought by
the Army of Tennessee, and acquitting himself
with gallantry. He resumed farming on the re¬
turn of peaoe, and also took an active part in
politics. In 1867, he was elected a Justice of
the Peace of his native county, where he has re¬
sided all his life, and performed the duties of
his office admirably. In 1870, he was nomi¬
nated for the Legislature by the Democracy of
Newton county, and elected by about two hun¬
dred and fifty majority. A man of sound, prac¬
tical ability, Captain Summers has made a most
useful member. Personally, he is held in high
esteem by all who know him. He is a member
of the Masonic fraternity, and has held respon¬
sible positions in his Lodge. He has been twice
married—first in 1851, and again in 1863.
HON. ANDR]
R. TARVER was born at Tarversville,
Twiggs county, Georgia, on the 26th of
March, 1826, and is descended from an old fam¬
ily of this State. He received a private, but
liberal education, and, after arriving at manhood,
engaged in the pursuits of a planter. In 1850
Mr. Tarver entered actively into politics, as a
Democrat, taking an active part in every Presi¬
dential election subsequent to the year named.
He, however, held no office prior to the war,
having then no desire for political preferment.
After the secession of Georgia, he applied all his
energies to the task of aiding his native State,
and the South generally, in achieving independ¬
ence, supporting heartily all the war measures of
the Confederate government. When the strug¬
gle ended adversely to the South, Mr. Tarver
IW TARVER.
accepted the result in good faith, but he deter¬
minedly opposed the reconstruction policy of
Congress as violative of the terms of surrender.
In 1870 he appeared for the first time as a can¬
didate for office, being nominated by the Democ¬
racy of Baker county, in which he resides, as
their candidate for the lower House of the Leg¬
islature. Although the colored population is
largely in the majority in the county, Mr. Tar¬
ver was elected over Aaron Wood, the Repub¬
lican nominee, by three hundred and seventeen
majority. Personally, the subject of this sketch
is a gentleman of fine appearance, an intellec¬
tual and able man; very popular wherever he is
known, and possessed of numerous steadfast and
devoted friends.
HON. HENRY TAYLOR.
R. TAYLOR is a native of the county he
represents, and was born in 1828, on his
father's farm. He received a good English edu¬
cation, and, on leaving school, engaged in agri¬
cultural pursuits, continuing at them always un¬
til interrupted by the breaking out of the war.
Although he had never taken a prominent part
in politics at the time, he had always been a
strong Democrat, and when Georgia seceded he
promptly volunteered his services to defend her
against coercion. Entering the Fifty-ninth Reg¬
iment of Georgia Volunteers, he served through-
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out the struggle as a lieutenant, participating in
all the campaigns of Lee's army, and receiving
two slight wounds. On the surrender, he re¬
turned home and resumed farming. He also
took a lively interest in politics, and, in 1870,
was elected by the Democracy, by seven hun¬
dred majority, to represent Washington county in
the Legislature. .Mr. Taylor is a man of ability,
and a courteous, affable and entertaining gentle¬
man. He is a member of the Masonic Frater¬
nity, and is spoken of in terms of praise by all
who know him, for the many sterling qualities
he possesses.
HON. ROBERT TRAMMELL.
R. TRAMMELL was born in Oglethorpe
county, on the 19th of September, 1830,
where he was educated, and where he resided
until he moved to his present home in Paulding
county.- Here he engaged in agricultural pur¬
suits until the outbreak of the war, when he en¬
tered the Confederate service as a First Lieuten¬
ant in the 1st Georgia Cavalry. At the battle of
Murfreesboro, Captain Seawright, his immedi¬
ate commander, fell mortally wounded, and after
his death, the subject of this -sketch, who was
also seriously wounded in the same battle, suc¬
ceeded to the command, which he held to the
close of the war, receiving two additional wounds
in 1864. After the surrender of General Joseph
E. Johnston, Captain"taammell returned home
and resumed his farming occupation. In 1870
he was the nominee of the Democracy of Pauld¬
ing county, for the Legislature, and was elected
by one hundred and eighty-six majority over
Joseph Ragsdale, Republican. He has been a
member of the Democratic party ever since he
cast his first vote in 1851; is a man of ability,
a true patriot, and has done credit to the judg¬
ment of the people of Paulding who selected him
to represent them in the Assembly. In 1852,
Captain Trammell married, and is now the
father of nine children. He is a member of the
Masonic Fraternity, and has been for a long time
connected with the Baptist Church. Personally,
he is a most estimable gentleman, and is much
respected by all who know him, for his many
sterling qualities of head and heart.
HON. ANDREW J. WATTERS
fT^jHIS member is a native of Jasper county,
where he was born, on the 10th of March,
1829. He was educated at private schools, and
ever since completing his studies has been en¬
gaged in farming. Entering political life as a
Democrat, Mr. Watters has remained true to
his political faith- Early in 1862 he joined the
Confederate army as Captain of a company in
the 1st Battalion of Partisan Rangers, which
subsequently became the 16th Battalion of Geor¬
gia Cavalry. He served with gallantry under
the lamented Morgan, of Kentucky, in East
Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia, and at the
time of the dastardly killing of his heroic leader
he was on picket duty some three miles 'distant.
Captain Waiters remained in the army until the
surrender, being' then attached to Vaughn's
Brigade. On his return home he resumed farmj
ing. In 1868), his county (Jasper,) was carried
by the Republicans by ninety-two majority, but
in 1870, as the candidate of the Democracy for
the Legislature, he carried it by a majority of
ninety-seven votes. As a legislator he has proven
faithful to his constituents, his State and his
party, and has made an honorable record in the
Assembly. Captain Watters is a gentleman o^
agreeable deportment and hospitable manners.
He is a man of family, having been married in
1854, to Miss Warren, of Oxford, Georgia.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
93
HON. JAMES FRANKLIN WEST.
THE subject of this sketch was born in that
part of Gilmer, now Fannin county, in this
State, on the 30th of May, 1839. He was edu¬
cated at private schools, and has always been
engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1861 he
enteied the Confederate army as a private in the
24th Georgia Infanty, and nine months later was
promoted to a Lieutenancy, which rank he held
throughout the struggle, participating in numer¬
ous battles, until March, 1865, when he retired
from the service and returned home. A few
months later the Confederacy fell, and Mr.
West remained at home quietly engaged in farm¬
ing, until 1870, when he was nominated by the
Democracy of White county, for the Legislature^
and elected by two hundred and seventy-eight
majority. In the discharge of his duties, Mr.
West has been diligent and able, and has made
an efficient member of the Assembly. Person¬
ally, he is a clever, entertaining gentleman. He
was married in 1859, is the father of a family of
children, and is a member of the Baptist Church.
HON. WILLIA
R. WHATLEY was born in Morgan county,
on the 22d of August, 1818, received an
English education at private schools, and has
been engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life.
He was a Democrat in politics before the war,
and during the struggle served in the Confeder¬
ate army. On the return of peace he resumed
M WHATLEY.
farming, and did not participate actively in poli¬
tics until 1870, when he was nominated by the
Democracy of Fayette county for the Legisla¬
ture, and elected by a decided majority. Mr.
Whatlev is a good, efficient member of the
House, and has thus far served his constituents
with fidelity.
HON. JOHN D. WILLIAMS.
R. WILLIAMS was born in Bibb county
on the 12th of September, 1826, received
a private education, and has, throughout his
business career, been engaged in farming, and
has also, part of the time, been employed as a
blacksmith. In 1834 he moved to Sumter county,
and, while a young man, was elected Justice of
the Peace, serving in that capacity from 1849 to
1853. Mr. Williams was then a Democrat in
politics, and remained one until 1860, wheA he
opposed secession and advocated the cause of the
Union. This led to his leaving the Democracy.
Excepting during a brief time in 1864, when he
served in the State army, he took no part in the
struggle for Southern Independence, but remained
a consistent Unionist throughout the years of
conflict. In 1863 he removed to Decatur county,
where he has ever since resided, employed in
agricultural pursuits. On the return of peh.ce,
Mr. Williams joined the Republican party and
became one of its leaders in his county. In 1870
he was nominated by the Republicans to repre¬
sent Deeatur in the Legislature, and was elected
by about three hundred majority. In person, he
is afcfll, athletic, and well-proportioned man, and
quite agreeable in his manners and conversation.
HON. JOHN S. WILSON.
THERE are few gentlemen in Atlanta better
known than Dr. J. S. Wilson, the able and
popular representative of Fulton county in the
Legislature. Born in Franklin county, Georgia,
on the 14th of February, 1831, he received a
good education, and, after leaving school, entered
the Medical College of Georgia, where he was
graduated as ^ physician on the.2d of March,
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1852. He at once entered upon the practice of
his profession, and pursued it with marked suc¬
cess until the outbreak of the war for Southern
Independence, when he entered the Medical De¬
partment of the Confederate service, in which he
remained until the fatal close of the struggle.,
Dr. Wilson then returned to Atlanta and resumed
the practice of medicine in his county, in which
he is still engaged. Although always a Demo¬
crat, he took but little part in political affairs,
except as a voter, until after the surrender, and,
consequently, was never a candidate for office
until 1870, when he was nominated by the De¬
mocracy for the Legislature, and elected by be¬
tween seven and eight hundred majority. Asa
physician, Dr. Wilson ranks deservedly high in
his profession, and during his (thus far) brief
career as a legislator, has evidenced by his votes
his earnest desire to promote the welfare and
prosperity of Georgia.
HON. JOHN i
R. WOFFORD was born in Habersham
county^ on the 14th of August, 1835, re¬
ceived a good education, studied law, and after
his admittance to the Bar, won reputation for
his legal ability, and obtained an extensive prac¬
tice in Bartow -county, where he now resides,
and in all the counties of that section of Geor¬
gia. He entered into political life as a Demo¬
crat, when a young man, and has remained a
member of the Democratic organization ever
since. On the outbreak of the struggle for
Southern Independence, Mr. Wofford "was one
of the foremost to enlist in the defense of his
native South. Entering the army as a private
in General P. M. B. Young's Cavalry Brigade,
he served with gallantry and distinction in all
V. WOFFORD.
the campaigns of the heroic army of Northern
Virginia, and on the surrender of Lee had at¬
tained to the rank of Captain. After the close
of the war Captain Wofford returned to his
home in Cartersville, Bartow county, and re¬
sumed the practice of the law with signal suc¬
cess. In 1870 he was elected a' member of the
House of Representatives of Georgia, from Bar¬
tow county, by over twelve hundred majority,
that occasion being his first appearance as a can¬
didate for office. Mr. Wofford is a gentleman
of marked ability, is an easy, eloquent speaker,
has won reputation as a legislator, and may be
justly classed among the young men of the State
destined to rise to still greater prominence.
HON. NATHANIEL WOFFORD.
HE subject of this sketch is a native of Hab¬
ersham county, and is still a young man.
He received a liberal education, and since leav¬
ing school has been engaged in farming. During
the struggle for Southern Independence, Mr-
Wofford served with credit in Wheeler's Cav.
airy Corps, until the surrender of Johnston's
army. ~ He then returned home and resumed the
affairs of private life. Subsequently he was
elected Sheriff of Banks county, and discharged
the duties of his office with ability and success.
In 1870 he was nominated by the Democracy
(with whom he has always affiliated,) to repre¬
sent *Banks in the Legislature,, and was elected
by two hundred and forty-seven majority over
W. C. Moss. Although one of the most quiet
and unassuming members of the House, Mr.
Wofford has made an excellent legislator, and
has jjriven evidence of possessing abilities which
promise further political honors in the future.
HON. JOHN Y. WOOD.
HIRTY-SEVEN years ago DeKalb county wealth. In that part of the county, now Fulton,
covered a large extent of territory, sparcely Mr. Wood was born in 1834, and two years later
populated and containing but few families of his parents moved to Walker county, where he
STATE OF GEORGIA'.
95
has ever since resided. His father, being a poor
man, was unable to afford him many educational
advantages. He learned to read and write, prin¬
cipally at home, but nothing more; for, at an
early age, the circumstances of his parents com"
pelled him to aid, by his labor, in contributing to
the support of the family. He grew up, how¬
ever, feeling his deficiencies of education, and
determined to remove them when the opportu¬
nity offered. Laboring hard and diligently,
youth passed into manhood, and it was not until
1857 that he found the means of carrying this
design into execution. Although then a young
man of twenty-three, Mr. Wood, in the year
named, entered the State University of Georgias
and, in 1859, after pursuing his course of studie,
there, was graduated with honors. He belonged
to the Constitutional Union wing of the Democ¬
racy when the war broke out, and .opposed seces¬
sion, but when the war began he supported the
South in her efforts to achieve independence. In
June, 1861, he entered the Eleventh Georgia In¬
fantry, and served as Captain in Anderson's
Brigade of Longstreet's Corps in all the cam¬
paign's in Virginia, until his Corps was ordered
to reinforce Bragg in Georgia. At the Wilderness,
being the Senior Captain, he commanded his
Regiment, and behaved with gallantry In that
battle. He remained in the service until the
surrender, taking part in all the battles in which
his Corps was engaged, and receiving three
. wounds during the struggle, two of which were
severe—one of the latter being a shot through
the lung, at the Battle of the Wilderness, in 1864.
On leaving college, Captain Wood, had engaged
in school teaching, and had continued thus em¬
ployed to the outbreak of the war. After the
fall of the Confederacy, he resumed this voca¬
tion, meeting with success in it, and holding the
position of President of the High School at La
Fayette, until this year, (1871,) when he aban¬
doned it and devoted his time entirely to farm¬
ing. He was the Representative of his county
in the Legislature in 1863-4, taking his seat
while on furlough and during the intervals of
active hostilities. In 1870, he was nominated
by the Democracy for the Legislature, and was
elected by about three hundred and fifty major¬
ity. In 1865, he was married to Miss Mary E.
Underwood, by which amaiable lady he has
been made the father of three children. The
past career of Captain Wood has been highly
honorable to him. A man of fine culture, and
natural abilities of a high order, he has made an
excellent legislator, and we feel assured that, in
giving expression to the high opinion we have
everywhere heard formed of his capacity as a
legislator and his character as a gentleman, we
are merely recording merits which all his friends
and acquaintances know him to possess.
HON. JAMES
nWjHE subject of this sketch was born in Wil-
<=* kinson county, on the 11th of March, 1820.
When ten years of age his father moved to Tal¬
bot, of which he has been a citizen ever since.
He has always been engaged in agricultural pur¬
suits, and has been, perhaps, one of the most
successful farmers in the South. In early life,
Judge Woodall connected himself with the Old
Whig party, with which he acted until its disso¬
lution. He was always moderate in his political
sentiments. Since the war he has acted with
the Democracy, by whom he was, in December,
1870, selected to represent the county of Talbot
in the lower house of the Legislature. Judge
Woodall is very popular in Talbot. He carried
the county in 1870 over an adverse majority of
D. WOODALL.
six hundred given to John Costin, in 1868.
During our war for Independence, he served for
a short time with the State Troops, and through¬
out the struggle supported the Confederate cause.
He is a gentleman of fine intellectual capacity,
well read, original in his ideas, and of strict
integrity. Since taking his seat he has made
one of the most useful and active legislators
in the House. In person, he is tall and well
proportioned, with most agreeable features. Af¬
fable and pleasant in his demeanor, kind-hearted,
hospitable and liberal, and possessing other
equally meritorious traits of character, Judge
Woodall is much admired in private life, and
can justly claim the possession of numerous
•q* arm and devoted friends.
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HON. JOHN HEART
R. WOODWARD is a native of Sumter Dis¬
trict, South Carolina, where he was born
on the 16th of January, 1831. While an infant,
his parents moved to Montgomery county, Ala¬
bama, and, five years later, removed to Bibb
county, Georgia, in which State the subject of
this sketch has ever since resided. In his youth
he received a fair education; but, his health
failing before the completion of the educational
course, he was compelled to suspend his studies
for a time. With laudable zeal, however, Mr.
