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Elbert County Historical News
Abstracts from The Georgia Journal
The
Journal.
Wednesday, October 10, 