Woodward determined to finish his education
unaided by tutors. His circumstances being
limited, he^was early necessitated to earn his
own living; but, during the intervals of labor,
he studied hard and diligently, and is now a well-
read and cultured gentleman. During his brief
career he has been engaged in numerous pur¬
suits, the principal one being that of farming,
and has met with success. He has also read law,
but, his health being delicate, he never prac¬
ticed it. Mr. Woodward entered into political
life a Democrat, and has ever since remained
one. At the outbreak of the late war, he served
in the Tenth Georgia Battalion as a lieutenant,
but was compelled to resign, after some months
YELL WOODWARD.
of active service in the field, on account of ill
health. Subsequently, he re-entered the army
as a lieutenant of the Bibb County Volunteers,
in the State Guards, but again was compelled to
resign, because of hemorrhage of the lungs. As
soon as he had somewhat recovered, he organized
a company of Home Guards, of which he was
elected Captain, but it did no service, the cause
being lost soon after. During the war he held the
position of Justice of the Inferior Court in Bibb
county, and, since the surrender, has been Dep¬
uty Sheriff and Tax Receiver of Dooly county.
In 1867 he was a candidate against the Conven¬
tion, in the 14th Senatorial District, and was de¬
feated. Last year he was nominated for the
Legislature by the Democracy of Dooly county,
and was elected over Henry Patrick by 437 ma¬
jority. Since 1857 Mr. Woodward has suffered
greatly from ill health. He is highly esteemed
by all who know him as a sincere Christian and
kind-hearted, amiable gentleman. He is Presi¬
dent of the Americus & Hawkinsville Railroad
Company, and also of the Agricultural Club of
his county, and takes a -lively interest in every¬
thing that tends to develop the material inter¬
ests'of Georgia.
HON. S. W. WYNNE.
APPLICATION was made to Mr. Wynne for I biographical sketch, but he declined furnishing
the facts and dates necessary to compile a | them.
STATE OP GEORGIA.
97
IN" MEMORIAM.
HON. WRIGHT BRADY, SR.
fOjHE subject of this sketch was bom in South¬
ed west Georgia, about the year 1807, and re¬
vived a plain English education. Some years
jgo he carried on business as a merchant, but the
jeater part of his life was spent in farming.
In 1832, Mr. Brady moved from Houston to
Sumter county, where he settled permanently.
Here he married and became the father of a
family of children, one of whom served in the
army during pur late war. A Whig in politics,
ad an opponent of secession in 1860, he never-
leless gave his entire sympathy to the Confed-
erate cause. During the struggle he was elected
to the State Legislature, and served one term
with credit. After the war he joined the Dem¬
ocracy, by whom he was nominated for the
Lower House, in 1870, and elected by a decisive
majority. Soon after taking his seat, Mr. Brady
became ill and was compelled to leave Atlanta
and return home, where he died during the lat¬
ter part of November, 1871. Mr. Brady was a
man of sterling common sense, and was highly
esteemed for his integrity and for the many fine
traits of character he possessed. In Sumter
county, where he was very popular, his death is
much lamented.
HON. JOHN A. HENDLEY.
ER. HENDLEY was born in this State on the
14th of August, 1834, received a private
education, and was engaged in farming from his
jouth until his death. He entered political life
is a Democrat, but took no active part in politics
before the war. On the outbreak of the struggle,
le volunteered in the Confederate Army and, as
?&ptian of a company 6f the Tenth Confederate
lavalry, served the South with gallantry. On
he return of peace he resumed farming. In
1866, he was elected Sheriff of Pulaski county,
ad held that position, and also the position of
Deputy Sheriff, until 1870, when he was nomi¬
nated and elected by the Democracy to represent
Pulaski county in the Legislature, defeating two
opponents by a decisive majority. During the
early part of the session of 1871, Captain Hend-
ley contracted pneumonia in Atlanta and, re¬
turning home, died there on the 17th of Decem¬
ber. He was a member of the Masonic and Odd
Fellows' Fraternties, and was buried by the
former. By all who knew him, he was spoken
of as having been a man of sound, practical
ability, and of high. character. Kind-hearted,
generous and liberal, his death is deeply mourned
by his numerous friends and acquaintances.
L
ERRATUM.
In the sketch of Hon. E. Steadman, for "married in 1865," read married in "1845."
In the sketch of Hon. J. M. Howell, it is erroneously stated that he attended three courses of
lectures at New York and one at Charleston. He studied at Nashville only, and graduated there
in 1860.
There are several other errors of dates and facts which will be corrected in the second edition.
GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA.
Hon. James M. Smith Governor
Hon. David G. Cottino Secretary of State
Hon. Madison Bell Comptroller-General
Hon. Nedom L. Anqieb Treasurer
Hon. H. P. Fabeow Attorney-General
Surveyor-General
Hon. B. W. Feobel Superintendent of Public Works
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
President L. N. Tbammell; Dalton
President pro tem ,B. B. Hinton - Buena Vista
Secretary T, W. J. Hill Atlanta
Senators.
Anderson, I. H.
Black, R. C. :
Brock, W. :
Brown, J. R. :
Bruton, B. F.
Burns, J. T. :
Campbell, T. G.
Cameron, D. W.
Candler, M. A.
Clark, W. L. :
Colman, J. M.
Cone, Joseph :
Crayton, ThGmae :
Deveaux, J. B.
Erwin, W. S.
Estes, M. V. :
Griffin, Joshua
Heard, Columbus
Hicks, H. : :
Hinton, B. B. :
Hillyer, George
Hoyle, L. C. :
Residence.
Fort Valley.
Americus.
Buchanan.
Canton.
Bainbridge.
Rome.
Darien.
Jacksonville.
Decatur.
Thomas ville.
Brunswick.
Statesboro.
Lumpkin.
Clinton.
Clarkesville.
Homer.
Valdosta.
Greensboro.
Wrights ville.
Buena Vista.
Atlanta.
Dawson.
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Districts.
Senators..
Residence.
41
Jervis, J. A. : : : : :, :
Morganton.
9
Jones, Reuben ::::::
Newton.
28
Jordan,W. F. : : : : : : :
Monticello.
14
Kibbee, Charles C. : : : : : :
Hawkinsville.
5
Kirkland, M. :::::: :
Kirkland St'n
1
Lester, R. E. : : : : : : :
Savannah.
25
Matthews, W. P. : : : : : : :
Talbotton.
30
McWhorter, J. H. : : : : : :
Maxey's.
3
Nicholls, J. C. :::::::
Blackshear.
26
Nunnally, A. D. : : : : • : :
Griffin.
37
Peddy, G. W. : : : : : : :
Franklin.
29
Reese, W. M. : : : : : : :
Washington.
32
Richardson, J. C. : : : : : :
Dawsonville.
22
Simmons, T. J. : : : : : :
Macon.
36
Smith, W. C. :::::: :
Grantville.
27
Steadman, E. :::::: :
Steadman.
20
Wallace, George :::::::
Milledgeville.
40
Wellborn, C. J. : : : : : :
Blairsville.
10
Welch, F. 0. :::::: :
Albany.
house of representatives.
Speaker,
Joseph B. Cumminq
Speaker pro tern W. D. Anderson Marietta
Clerk. James D. Waddell Atlanta
Representatives.
County.
Post-office.
Allred, J. M.
Pickens,
Jasper.
Anderson, W. D.
Cobb,
Marietta.
Anderson, W. P.
Cobb, .
Marietta.
Atkinson, A. F.
Thomas,
Thomasville.
Bacon, A. 0.
Bibb, .
Macon.
Baker, C. H.
Bryan,
Way Station.
Baker, J.
Pike, .
Zebulon.
Ballanger, M. R. .
Floyd,
Rome.
Barksdale, T. J.
Warren,
Barrett.
Barron, Samuel
Jones,
Clinton.
Berrien, Thos. M. .
Burke,
Waynesboro.
Beasely, A.
Battle, J.
Jefferson, .
Louisville.
Thomas,
Thomasville.
Bell, A. C.
Webster, .
Preston.
Booth, E.
Pulaski,
Hawkinsville.
Bowie, C. L.
Walton,
Social Circle.
Blue, James . •
Glynn,
Brans wick.
♦Brady, W.
Sumter,
Americus.
Braddy, W. G. .
Glascock,
Gibson.
Brawner, A. W.
Franklin, .
Carnesville.
Brewton, J. B.
Tatnall,
Reidsville.
Brown, J.
Monroe, .
Forsyth.
♦Deceased.
STATE
OF GEORGIA.
101
1
Representatives. .
County.
PoA-offi.ce.
Bruton, A. .
Decatur,
Bainbridge.
Bateman, W. G.
Taylor,
Butler.
Bryan, G. W. . .*
Henry,
McDonough.
Bunn, M. H.
Polk,
Cedartown.
Bush, J. A.
Miller,
Colquitt.
Butts, F. A.
Hancock,
Devereaux.
Campbell, T. G., jv
Mcintosh,
Darien.
Carleton, Isaac .
Colquitt, .
Moultrie.
Cato, W. W.
Troup,
Hogansville.
Chancy, B.
Early,
Blakely.
Chastian, J. P.
Gilmer,
Ellijay.
Clark, W. A. .
Richmond,
Rich. Factory.
Clark, W. H.
Troup,
West Point.
Cleghotn, C. C.
Chattooga,
Summerville.
Clements, J. D.
Montgomery,
Towns.
Cloud, 0. L.
Warren, .
Warrenton.
Clower, G. H.
Monroe,
Forsyth.
Cody, D. C.
Chattahoochee,
Cottage Hill.
Collins, L. A. M.
Mitchell,
Camilla.
Converse, A. .
Lowndes,
Valdosta.
Colby, A.
Greene,
Greensboro.
Cox, T. D.
Burke,
Greene's Cut.
Craig, H. L. W.
Telfair,
Temperance.
Ward's Station.
Crittenden, R. F.
Randolph,
Cumming, J. B.
Richmond,
Augusta.
Davenport, W. W.
Oglethorpe,
Point Peter.
Davis, J. B.
Newton,
Newton Factory
Davis, M.
Clarke,
Athens.
Dell, J. C. .
Scriven, . • .
Sylvania.
Dukes, A.
Morgan, .
Madison.
Edwards, E. P.
Elbert, . •
Elberton.
Emerson, C. J. .
Whitfield,
Tunnel Hill.
Etheridge, J. A.
Putnam,
Morgan,
Eatonton.
Floyd, M. :
Madison.
Fain, J. C.
Gordon, .
Calhoun.
Farmer, J. W.
Liberty,
Hinesville.
Fields, S. E.
Murray, .
Spring Place.
Flynt, S. J.
Taliaferro,
Crawford Ville.
Franklin, William
Fannin, .
Morganton.
Glover, S.
Sumter,
Andersonville.
Goldsmith, W. L..
DeKalb, .
Decatur.
Goodman, J.
Campbell,
Fairburn.
Graham, E. D. .
Dade,
Trenton.
Gray, J. W.
Bartow,
Adairsville.
Griffin, E. S.
Twiggs, .
Jefferson ville.
Griffin, J. R.
Houston,
Fort Valley.
Guerry, J. H. .
Quitman, .
Georgetown.
Guyton, C. J.
Laurens, . . '
Dublin.
Hall, J. I.
Upson,
Thomas ton.
Hall, W. H. F.
Meriwether, .
Greeneville.
Hammond, T. F.
Butts,
Indian Springs.
Hancock, J. R.
Jackson,
Jefferson.
Harvey, T. W. .
Marion, .
Buena Vista.
Head, W. J.
Haralson,
Buchanan.
Heidt, E.
Chatham,
Savannah.
Hendley, J. A.
Pulaski,
Hawkinsville.
Hillyer, H. L. .
Camden,
St. Marys.
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MANUAL OP THli
Representatives.
County.
Post-office.
Hoge, E. F.
Fulton,
Atlanta.
Howell, J. M. .
Milton,
Alpharetta.
Hooks, C H
Wilkinson,
Irwinton.
Hudson, C B
Schley,
Ellaville.
Hughes, J L
Forsyth,
Cumming.
Hunter, J H
Brooks, .
Quitman.
Jackson, H .
Fulton, .
Atlanta.
Jenkins, RR
Worth,
Isabella.
Johnson, J B
Clay, .
Fort Gaines.
Johnson, WP ,
Jefferson,
Louisville.
Johnson, DH
Spalding,
Griffin.
Joiner, P
Dougherty,
Albany.
Jones, J R .
Terrell,
Dawson.
Jones, G H
Gwinnett, i
Norcross.
Jones, J W .
Hart,-.
Hartwell,
Kennedy, D L .
Bulloch,
Statesboro.
Kelly, J J .
Chatham,
Savannah.
Knoles, D E
Pierce,
Blackshear.
Killian, D W
Towns,
Hiwassee.
Lampkin, SC.
Columbia,
Saw Dust.
Lang, H J .
Lincoln,
Lincolnton.
Lewis, J A
Stewart, .
Lumpkin.
Lipsey, H B
Lee, .
Wooten Station.
Mann, DC
Wilcox, .
Abbeville.
Mansfield, J B
Stewart,
Lumpkin.
Martin, W H
Johnson, .
Wrights ville.
Mattox, HA
Clinch,
Homerville.
McWhorter, R L
Greene, .
Penfield.
McNeil, S A
Randolph,
Cuthbert.
Meadows, I J .
Madison,
Danielsville.
McMillan, G
Habersham, .
Clarkesville.
McConnell, W N
Clayton, .
Jonesboro.
Moreland, J
Meriwether, .
Greeneville.
Morris, PAS.
Talbot,
•Geneva.
Morrison, D
Ware,
Waresboro.
Murphy, R A
Burke,
Waynesboro.
Murphy, J W
Harris,
Hamilton.
Netlierland, G M
Rabun, >.
Clayton.
Nutting, C A
Bibb,
Macon.
Oliver, W
Macon, . .
Oglethorpe.
O'Neal, Peter
Baldwin,
Milledgeville.
Ormond, George
Houston,
Fort Valley.
Page, G F .
Lee, .
Starkville.
Palmour, John .
Dawson, .
Dawsonville.
Patillo, C F .
Harris,
Hamilton.
Paulk, R
Irwin,
Irwinville.
Payne, W W 4
Catoosa,
Ringgold.
Paxton, J
Charlton,
Trader's Hill.
Peeples, H T
Berrien, . •
Nashville.
Penticost, J S
Carroll, .
Carrollton.
Pierce, jr., George F.
Hancock,
Sparta.
Pou, J F
Putney, F F , .
Muscogee,
Columbus.
Dougherty,
Albany.
Phillips, R W .
Echols,
Stateville.
Rawles, Morgan
Effingham,
Guy ton.
Reid, Joseph
Union,
Blairsville.
Renfro, JW
Washington, .
Sandersville,
STATE OP GEORGIA.
103
Representatives.
County.
Post-office.
Riley, H W
Lumpkin,
Dahlonega.
Richards, J B .
Cherokee,
Canton.
Richardson, A
Clarke,
Watkinsville.
Ross, JB
Bibb,
Macon.
Rountree, WP •.
Emanuel,
Cawoochee.
Russell, Isaac .
Chatham,
Savannah.
Rutherford, William
Crawford,
Knoxville.
Sellers, L
Appling, .
Baxter.
Sergeant, H J
Coweta, .
Newnan.
Scott, Dunlap .
Floyd,
Rome.
Sims, Britton
Heard,
Franklin.
Simmons, WE.
Gwinnett,
Lawrenceville.
Simmons, LA
Hall,
Gainesville.
Slaton, HP.
Wilkes,
Washington.
Smith, J F .
Oglethorpe,
Stephens.
Summerlin, —
Smith, J M
Muscogee,
Columbus.
Smith, S
Coweta,
Newnan.
Stovall, G P
Columbia,
Appling.
Summers, J M .
Newton,
Conways.
Snead, C
Richmond,
Augusta.
Simmons, Arby .
Houston,
Fort Valley.
Spence, John M
Coffee,
Waresboro.
Tarver, Henry .
Baker,
Newton.
Taylor, H .
Washington,
Sandersvillc.
Trammell; R A
Paulding,
Dallas.
Watters, A J
Jasper,
Monticello.
West, A F
White,
Cleveland.
Williams, J D .
Decatur,
Harrell.
Wilson, J S
Fulton,
Atlanta.
Whatley, William
Fayette,
Fayetteville.
Wofford, J W
Bartow, .
Cartersville.
Wofford, N
Banks,
Hollingsworth.
Wood, J Y .
Walker, .
Cedar Grove.
Woodall, JD, .
Talbot,
Talbotton.
Woodward, J H
Dooly,
Vienna.
Wynne, S W .
Wilkes,
Washington.
JUDICIARY.
SUPREME COURT.
Chief Justice (Vacancy)
r H. K. McCay ..
Associate Justices... j hirah Warnkr
Reporter N. J. Hammond
Clerk Z. D. Harrison
... .Atlanta
Greeneville
. ,T. Atlanta
... .Atlanta
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8UPEEIOR COURTS.
JUDICIAL CIRCUITS AND COURT CALENDAR, FOR 1871.
ALBANY CIRCUIT.
Peter J. Strozier Judge
W. P. Simms Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Baker
Calhoun . I..
Decatur
Dougherty. .
Mitchell....
Worth
Third Mondays in May and November.
Third Mondays in March and September.
Fourth Mondays in April and October.
First Mondays in June and December.
Second Mondays in May and November.
Third Mondays in April and October.
ATLANTA CIRCUIT.
John L. Hopkins Judge
E. P. Howell Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
DeKalb
Clayton
Fulton
Fourth Mondays in March and September.
First Mondays in March and September.
Second Mondays in April and October.
AUGUSTA CIRCUIT.
William Gibson Judge
H. Clay Foster Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Burke
Third Mondays in May and November.
First Mondays in May and November.
First Mondays in April and October.
Third Mondays in April and October.
Columbia....
McDuffie ....
Richmond
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BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT.
Noel B. Knight Judge
James M. Bishop Solicitor General
Counties.
Cherokee..
Cobb
Dawson . ..
Forsyth....
Fannin
Gilmer
Milton
Pickens
Towns ....
Union....
Time of Holding Court.
First Mondays in March and fourth Mondays in
July.
Third Mondays in March and first Mondays in
October.
Third Mondays in April and second Mondays
in September.
First Mondays in April and fourth Mondays in
August.
Third Mondays in May and October.
Second Mondays in May and October.
Fourth Mondays in March and third Mondays
in August.
Fourth Mondays in April and September.
Monday after the fourth Mondays in May and
October.
Fourth Mondays in May and October.
BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT.
W. M. Sessions Judge
Isaac W. Christian Solicitor General
Counties.
Appling
Camden
Charlton. ..
Clinch
Coffee
Echols
Glynn
Pierce
Ware
Wayne
Time of Holding Court.
Second Mondays in March and September.
Wednesday after Wayne Court.
Monday after Camden Court.
First Mondays in April and October.
Third Mondays in March and September.
Second Mondays in April and October.
Third Tuesdays in May and November.
First Mondays in March and September.
Fourth Mondays in March and September.
Third Mondays in April and October.
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manual of the
CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT.
James Johnson Judge
Cary J. Thornton Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Chattahoochee
Harris
Marion
Muscogee
Talbot
Taylor
Fourth Mondays in March and September.
Second Mondays in April and October.
Third Mondays in April and October.
Fourth Mondays in May and November.
First Mondays in March and September.
First Mondays in April and October.
CHEROKEE CIRCUIT.
Josiah R. Parrott Judge
Charles E. Broyles Solicitor General
Counties.
iTime of Holding Court.
Bartow
Catoosa
Dade
Gordon
Murray
Whitfield....
Third Mondays in March and September..
Second Mondays in February and August.
Second Mondays in May and November.
Third Mondays in February and August.
Third Mondays in April and October.
Fourth Mondays in April and October.
EASTERN CIRCUIT.
William Schley Judge
Alfred B. Smith Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Bryan.
Bulloch
Chatham ....
Effingham ...
Liberty
Mcintosh ....
Scriven
Third Mondays in April and November.
Thursday before the first Mondays in April and
November.
Second Mondays in January and May.
Second Mondays in April and November.
Fourth Mondays in April and November.
Tuesdays after second Mondays in April and
Tuesdays after fourth Mondays in November.
First Mondays in April and November.
slate op georgia.
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FLINT CIRCUIT.
James W. Green Judge
Lemuel B. Anderson Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Butts
Second Mondays in March and September.
Third Mondays in April and October.
Fourth Mondays in February and August.
Third Mondays in March and September.
First Mondays in April and October.
Second Mondays in March and September.
First Mondays in February and August.
First Mondays in May and November.
Henry
Monroe
Newton
Pike
Rockdale
Spalding
Upson
MACON CIRCUIT.
Carleton B. Cole Judge
Ezekiel W. Crocker Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Bibb.
Crawford ....
Houston
Twiggs
Fourth Mondays in April and October.
Fourth Mondays in March and September.
Fourth Monday in May and second Monday in
December.
Second Mondays in April and October.
MIDDLE CIRCUIT.
H. D. D. Twiggs Judge
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Emanuel ....
Glascock
Jefferson ...
Johnson
Tatnall
Washington..
Third Mondays in April and October.
Third Mondays in February and August.
Second Mondays in May and Novomber.
Fourth Mondays in March and September.
Second Mondays in April and October.
Second Mondays in March and September.
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Manual op the
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Garnett Andrews J udge
John M. Matthews Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Courtf
Elbert
Hancock.
Hart
Lincoln ....
Madison ....
Oglethorpe ..
Taliaferro
Warren
Wilkes
Second Mondays ,in March and September.
Second Mondays in April and October.
Third Mondays in March and September.
Fourth Mondays in April and October.
First Mondays in March and September.
Third Mondays in April and October.
Second Mondays in May and November.
First Mondays in April and October.
First Mondays in May and November.
OCMULGEE CIRCUIT.
Philip B. Robinson Judge
Fleming Jordan |. .Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Baldwin
Greene
Jasper
Jones
Morgan
Putnam
Wilkinson ...
Fourth Mondays in February and August.
Second Mondays in March and SeptemberJ
Second Mondays in February and August.
Third Mondays in April and October.
First Mondays in March and September.
Third Mondays in March and September.
First Mondays in April and October.
OCONEE CIRCUIT.
A. C. Pate Judge
Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Dodge
Dooly
Irwin
Laurens
Montgomery..
Pulaski
Telfair
Wilcox
Fourth Mondays in April and October.
Fourth Mondays in March and September.
Friday after third Mondays in March and Sep¬
tember.
Second Mondays in April and October.
Thursday after first Mondays in April and Oc¬
tober.
Third Mondays in April and October.
Thursday after fourth Mondays in April and
October.
Third Mondays in March and September.
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PATAULA CIRCUIT.
David B. Harrell Judge
S. Wise Parker Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Clay
Early ........
Miller
Quitman ....
Randolph....
Stewart
Terrell
Fourth Mondays in March and September.
First Mondays in April and October.
Second Mondays in April and October.
Third Mondays in May and November.
First Mondays in May and November.
Third Mondays in April and October.
Fourth Mondays in May and November.
ROME CIRCUIT.
Robert D. Harvey judge
C. D. Forsythe Solicitor General
Counties.
. Time of Holding Court.
i
Chattooga
Floyd
Paulding ....
Polk
Haralson ....
Walker
First Mondays in March and September.
Third Mondays in January and July.
First Mondays in February and August.
Second Mondays in February and August.
Fourth Mondays in March and September.
Last Mondays in February and August.
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.
John R. Alexander Judge
William B. Bennett Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Berrien
Brooks
Colquitt
Lowndes ....
Thomas
Third Mondays in March and September.
Third Mondays in May and November.
Wednesdays after fourth Mondays in May and
November.
First Mondays in June and December.
First and second Mondays in June and Decem¬
ber.
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SOUTH-WESTERN CIRCUIT.
James M. Clark Judge
Thomas P. Lloyd Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Lee
Macon
Schley
Sumter
Webster
Fourth Mondays in March and second Mondays
in November.
First Mondays in December and third Mondays
in July.
Second Mondays in April and October.
Second Mondays in April and October.
Second Mondays in March and September.
TALLAPOOSA CIRCUIT.
William F. Wright Judge
William A. Adams Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
. . %
Carroll
Campbell....
Coweta
Douglass ....
^Fayette
Heard
Meriwether .
Troup,
First Mondays in April and October.
Second Mondays in February and August.
First Mondays in March and September.
Third Mondays in April and October.
Fourth Mondays in April and October.
Third Mondays in March and September.
Third Mondays in February and August.
Third Mondays in May and November.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Charles D. Davis Judge
William L. Marler Solicitor General
Counties.
Time of Holding Court.
Banks
Clarke
Franklin ....
Gwinnett....
Habersham ..
Hall
Jackson
Rabun
Walton
White
First Mondays in April and October.
First Mondays in February and second Mdndays
in August.
Second Mondays in April and October.
First Mondays in March and second Mondays in
September.
Third Mondays in April and October.
Third Mondays in March and September.
Fourth Mondays in February and August.
First Mondays in April and October.
Third Mondays in February and August.
Monday after fourth Mondays in April and Oc¬
tober.
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STATE OF GEORGIA.
Ill
TICAL DIVISION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
e below a statement of the political division of the Leg-
The terms of all the members of the House expire in
L873.
NAME OF SENATORS,
R E Lester
r J Campbell (colored)
ICNicholls
I M Colman
M Kirkland
I Griffin
W L Clarke
B F Bruton
R Jones
F O Welch
L C Hoyle
T Crayton (colored) ...
R C Black
C C Kibbee
D W Cameron
H Hicks
J Cone
Benjamin Conley
C Heard
G Wallace (colored)...
J B Deveaux (colored)
T J Simmons
I H Anderson
B B Hinton
W P Matthews
A D Nunnally
E Steadman
W F Jordan
W M Reese
Jas. H. McWhorter ...
W S Erwin
J C Richardson
M Van Estes
M A Candle^
George Hillyer
W C Smith
G W Peddy
W Brock
J R Brown
C J Wellborn
J A Jervis
J T Burns
L N Trammell
POLITICS. TERM EXPIRES
Democrat...
Republican
Democrat...
Republican
Democrat-
Republican
Republican
Republican
Democrat-
Republican
Democrat...
Republican
Democrat-
Democrat...
Democrat-
Democrat...
Democrat...
Republican
Democrat...
Republican
Republican
Democrat...
Republican
Democrat...
Democrat...
Democrat..
Democrat-
Democrat..
Democrat..
Independ't.
Democrat-
Republican
Democrat—
Democrat-
Democrat-
Republican
Democrat-
Republican
Democrat-
Democrat-
Democrat—
Democrat
Democrat-
Democrat...
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MANUAL OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
COUNTIES.
Appling..; . ...
Baker
Bartow
Baldwin
Banks
Berrien
Bibb
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Charlton
Chatham
Camden
Campbell
Carroll
Calhoun
Catoosa ..
Chattahoochee.
Chattooga ....
Cherokee
Clay
Clarke
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Columbia
Crawford
Coweta
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty....
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Fannin
Fayette
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COUNTIES.
Floyd
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn
Gordon
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Hancock
Haralson ;.
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston
Irwin
J ackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Johnson
Jones
Laurens
*Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Lowndes
Lumpkin
f Macon
Madison
Marion
Meriwether ...
Monroe
Morgan
Montgomery ..
Miller
Mitchell
Milton
Mcintosh
Murray.
Muscogee ... t.
Newton
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STATE OF GEORGIA.
113
COUNTIES.
Oglethorpe
Paulding ..
Pickens...
Pierce
Pike
Polk
JPulaski...
Putnam ...
Quitman...
Rabun
Randolph ..
Richmond .
Rockdale ..
Schley
Scriven ...
Spalding.. .
Stewart....
§Suroter ...
Talbot
Taliaferro ..
Tatnall
Taylor
a.
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s
COUNTIES.
Telfair.,
Thomas
Terrell.
Towns.,
Troup .
Twiggs,
Union..,
Upson
Walton
Ware
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster...
White
Whitfield ...
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson..
Worth
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RECAPITULATION.
SENATE.
Democrats 29
Republicans 14
Independent 1—15
Democratic majority over all 14
HOUSEr OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Democrats I 136
Republicans 29
Independent 9—38
Democratic majority over all 98
Note.—All the Independents act with the Democracy in the Assembly.
Some of them have always been Democrats, but ran against the regular nomi-
nee of their party.
* Lee county is represented by but one member—Dr. H. B. Lipsey, Demo¬
crat—his colleague, Mr. Paqe, having been arrested on a charge of murder
soon after the meeting of the Legislature.
•}• Macon county has, also, but one member at present, Mr. Jones—one of
the Republican members elected having been declared ineligible by reason of
his not residing in the county.
% By the death of Mr. IIendlkv the represetation from Pulaski has been
reduced to one member—Mr. Booths.
$ By the death of Mr. Brady, sr., the representation from Sumter has been
reduced to one member—Hon. S. Glover,
N
O O XT IST □? ~ST OPPIOERS.
COUNTY.
Appling....
Baker
Bartow ....
Baldwin ...
Banks
Berrien....
Bibb
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch....
Burke
Butts.......
Charlton...
Chatham...
Camden
Campbell...
Carroll
Calhoun ...
Catoosa....
Chattahoochee
Chattooga..
Cherokee.
Clay
Clarke
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee. ....
Colquitt...
Columbia..
Crawford ..
Coweta
Dade
Dawson...
Decatur....
DeKalb...
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty.
Douglas....
Early
Echols
Effingham..
Elbert.... '
COUNTY SEAT.
Holmesville...
Newton
Cartersville..- .
Milledgeville..
Homer
Nashville
Macon
ORDINARY.
A R Byrd...
CCGour....
J A Howard.
MR Bell....
A C Morse..
EI Lamb...
CT Ward..,
Newnan
Trenton
Dawsonville ..
Bainbridge ...
Decatur... ...
Eastman
Vienna
Albany
Douglasville...
Blakely
State ville
I
ipringfield...
Slberton
Quitman |I L Beaty
Eden W H Hayman..
Statesboro IC A Sornier...
Waynesboro... |E F Lawson.
Jackson
Traders' Hill..
Savannah
St. Marys
Fairburn
Carrollton ...
Morgan
Ringgold
Cusseta
Summerville..
Canton
Fort Gaines...
Watkinsville..
Jonesboro ....
Homerville ...
Marietta
Douglass
Moultree
W Goodman...
J M Mattox... i
A W Stone
J I Rudulph....
R C Beavers....
D B Inham
J J Beck
J M Combs ...,
J Castleberry..
J B Hill
W D K Moss...
J C Wells
A M Jackson...
J H Morrow....
J D Morgan ...
C J Shepard....
LC Wilcox....
....Vacancy...
C Stearns
I W Avant
J H Cooke
J E Taylor
D Fowler
J Johnson
W R Webster..
S W Bunch ...
W H Davis.. .
WH Wilson...
W Hindinan...
J B Jones
MN B Outlaw.
A F Rolin
EB Tate, jr....
CLERK*
S A Crosby ..... G Wiley
E W Allen D McMurria,
T A Wood WW Rich
P L Fair .O Arnold...
W Turk ,..|A J West...
J H Kirby |T D Futch..
JH King jPW Doyle..
S W Brooks.... W A King..
J A Wade....... I Lowther ..
R Sanders T B Moore
J D Munnerlyn. J L Smith.
L A Bankston ..
R Hatcher ......
W I Clements...
G T Carr
G W Thornton..
J A O'Quinn....
G S Barthelmas.
H Simpson
M H Woodall... J W Carter.
J M Griffin..
. .Not qualified..
O W Trimmer..
W R Phelps. ..
HDCEdmonson
0 W Putnam....
1 L Tucker
J C Johnson ...
R W Mundy....
J Tomlinson
H M Hammett..
S P Garkin
C W Haynes..,.
H B Fleming
W A Walker.
J A McClure....
M A B Tatum ..
W H Richardson
T F Hampton...
III Williams...
R A Harrell...
J E Lilly
C Wensolowski.
A L Gorman.. .
W H DuBose ...
M V Clayton....
E G Weitman...
B A Henry
F M Williamson
.Not qualified..
T D Cox
L Harp
J H Garrett. ...
A T Scott
N Bnrant
J A Browning ..
N G Hudson
J M Nelms
W P Stephens..
J W Denton...
T R Foyster
B Ivy
A J Preston
S T Vineyard...
J W O'Neal
H Tatum
H B Waugh
J Hunter
J Brown
W L Graham
J W Kemp
T II Sellman
J F Willis
....Vacancy ....
A M Morgan ...
WHH Adams..
TAX COLLECTOR.
I Carter
L Adams
Z A McReynolds
L A Collaway...
P A Waters
R H Turner
FM Heath
T Alderman
J Butler
J F Lanier
R C Wimberly..
W D Thomas. .
Vacancy ..
J I McGowen...
C H Trohock....
S Harvey
J L Veal
. .Not qualified..
WFB Rimsey.
C C Kennedy...
S Canvile
TREASURER.
Jefferson Carter.
J Siollay
A M Foute
H Temples
L D Harper-
J W Futch
P M Perkins..
A P Perham.
A O Vanbunckle
J Zitrouer
S A Gray.
T L Williams...
A G Govern
J Williamson...
A Wilson
J C Williams...
L J Smith
..Not qualified.,
W A Words ....
W W WTood ....
IR Hendrix
P Taylor jj W Chapman ..
R B Paterson.
J I Hunter
R Wallis
M M Caswell
G M Manning ..
H LPaulk
S Gregory
0 Hardy
Vacancy....
R W Hendrix...
B M Wilkinson
S M Fowler
T I Jeter
II V Bayne
1 W Bohannon..
W Calhoun
R T Gibert
M D Watkins...
D M Roberts.. .
G W Chitty
G W Grovenstein
R M Willis
J McLendon
S C Reese,
I RPhipps
A Newton
H C White
B Pearson
M Tucker'
H B Fleming
IW Andrews...
WDOrr
L Sutton
E P Bond
J Griffin
J M Pate
T R Wilcox
D B Leonard ...
S FdeGrafl'enried
C P Bower
B M Fcyer,
G C Carter
G B Gnann
RM Heard
TAX RECEIVER.
John S Carter...
H D Harden
WT Gordon....
J Marshall
P Martin
F Ray
R A Binson
R B Wooten....
J J Hayman . ..
E Kennedy
J E Franklin...
R W Mayes.. .
C Roberson
B E Bee
G Lang
J M Brooks
J L Cobb
. .Not qualified..
J A Park
J H Cobb
J Williams.
C Archer
J H Evans
RFlournoy. ...
C Strickland ..
B Cornelius
I C Oglesby
D Garkin
R Tucker
G D Dorsey
R H Knight
W P Bryant....
B M Wilkinson.
J Fouts
II Brock ett
I NNash
W B Sapp
G S Lassiter....
J B Cannon
J M James
C R Taliaferro
E J W Prescott.
J L Freyermoutk
J E Anderson
B F Sibley
G W Hill .....#
M Grieve, jr....
II P Terrell
M Lindsey
Thomas Pullen.
J E Hanna
C A Harden
S Hendrix ..
8 E Clark
C 8 Maddox
L P Trally
S B Sweat
C W Harroll...
D Aderhold
J G Jordan
..Not qualified.
A Johnson
G II Sufi
I R Roper
W W Harking .
C C Greene....
Vacancy....
B W Bonner...
W Gaines
I R Ward
T Baley
W Costin
J D Greene
J N Smith
P Sewell
H Baker
A S Tatum
J H Colbert
E MKittridge..
RH Coffin
J R Holmes....
F F Floyd .
J M Hughey...
J M Evans
W E Phillips..
ANKeifer ....
W Christian...
J Irvin
W Arp
J T Cushing
W RArflin
H C Connell
A Duberry
T Hester
I Bush
...Vacancy
W S C Morris
C Barnes
Fail'd to qualify
B F Sheftall
E W Forrester
H Morgan
M Jones
. Not qualified
J Swope
J Johnson
A S Alexander
8 Fuller
W G Jernigan
I Wilkinson
J Kite
I H Simpson
B Mousherr
H Carlton
J P W illiams
R Pope
F Smith
L Tidwell
D Wooddall
C Evans
W Dickerson
L Sapp
P E Gilbert
F F Floyd
S W Biggers
S W Sessions
W Greene
E J Kinby
L L Bailey
Emanuel
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock
Giynn
Gordon
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham ...
Hall
Hancock,
Swainsboro ..
Morganton.'...
Fayetteville ..
Rome
Cumming
Carnesville ...
Atlanta
EUijay
Gibson
Brunswick
Calhoun ..
Greenesboro..
Lawrenceville.
Clarksville....
Gainesville ...
Sparta
Haralson Buchanan.
Harris Hamilton....
Hart Ilartwell
Heard Franklin
Henry McDonough ..
Houston j Perry
Irwin jlrwiuville ....
Jackson j Jefferson
Jasper [Monticcllo
Jefferson ; Louisville
Johnson iW rightsville..
Jones [Clinton... .
Laurens 'Dublin
Lee Starkville
Liberty 'Hinesville ....
Lincoln Lincolnton....
Lowndes Yaldosta
Lumpkin Dahlonega
Macon Oglethorpe....
Madison Danielsvillc ..
Marion ... .,. Buena Vista..
Meriwether... Greenville ....
Monroe
Morgan
McD utile
Montgomery..
J C Coleman IJ Bell
W L VanZant.. m "
D C Minor
H J Johnson...
W D Bentley...
A J Morris
D Pittman
J M Greer
H Loque
J T Rowe. ...
D W Neal
D A Nemour...
J T Lampkin..
G Sisk J A Griggs
A M Cochran.... 'J I Mayre
... Vacancy....! Vacancy
AD Woods,... >G B Jenkins....
J F C Williams.. N II Barden
F C Stephenson. C A Webb
W L Mozby J A Ponder
GM Nolan J I Weems
W L Snift J C MToy ..
W Whitley M Henderson, jr
TLRoss TH Niblack...
T M Powell
A E Stokes
A E Ross .....
J T Brown
T A Little
W R Venable...
W Ellington....
DGD Alden
C P Goodyear..
C A Harris
I R Hall
W L Vaughan ..
J W Barney.
W H Watkius
J R L Allen ..
R T Ross ......
J B Wolfe
Forsyth
Madison .
Thomson
Mount Vernon
Miller 'Colquitt
Mitchell
Milton
Mcintosh .
Murray ...
Muscogee.
Newton
Camilla
Alpharetta...
Darien.
Spring Place.
Columbus
Covington
Oglethorpe Lexington ..,
|W L Zachary .
. G T Palmer.
J F Outlaw. ...
TJ Gibson
H Smith
J M Wilkinson . J Morgan
W P Girardeau . 8 A Colder
IT latum | . Vacancy
W H Dasher B L Stephens ...
W A Burnside.. W I Worlev. ...
J L Parker.. 1J M Greer * ...
RH Bulloch .. JM Skinner
J M Lowe IT B Lumpkin...
J W Banning... J W Boyd
CA King IM B Potts
W Woods |E Hevser
A B Thrasher... R H "Pearce
J A McMillan...
WB Daniel
H C Dasher
O P Skelton ...
L Jackson
A Farnsworth ..
J W Duer
J W B Summers! S W Lindsey
F J Robin son... IG H Lester..
A McArthur
8 T Morton
J W Pearce....
WHNisbet... .
E E Howard .
J P Gait
GTPond.
E J Faircloth ...
W E Pearcy ....
G W Edmondson
I H Lumpkin...
J A Simms
G A Pace
J O Harris
R A Milton
D Denton
J M Thomas
J Gresliam
R C Hales
[M V Brand
G W Anderson..
I S Latham
i . Vacancy....
IT White
P P Pervitt
W A Holland...
jW G Thompkins
R H Hightower.
W D Pierce
[A E Clements...
,T Wilhite
IJ H Freeman. ..
J T Mtilliu.. .
G R Mason
Vacancy
G Currell
B F Salter
J E Zoucks.....
M B Smalley...,
D R Stephens...
J L Howell
II L Hill
J W Parterfield.
W C Baker .. ..
A D Craver
'H Cain
T Gibbs
I T Stovall
M Roney .
FM Piatt
C W Collins
W Buice
J R Bennett
W A Ramsey ...
J J Bradford...
P E Banks
W P Edwards...
E J Coleman
SM Douthit...
L Harrison
S E Trout
W A Fowler ..
W McFarland...
S R Iloyle
A M V Kelly ...
T Kitchens
M McDonald....
T J Norton
G H Thompson.
M Martin
J G Crow
WP Wheicliel..
Vacancy ....
F Reid
J G Eby
J Shiflet
U B Pollard
G W Rape
B Cobb
J B Paulk
C Freeman......
N M Williams ..
R A Garvin.:..
E Parker
Vacancy
D B Snider
J W Rosser....
J Girardeau
A Ilernsberger..
T R Smith
J P Parker
W K Hall
J L Bird
H N Hamilton..
LH Blalock .,...
W II Swann....
II Martin
H W Young ....
M B Hughes
|J S Bush
G W Wilford
J Watson
S W Wilson ...
M M Bates
J M Leonard
RWBagly
G W Smith
G W McLeod..
M McKinney ..
A McEachern..
J P Moore
E M Moulder ..
W A Mauley...
C M Payne.....
A Bishop., ....
B Loque
D E Reiley
N J Boaz
W Griffin
R A Robinson.
S H Lambert...
J N Loden
Vacancy...
S L Hilton
S R Murphy....
B Thornton
H B Lane
J W Goodman.
W Branson
Vacancy...
L J Johnson...
E S Glover
I R Powell..
H F Robsou...
Vacancy ...
'JW Stanley...
■D A Pettis
,W Harrison
1 Vacancy...
,S M Griffin ....
J Kelly... .
A R Greer.. .
[J W Griffith ..
J R Rushing...
I E Adams
S R Potts.
Z M Wilson
B E Pearce
F McRea
8 Grimes
W W Twetty.,
J Jones
P Maxwell
MW Harris. ..
F G Wilkins...
W A Cook
B A Grcshain..
J R Rountree...
T J Fain
D M Franklin ..
KW Berry hill..
S A Holbrook...
T J Harrison
A G Grier
A M V Kelly
H H Todd
J C Sullivan ...
WM Russell...
R A Newson
D R McDaniel ..
J H Grant
JRH Suck
Vacancy
J S Weaver
WW Goodman.
J M Thornton...
J J Bledsoe
L Thompson....
S Hunt .
.Vacancy...
J L Thompson..
M A McDowell..
W A Fay
E H Linder
Vacancy ...
E Benton
U Sullivan
R Q Cassels
J.B Bentley.
J C A Howell...
J Towny
B F Holsenbake
J A MeCurdy...
D B Wells..
R D Adair
R C Maddox
C J Allen
J D Montgomery
J Higgs
HHC Bush ...
J W Sharp T
NB Bagwell....
W M Thomas..
J Jackson
H S Park
J A Jones
G W Young
M B Ward
J C Logan
1 Stone
J H Reynolds..
J N Puett
H A Conger ...
W A Hardin...
G A Roberts...
S Kitchens ....
J A Abbott ..
J H Brumlee...
JP Wright....
R M Cole.. ..
J G Kitwood ..
R D Hawkins..
.. Vacancy ...
T Hall
J T Whitaker..
L B Fisher .. .
LJones
N Fears...
J Pugh
...Vacancy. .
J L Johnson...
N N Crawford .
I T Adkins
W B Snell
.. .Vacancy...
n K Walker...
W A Johnson..
W Hughes
...Vacancy ...
C Knight
B F Sitton ...
G Jones
W A Stone ....
N H Tullis
JH Williams..
M T Harper....
C B Barrow....
J R Wilson....
A H M'Crinnon
Van B Baughn.
PW Twetty ..
J J Teasley ...
W R Pappell ..
M Roberts ..
J E Lanier
J M Smith
J W Tiller ....
H H Hall
J A Tarfley
E Sweat
U Patillo
W C Beall
D Paigne
W Kile
J R Johnson
J McNeal
L B Davis
Vacancy
R Hurlbert
F M Herring
A I Nix
J Pierce
Vacancy
J J McClung
A Beard
A McGee
R A Boggus
J E Brown
S Tooke
Vacancy
A Sliackleford
J ( ampbell
R A Diche
J W Rowland
.Vacancy
W E Jeffekens
A G Williams
J Ward
Vacancy
H Davidson
J A Woo ten
D Hawkins
J B Bard
Vacancy
J Harris
A Wilkes
J R Martin
R T Blanchard
A McQueen
J H Taylor
J C Henderson
S W Cook
Toby Maxwell
II Harper
R R Wood
J G Floyd
J A Jewell
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COUNTY OFiFICERS-
Oontinued.
COUNTY SKAT.
Dallas
Jasper
Blacksliear ...
Zebulon
Cedar Town .
. Hawkinsvilie..
Eaton ton
, Georgetown ..
, Clayton
. Outhbert
Augusta
. Conyers
. Ellaville
. Sylvania
. Griffin
Lumpkin. ..
Americus
. Talbotton ...
. Crawfordville.
. Iteidville .....
. Butler
. Lumber City..
. Thomasville.,
. Dawson
. Piwassce . ..
LaGrange
Jeffersonville
Blairsville ....
Thomaston ..
LaFayette ...
Monroe
Waresboro
Warren ton ..
Sandersville ..
Wayneville.
Preston
Cleveland
Dal ton ....
Abbeville....
Washington..
Irwinton ....
Isabella
ORDINARY.
S B McGregor ..
W H Simmons..
H W Grady . ..
J J Harper
F M Clark
J I Sparrow....
D H Ried
W P Jordan ....
J M Qnillian....
M Gomcly
8 Levy
A C M'Callft ....
L W Stewart....
H Parker
H D Dismuke ..
R F Watts
B F Bell
A W Bethune ..
C A Beasley
C W Smith ....
JD Russ
W P Campbell..
H H Tooke
CLERK.
J M Hunt.......
G Cowart
J W Strickland.
8 F Mann
W C Knight
E A Burch
AC Mason ..
E J Moore
R E Cannon ...
W C Parkerson.
D D McMurphy.
F J Treadwell ..
J NCheney ....
John R Evans..
Jus G Patterson.
Benj T Harris..
A G Donaldson .
S A Jameson ..
J D Hammock..
Wm H Hall ....
J M Bateman...
G W Campbell..
John Few
T M Jones J A F Clarke.
J M White
H H Carey
J M Burkett ...
W R Logan ....
W A Cobb
W Russell
W U Pendergrass
I Wilson
R W Herbert....
H Brookins ...
E Haroer
G W Davenport.
N H Palmer
W H Brooker...
Darling Johnson
G Dyson
C M Lindsey....
J W Rouse ...
F C Foster.
R L McFarlin ..
Vacancy ....
W W Erwin ....
H T Jennings ..
RM Dickerson.,
J P Edwards
E H Crawley
R M Wilder ....
T I Gilmore
...Vacancy
J H Cawooa . ..
IW Meeks
H C Hamilton..
G G Adams ....
G Dyson
A J Porter
J W Joiner ...
SHERIFF.
W M McGregor.
A W Davis ....
S H Souther
W H McLendon.
E W Clements .
R G Fulgham ..
JL Wilson ...
David Johnson..
W Si Long
Charles F Berry
Charles n Sibley
J W Almond...
TB Myers....
P C Kemp
Samuel F Gray
John S Harrell
....Vacancy..
Hugh Hall
M D L Googer..
W T M Edwards
L Hill..
S Hatten
William Stegall.
W H Barhain
Sanders...
Thomas C V iller
James Evans..
TAX COLLECTOR.
J TRagsdale
A M Davis
A J Strickland..
John C Willis...
M L Lovell.,
J M Stokes
R Parkham,jr..
J J Crumley ....
Logan L Page ..
JOB Watson..
John A Bohler..
F J Armistead..
William Allen ..
J K Daniels
M O Bowdoin ..
George W Ard..
Amos C Speer..
W J McBride ..
WT Woodruff..
Sam Hendricks .
John Jinks ....
A H Graham....
J T Cottmaun ..
W B Oxford
John B Burch.
TREASURER.
W A Noland W J Sheffield ..
J A McCutcheon B M Cowart ...
TAX RECEIVER.
C C Buchanan..
Harry Wells
F L Pittman....
E B Gilbert
W C Davis
T J Ellis
John Coffee. ...
Thos Coleman..
H E Clarke ....
M F Swann ....
A Goodson ....
William J Scott
J M Boyle
Charles A Dent..
H J Williams...
B Curley
J D Hammock..
J O Easterlind. •
8 L Brewer....
J D Winn
J W Seward
W R Baldwin ..
J Owen
John D Witham G Forbes
Thomas Jones.. Rob't Arrington
George H King.. G B McBee.
O C Sharnon James Holloman
William Strange;F M Simpson...
William J v oore Rufus J Hughes
E M Cribb
C C Lowe
R P Bynum
S Thornton
W H Mathews..
J R Lumsden ..
F G Home
James Griffin .
Wm A Quinn
M Deacon
Wm Henderson.
J C Jeffords
W G Scruggs
J A Robinson
Vacancy..
John McGiil..
A Mcrritt
RN Varnell ..
J CLuke
William R Smith
G W Payne
G G Ford ..
John J Smith
William P Tyler
James R Barber
N H Mobley ..
Wm Clopton..
J M Granberry
M V Yorr ....
John M Redding
R J Wilson...
W J Green....
CH Varner....
H J Arnett
H POgletree...
Major Corbett..
Joseph Mize
J E Mershon...
JosW Farmer.
A A Smith..
G L W Anthoney
Young Rawlins.
H M Chastain..
J M Reddick...
William Barrett
A F Simmons ..
Wm C Solomon
J K Duncan F M Conley
W W Hurtefield A E Singleton
G W Clements..
E C Arnold
J McQuaig
Thomas Lewis..
M Newman
Vacancy ....
John Terry
I Black
W Davis
T J Mitchell
G B Bunch
J N Mason
J W Kennedy ..
J T Renfroe
P H Thomas...
W T James
C W Cason
M S Wood
Vacancy
R A Passmore ..
J N Ash
J Rollins
Charles McCall..
Thomas Jossee.
R Nelson
V S Hoi ton....
SURVEYOR.
D DGrogan....
L W Han
J S Loumane..
..Vacancy...
E D High tower
James Hurtley.
Samuel Shell..
Wm J Brown..
O T Dickerson.
John E Wade..
R B Beck ..
J F Albert
B A Strange ..
A Ennis
Jos Buntyon ..
8 H Kengon ..
...Vacancy...
J H Richards ..
H L Brantley..
M M Eason
J M Stewart ..
H B Graham ..
8 W Baker ....
J T Scaif
M S Bryson...
P H Green
Edwin A Nash,
T J Boiling
R D Shurpstine
AR McCutcheon
W S Carithers..
W L Evans ....
J 8 Johnson ..
J Barge
Vacancy
C E Grubbs....
H Adams
Vacancy ....
Vacancy ...
Vacancy
J T Brannan
T G Westfall
CORONER.
M Gedden
W Thompson
Henry 8 Tatum
A Hambrick
W F Sanders
John Laidler
Peter Dent
Richard Morris
A Phillyan
E M Buck
W K Pournelle
George Rodgers
A J Dupree
. ..Vacancy
John Stateham
W H Crossman
Vacancy
Vacancy
J W Jackson
Bryant Waters
A Wainwright
Wm Robinson
Henry Butler
John Daniel
W R M'Clure
L Pitts
Hardy Bennett
Samuel Wilson
N Goyens
W B "Pogue
R W Charicey
A M Butt
Thos Johnson
J Townville
Vacancy
M Dawson
John Foster
L M Barrett
Vacancy
J 8 Moore
S J Bush
A T Hodges
STATE OF GEORGIA.
117
FINANCES OF THE STATE.
Receipts into the Treasury for the years 1870 and 1871.
1870.
1871.
Balance in Treasury, Jan. 1 .
General tax of 1869 .
General tax of 1868
General tax of 1867 .
Poll tax for 1868 . ,
Poll tax for 1869
Fees of Secretary of State's office
Fees of Executive Department
Fees of Comp. General's office
Liquor tax of 1869
Liquor tax of 1870
Liquor tax of 1871
Circus and show tax
Insur. tax of 1868 on premiums
Insur. tax of 1869 on premiums
Special reciprocity tax, Ins. Co.s
Total am't insurance tax in 1871
Tax on railroads
Convention tax
Tax on patent medicine vendors
Tax on wild lands .
From W & A Railroad
Overcharge on Leg. pay-rolls .
Int. on State deposits, Sch. Fund
Dividends from railroad shares
Script dividends on insurance
Tax on banks
Defaulting agents W & A B R
Tax on express companies
Poll tax of 1870
Poll tax of 1871
Temporary loans
General tax of 1870
General tax of 1871 .
Restitution money .
Rents of Capitol
W & A R R ticket agt. on final set.
Sale of abandoned freight .
Over payment from Contingent
Fund on Executive Warrant...
442,960 18
175,971 32
7,884 87
2,301 79
192 30
1,589 65
330 00
8 00
14 75
14,328 57
21,595 76
*5,643 50
814 78
8,503 41
2,675 00
*6,883 61
1,079 01
135 00
1,306 00
45,000 00
904 00
5,533 11
4,617 00
141 80
2,235 56
630 00
332 55
177 14
31*0,000 00
543,465 95
165,744 55
8,654 83
324 35
577 50
40 00
96 80
30,698 43
4,765 28
3,100 00
12,150 76
11,849 29
1,543 13
7 00
5,673 58
285,399 79
37,107 15
324,882 00
214,712 77
514,085 01
3,950 00
3,697 88
1,182 37
1,004 01
350 00
Total receipts . . $1,607,263 97 $1,631,596 48
118
MANUAL OF TEtri
FINANCES OF THE STATE—Continued.
Expenses during 1870 and 1871.
1870.
$20,784
13
55,708
25
16,801
44
6,480
09
171
00
39,631
97
17,691
56
39,984
47
164,285
33
59,173
05
1,500
00
495,607
75
526,891
00
186
88
1,653
39
894
74
55
08
16
60
1871.
Civil establishment of 1869 .
Civil est. of 1870, by resolution
Civil establishment of 1871 .
Contingent fund of 1870, by res.
Contingent fund of 1870
Contingent fund of 1871
Printing fund of 1869 .
Printing fund of 1870, by resol'n
Printing fund of 1870 .
Printing fund of 1871
Special appropriations of 1869
Special app's of 1870, by resolu's
Special appropriations of 1870
Special appropriations of 1866
Public debt
Legislative pay-rolls
Overpayments of 1866-7
Overpayments general tax, 1868
Overpayments general tax, 1869
Overpayments general tax, 1870
Overpay'ts Convention tax, 1868
Contingent fund, 1872 .
Educational fund
Special appropriations of 1871
Total expenditures .
$103,139 38
15,142 21
18,684 65
2,688 25
20,000 00
783,958 99
500 00
358,234 50
101,239 00
2,729 22
9,915 47
8,831 06
19,766 24
L,444,816 73
Balance in the Treasury January 1, 1872
,444,829 47
,767 01
EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE.
First Session ....
Second Session .
Third Session
Expelled colored members .
Executive Session of the Senate
Total ....
Session ending in December .
1870.
$99,729 00
54,936 00
330,811 00
28,938 00
12,477 00
$526,891 00
1871.
$ 101,329 00
STATE OF GEORGIA.
119
DEBT OF THE STATE.
«
The following exhibit of the debt of Georgia, is obtained from Hon. N. L.
Anoier, State Treasurer:
State Bonds (currency,) prior to 18G8, : : : : : $5,912,500
State Bonds (currency,) in 1868, ::::::: 600,000
State Bonds (currency,) in 1870, :::::: 2,000,000
State Gold Bonds under act of October 17, 1870, for Brunswick &
Albany Railroad, not registered in Treasurer's Oflice, but
signed, sealed and delivered to Governor Bullock, : : : 1,880,000
$13,892,500
Less currency State Bonds of 1868, returned cancelled, $332,0001 ®oqo nnn
Less currency State Bonds of 1870, returned cancelled, 500,000 J '
Total debt of the State, inclusive of indorsed Railroad Bonds, : $12,560,500
In addition to the foregoing, Treasurer Angier reports that Governor Bullock
had other large amounts of Bonds, under the act of September 15, 1870, en¬
graved and sent to him, but that he is not aware what has become of them.
It is not possible, at the present writing, to state what the debt of Georgia
really is. A Committee of the Legislature is now investigating the matter, and
our next volume will contain the official report.
INDORSED RAILROAD BONDS.
Bonds of the following Railroads have been indorsed by the State:
Macon & Brunswick Railroad, :::::: $1,900,000
Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad, : : : : : 194,000
South Georgia & Florida Railroad, :::::: 264,000
Cartersville & Van Wert Railroad, :::::: 275,000
Macon & Brunswick Railroad, (additional) : : : : 600,000
Cherokee or Cartersville & Van Wert Railroad, : : : : 300,000
(These last named bonds were delivered to Governor Bullock,
without his returning the first bonds. The road thus appears
to have had a second indorsement.)
Brunswick & Albany Railroad, 3,300,000
Total, ::::::::::: $6,833,000
The State is responsible for the payment of the principal and interest of these
bonds, should the Railroad Companies for whom they were indorsed fail to pay
them. Tha present indications are that the State will have to pay over one-
, half the amount given above—and perhaps the whole. At any rate, so far as
has been ascertained, the State is apparently responsible for tthe payment of
the following amounts:
Currency and Gold bonds, ::::::: $12,560,500
Indorsed Railroad bonds, :::::::: 6,833,000
Total
$19,393,500
120
MANUAL OF THE
WEALTH OF £EOEGIA.
The following figures give a comparative statement of the material condition
of the State during the years *1866, 1868, 1869 and 1870. No report for 1867
was ever made, the State Government having been taken possession of by the
Military authorities:
acres returned.
Number of acres of land returned in 1866, -
Number of acres of land returned in 1867,
Number of acres of land returned in 1868, -
Number of acres of land returned in 1869,
Number of acres of land returned in 1870,
30,116,929
No report.
32,007,714
32,552,399
33,189,788
value of land.
Value of land in 1866,
Value of land in 1867,
Value of land in 1868,
Value of land in 1869,
Value of land in 1870,
$103,112,524 00
No report.
79,727,584 00
84,577,166 00
95,600,674 00
city and town property.
Value of city and town property in 1866,
Value of city and town property in 1867,
Value of city and town property in 1868,
Value of city and town property in 1869,
Value of city and town property in 1870,
$39,396,181 0<
No report.
40,315,621 (X
44,368,(<96 Ot
47,922,544 Q(
money and solvent debts.
Value of money and solvent debts in 1866,
Value of money and solvent debts in 1867,
Value of money and solvent debts in 1868,
Value of money and solvent debts in 1869,
Value of money and solvent debts in 1870,
$34,521,678 00
No report.
23,218,520 00
24,143,967 00
26,646,995 00
merchandise.
Value of merchandise in 1866,
Value of merchandise in 1867,
Value of merchandise in 1868,
Value of merchandise in 1869,
Value of merchandise in 1870,
$10,933,172 00
No report.
9,976,293 00
11,236,793 00
12,884,118 00
furniture.
Household and kitchen furniture in 1866,
Household and kitchen furniture in 1867,
Household and kitchen furniture in 1868,
Household and kitchen furniture in 1869,
Household and kitchen furniture in 1870,
$1,132,408 00
No report.
1,369,727 00
1,405,745 00
1,520,657 00
stocks and bonds.
Value of stocks and bonds in 1866,
Value of stocks and bonds in 1867,
Value of stocks and bonds in 1868,
Value of stocks and bonds in 1869,
Value of stocks and bonds in 1870,
- $
No report.
4,048,714
5,184,759
5,482,765
STATE OF GEORGIA.
121
SHIPPING AND TONNAGE.
Shipping and tonnage in 1866, .... $215,667 00
Shipping and tonnage in 1867,
Shipping and tonnage in 1868, ....
Shipping and tonnage in 1869, .... 250,049 00
Shipping and tonnage in 1870, .... 214,775 00
, COTTON. MANUFACTORIES.
Invested in cotton manufactories in 1869,
Invested in cotton manufactories in 1860,
IRON WORKS, AC.
Invested in iron works, foundries, etc., 1869,
Invested in iron works, foundries, etc., 1870,
OTHER PROPERTY.
All other property not enumerated in 1866,
All other property not enumerated in 1867,
All other property not enumerated in 1868,
All other property not enumerated in 1869,
All other property not enumerated in 1870,
AGGREGATE VALUE.
Total value of property returned in 1866, ... $222,183,787 00
Total value of property returned in 1867, No report.
Total value of property returned in 1868, ... 191,235,520 00
Total value of property returned in 1869, - - 204,481,706 00
Total value of property returned in 1870, ... 226,119,519 00
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
In 1860 the aggregate value of property in the State, exclusive of slaves,
was $369,627,922, or $349.60 and a fraction for every inhabitant, blacks
included. .
In 1870 the aggregate value of property in the State was $226,119,519.00;
being $143,508,403.00 less than it was in 1860. The average wealth of the
population in 1870 was a fraction over $175, being a loss, compared with 1860,
of a fraction under one hundred per cent.
THE GOLD MINES.
Since 1837 there have been coined in Georgia, of gold produced from the
mines of this State, $6,121,919. The mint at Dahlonega has been discontinued,
and the gold mining itself languishes, although the mines of the State can be
made highly productive, capital and improved mechanical appliances being all
that are needed.
O
$2,338,948 00
2,975,498 00
492,315 00
691,166 00
$28,751,667 00
No report.
26,564,426 00
29,167,194 00
30,935,668 00 1
122
MANUAL OP THE
CENSUS OF POPULATION.
COUNTIES.
Appling
Baker .
Baldwin .
Banks .
Bartow
Berrien .
Bibb
Brooks .
Bryan
Bulloch .
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Campbell .
Carroll .
Catoosa
•Charlton
Chatham .
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch .
Cobb
Coffee .
Colquitt
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dooly
Dougherty
Early
Echols .
1870.
4.110
1,81
3,844
4,052
11,846
4,057
9,831
4.111
1,647
3,866
4,243
3,496
2,026
1,458
6,589
10,473
3,793
1,466
16,760
2,654
5,399
9,117
6,488
2,644
3,734
3,437
10,593
2,514
1,517
4,080
7,856
3,284
2,788
4,032
7,465
7,352
4,935
2,093
2,826
1,513
976
4,955
6,774
921
4,719
460
11,424
4,231
3,605
1,744
13,436
3,445
3,477
3,157
2,587
1,309
616
401
24,518
3,405
1,503
1,281
6,453
2,849
1,743
507
3,217
678
137
9,449
8,019
4,273
245
337
7,718
2,662
4,855
9,424
4,172
465(
1860.
3,442
1,493
4,057
3,610
11,433
3,041
9,458
'3,067
1,636
3,506
5,013
3,373
2,174
1,276
6,289
10,116
4,368
1,223
15,511
3,034
5,117
10,047
5,539
2,626
3,240
2,609
10,410
2.206
1,195
3,511
7,433
3,407
2,765
3,526
5,985
#5,798
4,845
2.207
2,092
1,177
749
3,492
4,721
1,097
4,291
435
6.831
3,284
2,379
2,162
12,152
3,082
2,739
4,144
2,012
1,875
714
557
15,532
2,763
2,059
1,243
5,679
2,267
1,226
454
3.832
613
121
8,349
7,270
4,286
304
330
5,937
2,016
4,072
6,088
4,057
314
1850.
■WHITE.
COLORED.
2,520
4,351
3,519
429
3,769
4,629
10,271
3,029
7,009
5,690
1,164
2,840
5,118
3,680
2,260
1,460
12,984
2,808
2,069
5,718
8,252
4,250
1,514
1,105
9,152
14,749
5,131
11,630
5,513
1,622
1,170
5,606
506
11,568
131
2,275
3,617
8,202
4,342
2,532
8,344
5,433
4,642
148
4,618
11,372
5,580
3,644
2,956
2,781
3,716
3,529
state of georgia.
123
CENSUS OF POPULATION—Continued.
counties.
0
1870.
1860.
1850.
WHITE.
COLORED.
WHITE.
COLORED.
WHITE.
COLORED.
Effingham .
2,507
1,704
2,572
2,183
2,007
1,857
Elbert ..
4,386
4,863
4,697
5,736
6,676
6,283
Emanuel .
4,431
1,703
3,748
1,333
3,591
986
Fannin .
5,285
144
4,966
144
Fayette
5,683
2,583
5,022
2,025
6,741
1,968
Floyd .
11,473
5,753
9,269
5,926
5,202
3,003
Forsyth
6,862
1,121
6,851
898
7,812
1,038
Franklin
6,034
1,859
6,038
1,355
9,076
2,437
Fulton
18,164
15,282
11,441
2,986
Gilmer .
6,527
117
6,553
.170
8,236
204
Glascock .
1,917
819
1,645
783
Glynn .
1,926
3,450
1,048
2,841
696
4,237
Gordon
7,726
1,536
8,001
2,145
5,156
828
Greene .
5,298
8,156
4,229
8,423
4,744
8,324
Gwinnett .
10,272
2,159
10,358
2,582
8,952
2,305
Habersham .
5,373
949
5,136
830
7,675
1,220
Hall .
8,317
1,290
8,091
1,275
7,370
1,343
Hancock
3,645
7,672
3,871
8,173
4,210
7,368
Haralson .
3,685
319
2,819
229
Harris .
5,791
7,493
5,979
7,757
6,709
8,012
Hart.
4,841
1,942
4,603
1,534
Heard .
5,218
2,648
4,979
2,826
4,520
2,403
Henry
6,269
3,833
6,175
4,527
9,742
4,984
Houston
5,071
15,332
4,828
10,783
6,510
9,940
Irwin
1,541
296
1,453
246
2,883
451
Jackson .
7,471
3,710
7,249
3,356
6,808
2,960
Jasper
3,884
6,555
3,771
6,973
4,321
7,165
Jefferson
2,247
7,943
4,133
6,086
3,71.7
5,413
Johnson
2,049
915
2,063
856
Jones
2,991
6,445
3,084
6,013
3,899
6,325
Laurens
4,180
3,654
3,723
3,275
3,459
3,983
Lee
1,924
7,643
2,242
4,951
3,025
8,635
Liberty
2,428
5,260
2,284
6,083
2,002
5,924
Lincoln .
1,797
3,616
1,675
3,796
2,187
3,811
Lowndes .
4,276
4,045
2,850
2,399
5,339
2,375
Lumpkin
4,699
462
4,156
470
7,995
960
Macon
3,975
7,483
3,575
4,874
4,088
2,964
Madison
3,646
1,581
3,924
2,009
3,763
1,940
Marion
4,169
3,830
3,854
3,536
6,667
3,613
Mcintosh
1,196
3,288
1,429
4,117
1,326
4,705
124
manual of the
CENSUS OF POPULATION—Continued.
counties.
1870.
1860.
1850.
WHITE.
COLORED.
WHITS.
COLORED.
WHITS.
COLORED.
Meriwether . •
6,369
7,387
6,578
8,752
8,481
7,995
Miller .
2,135
956
1,151
640
•Milton ,
3,818
466
3,984
618
Mitchell
3,683
2,950
2,716
1,592
Monroe
6,409
10,804
5,753
10,200
6,810
10,175
Montgomery .
2,478
1,108
2,014
983
1,541
612
Morgan
3,637
7,058
2,983
7,013
3,634
7,110
Murray .
"5,743
757
5,639
1,446
12,492
1,941
Muscogee .
7,441
9,220
8,966
7,618
19,355
8,223
Newton.
8,601
6,014
7,822
6,498
8,077
5,219
Oglethorpe
4,641
7,141
4,014
7,535
4,382
7,877
Paulding
7,083
556
6,460
578
5,560
1,477
Pickens
5,188
128
4,705
246
Pierce .
1,964
814
1,740
233
2
Pike .
5.999
4,906
5,332
4,746
8,686
5,620
Polk .
5,244
2,578
3,853
2,442
Pulaski
5,055
5,984
4,607
4,137
3,784
2,843
Putnam .
3,016
7,445
2,956
7,169
. 3,300
7,494
Quitman .
1,773
2,377
1,870
1,625
Rabun .
3,137
119
3,061
210
2,338
110
Randolph .
5,084
5,477
5,103
4,468
7,857
5,011
Richmond
13,157
12,265
12,405
8,829
8,153
8,093
Schley
2,278
2,851
2,274
2,358
Scriven .
4,287
4,888
3,742
4,532
3,173
3,674
Spalding .
5,327
4,878
4,826
3,873
Stewart . *
5,104
9,100
5,534
7,892
8,649
7,378
Sumter . . :
5,920
10,639
4,536
4,892
6,469
3,853
Talbot .
4,761
7,152
4,994
8,622
7,793
7,741
Taliaferro .
1,809
2,987
1,693
2,890
2,051
3,095
Tatnall .
3,380
1.280
3,191
1,161
2,378
849
Taylor
4,181
2,962
3,601
2,397
Telfair .
2,100
1,145
1,877
836
2,096
930
Terrell
3,769
5,284
3,343
2,889
Thomas .
6,160
8,363
4,488
6,278
4,943
5,160
Towns
2,623
155
2,346
113
Troup .
6,408
11,224
6,223
10,039
7,791
9,088
Twiggs
2,913
5,632
2,930
5,390
3,517
4,662
Union .
5,753
114
4,295
118
6,955
279
Upson
4,865
4,565
5,015
4,895
4,720
4,704
Walker . .
8,396
1,529
8,577
1,565
11,408
1,701
state of georgia.
125
CENSUS OF POPULATION—Continued.
counties.
1870.
1860.
1850.
WHITE.
COLORED.
■ WHITE.
COLORED.
WHITE.
COLORED.
Walton
6,876
4,162
6,447
4,627
6,895
3,916
Ware
1,834
452
1,818
382
3,597
291
Warren . ;
4,285
6,260
4,347
5,473
6,158
6,267
Washington .
7,530
8,312
6,143
6,555
5,991
5,775
Wayne
1,798
379
1,617
651
1,008
411
Webster
2,439
2,238
2,741
2,289
White
4,042
464
3,041
274
Whitfield
8,601
1,511
8,314
1,733
Wilcox
1,902
537
1,692
423
Wilkes .
3,969
7,827
3,434
7,986
3,805
8,302
Wilkinson .
4,864
4,699
5,472
3,904
5,551
2,745
Worth .
2,673
1,105
2,118
645
recapitulation.
White population in 1870 . . . 638,966
Colored population in 1870 . . 545,143
Total 1,184,109
White population in 1860 . . . 591,590
Colored population in 1860 . . . 465,696
Total 1,057,286
White population in 1850 . . . 521,572
Colored population in 1850 . . 384,613
Total 906,185
An analysis of the returns show that Northern Georgia gains
in white population and loses some three thousand of its black
population, as compared with the returns of 1860. Middle
Georgia gains in both whites and blacks, while Southern Geor¬
gia gains in blacks and loses in whites.
126
MANUAL ON THE
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
COLLEGES.
Names of Institution.
Location.
When Established.
Under What Church.
University of Georgia
Emory College
Wesleyan Female College
Oglethorpe University .
Marshall College
Mercer University
Athens f .
Oxford
Macon . .
Milledgeville
Griffin . .
Macon
1801
1837
1838
1835
1854
1833
General.
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Epsicopal
Presbyterian.
Baptist.
Baptist.
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES.
Theological Department Mercer University, Penfield, 1833, : : Baptist
MEDICAL COLLEGES.
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, 1855, : : : : \ Allopathic
Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, 1855, : : : : : Allopathic
LAW SCHOOLS.
Law Department University of Georgia, Athens.
AGRICULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLS.
Under the act of Congress, Georgia has been granted 270,000 acres of land,
donated to aid in the establishment of Agricultural and Scientific Schools.
Thus far, however, no institutions of the kind have been established in this
State.
ACADEMIES AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
In addition to the list of educational institutions given in the foregoing,
there are two hundred and fifty-one academies and private schools throughout
the,State, with an aggregate attendance of about"13,000 pupils.
COMMON SCHOOLS,
At the present writing, the organization of the Common School system has
not yet been completely perfected. Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta and Macon
have established Public Schools of their own, and in all parts of the State their
establishment is progressing.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTES OF GEORGIA.
1836.
White (Whig), 24,876; Van Buren (Dem/), 22,104—Whig majority, 2,772.
1840.
Harrison (Whig), 40,261; Van Buren (Dem.), 31,920—Whig majority, 8,341.
1844.
Clay (Whig), 44,177; Polk (Dem.), 42,100—Whig majority, 2,077.
1848.
Taylor (Whig), 47,544; Cass (Dem.), 44,802—Whig majority, 2,742.
1852.
Pierce (Dem), 34,705; Scott (Whig), 16,600—Democratic majority, 18,045.
1856.
Buchanan (Dem.), 56,578; Fillmore (Amer.), 42,228—Dem. majority, 14,350.
1860.
Breckenridge (Dem.), 51,889; Bell (Unionist), 42,886; Douglas (Dem.), 11,590
Democratic majority over Bell, 20,593.
__ 1868.
Seymour (Dem.), 102,822; Grant (Rep.), 57,134—Democratic majority, 44,688«
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SYNOPSIS OF PUBLIC LAWS OF 1871.
appropriations.
An act repealing section 20 of the Appropria¬
tion Bill, approved October 25,1870. Approved,
November 29, 1871.
An act appropriating money for the use of the
Government, etc.
arson.
An act providing that any person who shall
wilfhlly and maliciously burn the fences, stacks
of fodder, grain or hay, or shocks or piles of the
Same, or the ungathered crops, belonging to
another, not in a town, city or village, shall be
guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by im¬
prisonment and labor in jthe Penitentiary not
less than one nor more than three years. If in
a town, city or village, the punishment shall be
for not less than two nor more than five years.
Should the fire communicate to a house, the pun¬
ishment shall be as prescribed in section 4,310 of
the Revised Code of 'Georgia.
attachment.
An act providing that process of attachment
may issue in behalf of any creditor whose debt
is created by the purchase of property, upoq
such debt becoming due, when the debtor who
created such debt is in the possession of the
property for the purchase of which the debt was
created. Sec. 2. Before process of attachment
shall issue under this act, the party Beeking the
attachment, his agent or attorney at law, shall
make affidavit before some person authorized by
law to issue attachments, that the debtor has
placed himself in the position mentioned in the
first seotion of this act, and also the amcunt of
the debt claimed to be due, and shall also des¬
cribe, in the affidavit, the property for which the
debt was created. When the affidavit is made
by the agent, or attorney at law, he may swear
that the amount claimed to be due is due accord¬
ing to the best of his knowledge and belief. The
officer issuing the attachment, before issuing the
same, shall take from the party seeking the ben¬
efit of this act, a bond in double the amount
claimed to be due, conditioned and made payable
as attachment bonds are now, by the statute law
of Georgia, required to be conditioned and made
payable. Sec. 3. Affidavit being thuB made, and
bond given, it Bhall be the duty of the officer be¬
fore whom such affidavit is made, to issue an at¬
tachment against the defendant, which, shall be
levied only on the property described in said affi¬
davit, by the officer to whom the attachment is
directed. . Sec. 4. So much of the statute law of
Georgia as regulates the proceedings in relation
to remedy by attachment, as is not in conflict
with the provisions of this act, shall apply to
and control proceedings under this act. Ap¬
proved, December 12, 1871.
auditor.
An act authorizing the appointment of an
Auditor, by a Judge of the Superior Court, in all
cases at law or equity involving matters of a»-
count, the Auditor to investigate such matters
and report to the Court. The action and report
of said Auditor subject to, and governed by the
same rules, terms and provisions, as those con¬
tained in Sections 3082 and 3083 of the Code,
authorizing the appointment of Auditors in
equity oases. Repeals conflicting laws. Ap¬
proved December 13, 1871.
bank shares.
An act repealing Section 812 of the Code, and
providing that shares of banking institutions
shall be taxed, according to their fair market
value, on the 1st day of April of the year for
which they are returned. If banking institu¬
tions pay the tax on all shares belonging to share¬
holders, individual share-holders not liable to
return their shares. Banking institutions elect¬
ing to make the return shall notify share-holders
on or before March 31 of each year. Approved,
December 13, 1871.
bonds.
An act conferring power upon, and making it
the duty of Judges of Superior Courts to qualify
(and take the bonds of) Ordinaries. Bonds to
be returned to the Governor to be filed, a certi¬
fied copy sufficient evidence on which to sue and
recover. Extends the provisions of this act to
Clerks of the Superior Court, when the Ordinary
and Clerk are the same person. Said officers
must qualify before the spring term of the Court
following their election. If at any time the
Ju lge is satisfied that the bond is insufficient, or
the security insolvent, it shall be his duty to re¬
quire other security, upon failure to give which
a vacancy shall be declared.
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An act to protect the people of Georgia against
the illegal and fraudulent issue of bonds and se¬
curities, and for other purposes connected with
he same.
claims.
An act providing that whenever cases of claims
or illegality may be dismissed for insufficiency or
informality, or whenever said claim or illegality
is withdrawn, plaintiffs in execution shall have
full power to have a case made up and submitted
to the jury, charging that said claim or illegality
was filed for the purpose of delay, and, upon
proof of the same, defendant and claimant hav¬
ing the same power to resist the case as in claim
cases where damages are claimed—the jury, un¬
der instructions from the Court, may give dam¬
ages, as in cases where the claim is not with¬
drawn, but submitted for trial to the jury; said
case, so submitted, shall be tried at the time of
the disposal of the claim or illegality, if the par¬
ties are ready; but continuances shall be granted
as in other cases. Approved, December 15,1871.
code amendments.
An act repealing an act entitled an act to amend
section 3151, part second, title nine, chapter
fourteen of the Revised Code, approved October
27, 1870. Repeals conflicting laws. -Approved,
December 14, 1871.
An act making February 22d, July 4th, Decem¬
ber 25th, and any day appointed by the Gov¬
ernor of Georgia or President of the United
States as a day of Fast or Thanksgiving, the
same as Sunday, in all that relates to Bills of
Exchange, Bank Checks, and Promissory Notes.
When such days fall on Sunday, the following
Monday shall be deemed a public holiday, and
all such Bills of Exchange, &c., shall become
payable on the Tuesday next. Repeals conflict¬
ing laws, and amends section 2741 of the Code.
Approved, December 9, 1871.
An act amending section 1052 of the Code by
striking out "ten" copies of the Journals to be
furnished each county, and inserting "two"
copies. Approved, December 12, 1871.
An act amending section 1035 of the Revised
Code by striking out the words "two thousand"
and inserting in lieu thereof the words "seven
hundred and fifty." Also amending section 1038
by inserting, in the sixth line, just after'the
word "employed," the words "stating that said
account is correct and just and that the prices
paid are not above the customary rates for simi¬
lar work and material when employed in the ser¬
vice of private parties to do a like amount of
printing;" also amending the same section by
substituting "twenty-five per cent." in place of
"thirty per cent." Prohibits printing, at the
public expense, so much of the Comptroller Gen¬
eral's Report as relates to the condition of In¬
surance Companies out of this State. Approved,
November 28, 1871.
An act amending section 649 of the Code so as
to read that "all male inhabitants, white or
black, in this State, between the ages of sixteen
and fifty years, should be subject to work on the
public roads, except ministers of the gospel.
Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, December
12, 1871.
An act repealing section 121 of Irwin's Re¬
vised Code. Approved, December 12, 1871.
An act making it the duty of the several
Judges of the Superibr Courts of this State to
give specially in charge, at each term of the
Court, to the Grand Juries, sections 4489, 4490
and 4491 of the Code. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved, December 13, 1871.
An act amending section 4251 of the Code by
striking out the words "at" after the word "at¬
tempt," and substituting the words "to incite"
in lieu thereof. Repeals conflicting laws. Ap¬
proved December 12, 1871.
An act amending section 178 of the Revised
Code so as to read that the President of the Sen¬
ate and Speaker of the House shall receive ten
dollars per diem and the other members of the
General Assembly seven dollars per diem, and
all the members five dollars for every twenty
miles of travel going to and returning from the
seat of Government, the distance to be com¬
puted by the nearest route usually traveled.
Passed over Executive veto December 7, 1871.
An act striking out from section 4779 of Ir¬
win's Code the words "And no Certiorari shall
ever be allowed or granted until such is entered
and the same is heard and determined by coun¬
cil" and inserting in lieu thereof the words:
"And the writ of Certiorari may issue to the
Mayor of said city, or to the person presiding in
said Court, upon the same terms and under the
same rules as regulate the issuing of said writ
in other cases, except that in the case of the im¬
position of a fine no Certiorari shall be allowed
until the fine imposed by the Mayor, or other
person presiding in said Court, and all costs,
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the city to
abide the final decision of the case. Sec. 2. Noth¬
ing in this act shall be construed to deprive any
person of .the right to appeal to the said City
Council under the terms of the said section, nor
to deprive him of the right to a Certiorari after
the said City Council has acted upon the appeal
in the manner now practiced and prescribed in
said section, but that the remedies shall be con¬
current. Repeals conflictieg laws. Approved,
December 15, 1871.
An act requiring the Judges of the Superior
Courts to give specially in charge to the Grand
Juries thereof section 1436 of the Code.
An act amending section 3895 of the Code so
as to read as follows: "Mortgages on personal
property shall be foreclosed in the following
manner, to-wit: Any pejson holding a mortgage
on personal property, and wishing to foreclose
the Siime, shall, either in person or by his agent,
or attorney in fact, or at law, go before some offi¬
cer of this State who is authorized by law to
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administer oatlis, or a commissioner for this
State residing in some other State, and make
affidavit of the amount of principal and interest
due on such mortgage, which affidavit shall be
annexed to such mortgage, and when such mort¬
gage with such affidavit annexed thereto, shall
be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of the county wherein the mortgagee re¬
sides at the date of the foreclosure, if a resident,
of this State, or where he resided at the date of
the mortgage; if not a resident of this State, it
shall be the duty of such Clerk to issue an exe¬
cution directed to all and singular the sheriffs
and coroners of this State, commanding the sale
of the mortgaged property to satisfy the said
principal and interest, together with the costs of
the proceedings to foreclose the said mortgage.
Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, December
9, 1871.
An act declaring that section 244 of the fee-
vised Code of Georgia, as to Attorneys shall not
apply to the Clerk of the City Court of Savan¬
nah, except as to cases in said City Court.. Re¬
peals conflicting laws. Approved, November 28,
1871.
An act repealing section 812. (See under
"Bank Shares.")
constitution.
An act requiring the Governor to withhold
State indorsement of the bonds issued by any
Railroad Company incorporated since July 4,
1868, until it is made clear that in such Hail road
there has already been actually invested by pri¬
vate persons, an amount equal to that for which
indorsement is applied. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved, December 12, 1871. (Carries into
effect paragraph 3, section 5, article 3.)
An act (under Article VII.,) providing that in
any case where any defendant in execution"has
applied for, and had set apart, a homestead «f
realty and personalty, or Either, or when the
same has been applied for and set apart, out. of
his property, as provided for by the Constitution
and laws of this State, and when the plaintiff in
such execution is seeking to proceed with the
same, and there is no property except the home¬
stead upon which to levy, upon the ground that
his debt falls within some one of the classes for
which the homestead is bound, under the Con¬
stitution, that it shall and may be lawful for
such plaintiff, his agent or attorney, to make affi¬
davit before any officer authorized to administer
oaths, that, to the best of his knowledge and be¬
lief, the debt, upon which such execution is
founded, is one from which the homestead is not
exempt; and it shall be the duty of the officer
in whose hands the execution and affidavit are
placed, to proceed at once to levy and »-e!l. a.i
though the property had never been set apart:
Provided, nevertheless, That the defendant, in such
execution, may, if he desires to do so, deny the
truth of the plaintiff's affidavit, by filing with
3^
the levying officer a counter affidavit. Sec. 2.
In case where such counter affidavit is filed, it
shall be the duty of the levying officer to sus¬
pend further proceedings under such execution,
and return the same, together with the two affi¬
davits, to the court from which the execution is¬
sues. Sec. 3. At the first term of the court to
which such execution and affidavits are returned,
an issue shall be formed upon the same and tried
as in cases of illegality. Sec. 4. When the find¬
ing upon such issue is in favor of the plaintiff in
execution, it shall be the duty, of the levying
officer to proceed forthwith with the collection of
such debt., by sale of the homestead property, if
necessary; and when the finding upon such
issue is in favor of the defendant in execution, it
shall operate to release the homestead property,
without prejudicing any other right of the plain¬
tiff. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved. De¬
cember 14, 1871.
continuance.
An act providing that in all civil cases in the
courts, the presiding Judges may, in their dis¬
cretion, admit a counter-showing to a motion for
continuance, and, after a hearing, may decide
whether the motion shall prevail. Repeals con¬
flicting laws. Approved, December 9, 1871.
^ costs.
An act providing that whenever any person is
prosecuted under any penal laws of this State,
and said prosecution is abandoned before trial of
the same, or a jury, on trial of such prosecu¬
tion, finds the same to be malicious, said prose¬
cutor shall be liable for all costs and jail fees,
and the officer by whom the warrant is issued
shall, when the prosecution is abandoned or set¬
tled, at once enter up a judgment against said
prosecutor for all said costs, and enforce the
same by an execution in the name of the State
against such prosecutor, or by an attachment for
contempt. Approved, December 14, 1871.
An act providing that in all cases in which
compensation should be made to Ordinaries for
services in relation to county business, and to
Sheriffs, and Clerks of the Superior Courts, for
services in relation to which existing laws pro¬
vide no adequate compensation, or no compensa¬
tion at all, and in all cases in which compensa¬
tion is provided to be given by order of Judges
of this State, that said officers shall be compen¬
sated as follows: such officers shall state their
claims in writing and submit the same, with
proof thereof, to the grand juries of the Supe¬
rior Court at the spring term, and said grand
juries may, after hearing the application and
proof, if satisfied of the justice of the same, al¬
low such sums to said officers as, in their discre¬
tion. should be allowed, and, when so allowed,
the Ordinaries of said State, or other authority
levying county taxes, shall assess so much with
other county taxes as will pay the same, which,
when collected and paid over to the County Trea-
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surer of each county, shall be paid by him,
without further order, to the parties thereto en¬
titled. Sec. 2. The provisions of this act to be
in lieu of all other provisions for said officers,
except their regular fees prescribed by law.
Approved, December 13, 1871.
courts.
An act to establish a City Court in the city of
Atlanta.
&n act repealing the Act, approved October
28, 1870, to organize the District Court and de¬
fine its jurisdiction, and for other purposes. All
cases now pending in said District Court to be
transmitted to the Superior Court, which is
granted jurisdiction over tliem. Repeals con¬
flicting laws. Passed over Executive veto, De¬
cember 7, 1871.
distribution. of property.
An act providing that the children, or their
descendants, of a married woman who dies
intestate, leaving a separate estate, shall share
equally of said estate with her surviving hus¬
band.- Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, De¬
cember 9, 1871.
election.
An act providing for a special election to fill
the unexpired term of Rufus B. Bullock. Passed
over the Executive veto, No^mber 22, 1871.
An act repealing the act approved October 3d,
1870, to provide for an election,- and to alter and
amend the laws in relation to the holding of
elections. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved,
December 4, 1871.
evidence.
An act providing that the compensation to be
paid for taking down, in writing, the evidence
offered in cases of felony before the Superior
Courts, shall be such reasonable compensation as
the Judges of said Courts may determine, in
their discretion. Amends the existing law on
the subject and repeals conflicting laws. Ap¬
proved, December 12, 1871.
An act providing that in all counties in this
State where there is, or may be, a city of ten
thousand inhabitants and upwards, either party
litigant in any court of record in any such
county, may, without any order or commission,
take the deposition of any witness or witnesses
in said case, whether resident in the county or
not, upon giving the opposite party five days'
notice of the time and place, with names of the
witnesses—such deposition to be taken before
any commissioner appointed by the Judge of the
Superior Court of said county for the purpose of
taking depositions, and the appointment entered
on the minutes. Sec. 2. The caption and certi¬
ficate of the return of such cases may be, sub¬
stantially, as follows:
A. B. I In the Court of County,
vs. > Georgia.
C. D. J
Depoi-Iuous of and ——, witness, or wit¬
nesses, for the plaintiff (or defendant,) in the
above case, taken upon notice, beginning on the
day of , 187—, at , in presence of
the plaintiff and defendant (either or both, in
person or by attorney, as the case may be.) The
said witness, or witnesses, being first duly sworn,
deposed as follows: (here inserting each ques¬
tion, both direct and cross, with the answer as
delivered by the witness immediately after it,
and concluding as follows:) "The foregoing depo¬
sitions were taken before me, as stated in the
caption, and the answers reduced to writing by
me, or by the witness in my presence, and I cer¬
tify that I am not interested in the cause, nor of
kin, or counsel, to either of the parties," and
signed by the commissioner. Sec. 3. All mo¬
tions or applications to postpone or adjourn the
proceedings, and all objections to the witnesses
or proceedings, shall be made to the commis¬
sioner, and if in writing, filed with the return,
and if not in writing, noted in and become part
of the return, with the ruling of the commis¬
sioner thereon, and the answer of the witness,
whether the objection be sustained or not. The
order and scope of the examination shall be had
in conformity to the rules of the Superior Court
governing the examination of witnesses in trials
at law. Sec. 4. When the return shall have"
been made up and signed, as herein provided,
the same shall be, together with evidence of the
service of the notice, sealed up and directed to
the Clerk of the court where the case is pending,
and may be delivered either by the commissioner
to such Clerk in person, or sent by the hand of
any other person; and the Clerk is hereby au¬
thorized, whether the court be in session or not,
to administer j,he usual oath and enter the same
on the package, with leave to open as heretofore
practiced in this State, and the package may be
thereupon opened and published without further
delay. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved,
December 12, 1871.
frauds.
An act to provide a remedy by which money or
property, stolen or unlawfully or fraudulently
converted or detained from the State, or the
Western & Atlantic Railroad, may be recovered,
and for other purposes.
An act making it penal to withhold money or
personal property belonging to the State of
Georgia, where the State Treasurer, or his agent,
demands the same. Punishment, imprisonment
in the penitentiary not less than one nor more
two years. Approved, December 14, 1871.
firemen.
[See Juries.]
garnishment.
An act providing that whenever any process
of garishment is served upon any person, based
upon suit, attachment or judgment, and there
shall be money or property of any kind or de- .
STATE OF OEORCrfA.
scription in the hands of the garnishee, or that
shall come into his hands, so as to fall within
the operation of the summons of garnishment
so served as aforesaid, which is claimed to he
the property or money of any person not a
party to the proceedings upon which said gar¬
nishment is based-, said claimant may dissolve
said garnishment by tiling in the Clerk's otlice
of the Superior Court of any county, or of any
city court, or in the office of any Justice of the
Peace or Notary Public, according as said gar¬
nishment may be returnable to the Superior,
City, Justice or Notary Public's Court, a bond
with good security in twice the amount of the
sum claimed upon said suit, attachment, or judg¬
ment, to be approved by said Clerk, or said Jus¬
tice of the Peace or Notary Public, conditioned
to pay to the plaintiff the sum that may be found
due to said defendant upon the trial of any issue
that may be found upon the answer of the gar-
ishee, or that may be admitted to be due on said
answer, if untraversed. Sec. 2. The garnishee,
upon answering, shall be discharged from all
further liability, and the plaintiff's remedy shall
be upon the bonfl so executed as aforesaid. The
plaintiff or claimant, or both of them, may trav¬
erse said answer, and the issue upon said trav¬
erse shall be submitted to a jury, as other issues
upon the answers of garnishees. If said gar¬
nishee fails to answer within the time required
by the laws of this State, judgment shall be had
against him, and he shall be liable thereon, not¬
withstanding any bond that may have been exe¬
cuted by any claimant of the fund or property
in his hands. Sec. 3. The claimant of any fund
or property, to whom the same may have been
paid or delivered, upon the dissolution of the
garnishment in the manner above prescribed,
shall be a party to all further proceedings upon
said garnishment; that judgment shall be had
instanter upon said bond for any sums, or the
value of any property, that may be found to
have been in the hands of said garnishee, liable
to the operation of said summons of garnish¬
ment. Sec. 4. The garnishee shall pay over, or
deliver any money or property to the claimant
upon the dissolution of the garnishment, in the
manner aforesaid, unless prevented by other
legal process. Repeals conflicting laws. Ap¬
proved, December 14, 1871.
homestead.
An act requiring the Ordinary to publish the
notice of application for homestead in the gazette
where the orders of said Ordinary are usually
published, and where the Sheriff's sales are. usu¬
ally published. Amends section 3 of the act ap¬
proved October 3, 1808. Legalizes previous
notices published. Approved, December 14,1871.
[See Constitution.]
injunctions.
An act amending the third section of an Act
entitled an Act to prescribe ihe practice in cases
of injunctions and other extraordinary remedies
in equity, and the manner of taking judgments
on the same to the Supreme Court, approved
October 28, I87D, so as to read, "That the Bill
of Exceptions shall, in such cases, be tendered
and signed within twenty days from the rendi¬
tion of the decision, and the opposite party be
served within fifteen days from such signing
with such Bill of Exceptions; and the Clerk
shall, within fifteen days from such service, make
out a transcript of the record and transmit the
same immediately to the Supreme Court then in
session—and if not in session, then to the very
next session—and its arrival by the first day of
the term, or at any time thereafter during the
term, shall be sufficient to insure a hearing. If
said record, being returned to a Court then in
session, should fail, after legal diligence, to ar¬
rive in time for a hearing before the adjourn¬
ment, then it stands over till the next term."
Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, December
15, 1871.
judoer of the inferior cou1 ts.
[See Code Amendments.]
judgments.
An act providing that when judgments have
been obtained against several persons, and one,
or more, of them has paid more than his, or
their, just proportion of the same, he, or they,
may, by having such payment entered ofx the
fi.fa.. issued to enforce said judgment, have full
power to control and use said fi.fa., as securities
in fi.fa. control the same against principal or co-
securities, and shall not be compelled, as hereto¬
fore, to sue his co-debtors for the excess of pay¬
ment on such judgment. Approved, December
13, 1871.
judicial circuits.
An act creating the Oconee Judicial Circuit
out of the counties of Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox,
Irwin, Telfair, Dodge, Laurens and Montgomery.
An act repealing so much of an act as created
and organized a new Judicial Circuit out of the
counties composing the Southwestern, Bruns¬
wick and Southern Circuit, to provide for the
appointment of Judges thereof, and for other
purposes, approved, October 17, 1870, as created
out of the counties of Echols, Lowndes, Clinch,
Coffee and Ware, the-Allapaha Judicial Circuit:
Also, to add Lowndes to the Southern Judicial
Circuit, and Echols, Clinch, Coffee and Ware to
the Brunswick Judicial Circuit. Repeals con¬
flicting laws. Approved, December 4, 1871.
juries.
An act exempting active members of Fire Com¬
panies from jury duty. Exempts sixty mem¬
bers of each Engine Cpmpany, whether steam or
hand, including hose; forty members of each
Independent Hose Company, and fifty members
of Hook and Ladder Company. Sko. 2. List ot
members to be exempted to be given in by tiiq
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Secretary of each company on the 2d Wednes¬
day in January, of each and every year, to the
Clerks of the various courts. Sec. 3. Exempts
only one Chief, two Assistant Chiefs, one Secre¬
tary, and one Treasurer of any Fire Brigade, or
other organization into which the fire companies
of any town or city may be aggregated. Sec. 4.
Provides for the supplying the name of any
fireman for exemption, to iill a vacancy caused
by death or resignation. Sec. 5. List of firemen
exempted shall be posted in a conspicuous place
in the offices of the Clerks of the various courts.
Sec. 6. The act to apply to all fire companies
now organized. Total number exempted not to
exceed the following: In towns or cities of less
than 10,000 inhabitants, 200; of not more than
15,000, nor less than 10,000 inhabitants, 300; of
not. more than 20,000, nor less than 15,000 in¬
habitants, 400: of more than 20,000 inhabitants,
000. Companies organized at the passage of the
act to be entitled to fill up to the full number al¬
lowed by the provisions of the act. Repeals con¬
flicting laws. Approved, December 5, 1871.
An act exempting from Jury Duty all regularly
licensed physicians actually engaged in their
profession. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved,
December 12, 1871.
An act providing that it shall and may be iaw-
ful for the Judge of the Superior Courts of any
county in this State, when from any cause, the
jury box of such county may not be revised at
the time now required by law, to issue an order,
either in Term time or at Chambers, directed to
the commissioners, requiring and authorizing
them to meet and revise such jury box, and
such revision, when made, shall be as lawful as
if done at the time heretofore required. Seo. 2.
All revisions of jury boxes as heretofore made
at a time different from that required by law are
hereby legalized. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty
of the presiding Judge of the Superior Court in
any county in this State, when such Court is
held for longer than one week, to draw separate
panels of both grand and petit jurors for each
week of- such Superior Court, and such separate
panel of jurors heretofore drawn are legalized.
Sec. 4. The compensation of jurors in counties
in this State where compensation is not provided
for by law, shall be fixed by the Ordinary of
each county, at such sum not exceeding two dol¬
lars per day as shall be recommended by the
first grand jury empanneled in such county in
each year. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved,
December 11, 1871.
An act amending sections-9 and 10 of the act
to carry into effect the second clause of the 13tli
section of the Constitution so as to authorize and
allow the Judge presiding in the trial of any
criminal case in this State, when, at any time,
the regular panels of petit jurors, or either-of
them cannot be furnished, either to make up
panels of forty-eight for the trial of felonies, or
panels of twenty-four from whioli to take juries
in misdemeanors, because of'the absence of any
such panels, in which said panels or any part of
them are engaged in the consideration of any
case, to cause said panels, not full, for the rea¬
sons aforesaid, to be filled by summoning such
number of persons, who are competent jurors,
as may be necessary to make full the said pan¬
els; and such panels of twenty-four shall be
used as the regular panels of twenty-four are
under said sections of said recited Act. Repeals
conflicting laws. Approved, December 15, 1871.
justices of the peace.
An act requiring Justices of the Peace, and
Notaries Public who are ez-officio Justices of the
Peace, to keep separate dockets of civil and
criminal cases disposed of by them, showing ac¬
tual disposition of each case, amount of cost
collected in each and from whom, and requiring
them to lay such dockets before the grand juries
of their respective counties on the first day of
each session, for their inspection. Failure to
comply, or a false entry or return, shall be mal¬
practice, for which the offender shall be tried
and punished as prescribed in Section 4432 of
Irwin's Revised Code, and precedence shall be
given to the trial of such prosecutions over all
other cases. Repeals conflicting laws. Ap¬
proved, December 12, 1871.
legislature.
An act repealing an act to change the time of
the meeting of the Legislature of this State, ap¬
proved October 25, 1870. Approved, Decem¬
ber 4, 1871.
(See Code Amendments.)
mortgage.
(See Code Amendments in relation to fore¬
closure on personal property.)
An act providing that, from and after the
passage of this act, whenever any person in this
State conveys any real property by deed to secure
any debt to any person loaning or advancing
said vendor any money, or to seenre any other
debt, and shall take a bond for titles back to
said vendor upon the payment of such debt or
debts, or shall, in like manner, convey any per¬
sonal property by bill of sale, and take an obli¬
gation binding the person to whom said property
was conveyed, to re-convey said property upon
the payment of said debt or debts, such convey¬
ances of real or personal property shall pass the
title of said property to the vendee: Provided,
That the" consent of the wife has been first ob¬
tained, till the debt or debts which said convey¬
ance was made to secure shall be fully paid, and
shall be held by the courts of this State to be an
absolute conveyance, with the right reserved by
the vendor to have said property re-conveyed to
him upon the payment of the debt or debts in¬
tended to be secured, agreeable to the terms of
the contract, and not a mortgage; and if the
vendor, in any such contract, shall fail to com-
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133
ply, substantially, with the terms of the contract,
he shall not have a right, thereafter, to redeem
said property by payment of said debt or debts.
Sec. 2. The vendor's right to a re-conveyance
of the property, upon his complying with the
contract, shall not be affected by any liens, in¬
cumbrances or rights which would otherwise at¬
tach to the property by virtue of the title being
in the vendee; but that the right of the vendor
to a re-conveyance shall be absolute and perma¬
nent upon his complying with his contract with
the vendee, according to the terms. Approved,
December 12, 1871.
miscellaneous.
An act amending the act incorporating the Grand
Lodge, Knights of Jericho, of the State of Geor¬
gia, by striking out the words "Faith, Hope,"
in the preamble, and substituting the words
"Humanity, Temperance." Approved, Decem¬
ber 13, 1871.
An act abolishing the offices of the Western &
Atlantic Railroad.
An act providing that maimed, indigent and
blind persons shall be authorized to peddle (spiri¬
tuous liquors excluded.) without license until
January 1,1876. Repeals conflicting laws. Ap¬
proved, December 12, 1871.
ordinary.
An act requiring Ordinaries, in issuing orders
on the County Treasurers, after allowing and
auditing claims, to specify in said orders the par¬
ticular fund out of which said orders ought
rightfully to be paid. Approved, December 1-3,
1871.
An act providing that when a vacancy occurs
in the office of Ordinary, it shall be the duty of
the Clerk of the Superior Court to order an elec¬
tion to take place'within twenty days from the
date of said order. Notice thereof to be pub¬
lished in the journals in which the Ordinary
publishes his citations.
poll tax.
An act repealing the act entitled an act to de¬
clare the poll tax of this State for the years 1868,
1869 and 1870 yet uncollected, illegal, and to
prevent the collection of the same. Orders the
collection of the tax for the years named. Passed
over the Executive Veto, December 7, 1871.
penitentiary.
An act authorizing farming out the convicts of
the Penitentiary, discharging all employees of
the same, except Principal Keeper, who-shall be
inspector of convicts, legalizing the contract of
Grant, Alexander & Co., etc.
public printer.
(See Code amendments.)
quo warranto.
An act providing that in all applications for
writs quo warranto, or informations in the nat ure
of ft writ quo warranto, or of proceedings by
such writs (which are hereby extended to all
civil officers of the State of Georgia, and are
hereby granted to test the right of any civil offi¬
cer to his office,) to determine the right to hold
office, where the case presented by the applicant
or petitioner involves only questions of law, the
same may, as other equitable proceedings, be
determined by the Judge of the Superior Court,
before whom suc^ case is begun, in vacation, and
such Judge shall, whether such writ, informa¬
tion or proceeding, is prayed for, sued out, or
begun in vacation or term time, so order all the
proceedings connected with, and usual in such
cases, that the final determination shall be had
by him in ten days from the commencement of
such suit, application or proceeding, and if either
party to such application or proceeding desires
to except to the decision of the said Judge of the
Superior Court, he shall, if the Supreme Court
of the State be in session, within ten days after
such decision, carry the same to the said Su¬
preme Court by bill of exceptions, which shall be
tendered and signed as is prescribed in section 3
of the act of October 29, 1870, said act being en¬
titled "An act to prescribe the practice in cases
of injunction, etc.," said bill of exceptions to be
served upon the opposite party in such suit as is
prescribed in said third section, and all the rules
and regulations in said third section as to ser¬
vice and duty of the Clerk of the Superior Court,
shall apply to this class of cases. So much of
sections 4 and 5 of the said act of October 29,
1870, as can be applied to the above bill of ex¬
ceptions is hereby made a part of this act, and
said Supreme Court shall, as in injunction cases
provided for in said act of October 29, 1870, pro¬
ceed to hear and determine such bill of excep¬
tions, and when the decision is rendered by said
Supreme Court it shall be executed as is pre¬
scribed in section 5 of said act of October 29,
1870. Sec. 2. All the provisions of this act are
hereby extended to proceedings quo warranto, or
of writs of that nature, involving any issue of
fact to be tried by a jury, when the same can be
applied; but nothing in this act shall be con¬
strued to affect any rights or remedies in this
class of cases not touched by this act. When¬
ever the right to any office is decided, the judg¬
ment fixing such right shall further provide for
the delivery to the person, decided to be entitled
to such office, of all the books and- papers, of
every sort, belonging to the office; which judg¬
ment shall be enforced as other decress in equity
are enforced. Sec. 3. So much of section 3141
of the Revised Code as is inconsistent herewith,
and all other laws in conflict with this act, are
hereby repealed.
religious worship.
An act providing that upon application of the
trustees or members of the corporation of any
church or camp-ground, or other incorporate
place of worship, it shall be lawful for the Jus-
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tices of the Peace in each Militia District where
such place of worship or camp-ground is situ¬
ated, to appoint three or more suitable persons
to act as police, whose duty it shall be to appre¬
hend all persons disturbing the congregation,
and immediately carry them before the nearest
Justice, who shall issue a warrant fori them, and
proceed to take examination in their cases as
provided by law. Repeals conflicting laws. Ap¬
proved, December 9, 1871.
railroad rond indorsement.
An act providing that, before the Governor
shall hereafter indorse any Railroad bonds, or
issue any bonds of the State to railroads, he shall
be^ully satisfied from the sworn statement of the
president, treasurer and directors of the compa¬
ny applying for the indorsement or issue, that
private persons have, in good faith, invested an
amount of money equal to the amount of bonds,
the indorsement or issue of which is applied for.
The Governor is not relieved of the duty of tak¬
ing other evidence as to the amount invested by
private persons when not satisfied as to the sworn
statements before mentioned. Sec. 2. Refore
bonds are indorsed or issued, a rigid examination
of the applying railroad shall be made by three
disinterested persons, skilled in the construction
of railroads, whose compensation shall be fixed
by the Governor, and paid by the railroad com¬
pany whose road is examined. Said persons
shall report, under oath, to the Governor the
manner of construction, and whether the com¬
pany is complying with the law under which
State aid is granted, and a certificate of such ex¬
amination shall be'eutered on, or attached to, the
bonds indorsed for, or issued to said road.
Sec. 3. All bonds hereafter issued, or indorsed,
shall be registered in the offices of the Governor,
Comptroller General, Secretary of State and
Treasurer. Sec. 4. The Treasurer's name re¬
quired to all coupons attached to bonds indorsed
or issued, and, upon maturity, shall be presented
to the Treasurer for payment. Repeals conflict¬
ing laws. Approved, December 4, 1871.
sales.
An act prohibiting persons who have mort¬
gaged personal property from fraudulently dis¬
posing of the same, unless the consent of the
mortgagee be first obtained. Violations of this
law a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine double
the amount of the mortgage, failure to pay which
results in imprisonment in jail not less than six,
nor more than twelve months. One-half the fine
to be paid to mortgagee; the other half to the
County Treasurer. Superior Court of the county
in which offender resides to have jurisdiction.
Approved, December 13, 1871.
An act making it letal for sheriffs, coroners,
or other levying officers, to sell corn, lumber,
timber of any kind, bricks, machinery, or other
articles difficult and expensive to transport, with¬
out carrying and exposing the same on the Court¬
house ground on the day of sale, provided a full
description of said property and the place where
it is located is given in the advertisement of the
sale. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, De¬
cember 9, 1871.
savannah city court.
An act providing for suits against obligors,
joint promissors, joint trespassers, copartners,
and the makers and indorsers of promissory
notes and other like instruments, in the City
Court of Savannah. Gives the City Court juris¬
diction where some of the parties reside outside
the limits of the city and within the county of
Chatham. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved,
December 15, 1871.
superior courts.
An act declaring that it shall be the duty of
Clerks of the Superior Courts to keep always on
hand and ready for use, blanks with printed in¬
structions for taking interrogatories. Approved,
December 13, 1871.
An act to change the time of holding the Su¬
perior Court of Talbot county, to extend the time
of the same, and to provide for drawing jurors
for said extended time, and for other purposes.
Approved, December 9, 1871.
An act to change the time of holding the Su¬
perior Courts of Jasper county to the second
Mondays in February and August. Repeals con¬
flicting laws. Approved, December 13, 1871.
An act changing the time of holding the Supe¬
rior Courts of Worth county to the third Mon¬
days in April and October. Repeals conflicting
laws. Approved, December 13, 1871.
An act changing the time of holding the fajl
term of Lee Superior Court to the second Mon¬
day in November. Repeals conflicting laws. Ap¬
proved, December 13, 1871.
An act changing the time of holding the Supe¬
rior Court of Camden county to the second Mon¬
days in May and November. Repeals conflict¬
ing laws. Approved, December 13, 1871.
An act fixing the time of holding the Superior
Courts of Charlton county on the first Mondays
in May and November. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved, December 13, 1871.
An act changing the time of holding the Supe¬
rior Courts of Catoosa county to the second Mon¬
days in February and August. Repeals conflict¬
ing laws. Approved December 13, 1871.
An act to alter and change the time of holding
the Superior Courts in the Middle Circuit. Courts
shall be held as follows: Glascock, third Mon¬
days in February and August; Washington, sec¬
ond Mondays in March and September; John¬
son, fourth Mondays in March and September;
Montgomery, on the Thursday after the first
Mondays in April and October; Tatnall, second
Mondays in April and October; Emanuel, third
Mondays of same months; Jefferson, second
Mondays in May and November. Approved,
December 12, 1871.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
135
An act providing that hereafter the time o^
holding the Superior Courts of the Macon Judi"
cial Circuit shall be as follows: Crawford Courts>
on the fourth Mondays in September and March;
Dooly, first Mondays in October and April;
Twiggs, second Mondays in the same months;
Bibb, fourth Mondays in the same months;
Houston, second Monday in December and fourth
Monday in May. All suits, etc., shall stand re¬
turned upon the several dates specified. Re¬
peals conflicting laws. Approved, December 12,
1871.
An act changing the time of holding the Supe¬
rior Courts of Gordon county to the third Mon¬
days in February and April. Repeals conflict¬
ing laws. Approved, December 12, 1871.
An act to change the time of holding the Supe¬
rior Courts of the Brunswick Circuit. Provides
that the time of holdirig said Court iu Pierce
county shall be on the first Mondays in March
and September; Appling, second Mondays in
March and September; Coffee, third Mondays of
same months; "Ware, fourth Mondays of same
months; Clinch, first Mondays in April and Oc¬
tober; Echols, second Mondays of same months;
Wayne, third Mondays of same months; Cam¬
den, on the Wednesdays after Wayne Courts;
Charlton, on the Wednesdays after Camden
Courts; Glynn, third Tuesdays of May and No¬
vember. Sec. 2. Glynn Courts to be continued
at discretion of the Judge. Sec. 3. Superior
Court of Towns to be held on the Monday after
the fourth Mondays in May and October. Sec. 4.
Adds Mcintosh to the Eastern Circuit. Sec. 5.
Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, December
11, 1871.
An act'providing that the Superior Courts of
the Eastern Judicial Circuit shall be held as fol¬
lows: Bullock, on the Thursday before the first
Monday in April, and on the Thursday before the
first Monday in November; Screven, on the first
Mondays in April and November; Effingham,
second Mondays in same months; Liberty, fourth
Mondays in same months; Chatham, second
Mondays in January and May. Repeals con¬
flicting laws. Approved. December 13, 1871.
An act fixing the time of holding the Superior
Courts of Campbell county, on the second Mon¬
days in February and August. Approved, De¬
cember 14, 1871.
An act providing that the next term of the
Richmond Superior Court, after the adjournment
of the January term of 1872, shall commence
the third Monday in October, 1872. Hereafter
the court shall be held on the third Mondays in
April and October. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved, December 12, 1871.
university of georgia,.
An act to change the charter of the University
of Georgia, so as to add four additional Trustees
to the Board, and give their election to the
Alumni Society. Repeals conflicting laws.
, u8ury.
An act to amend the usury laws. Sec. 1. A
written contract to pay 10 per cent, per annum
interest shall be valid and binding, and may be
enforced in the courts. . Sec. 2. Where the con¬
tract is silent as to the rate of interest, seven
per cent, only can be collected. Sec. 3. No
usury hereafter paid shall be recovered unless
the payer thereof institute suit within six months
after the passage of this act, and no money here¬
after paid is recoverable unless sued for within
six months after payment. Sec. 4. Where the
written contract is for more than len per cent,
per annum for borrowed money, the lender can
only recover ten per cent, per annum interest.
Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, December
11,1871,
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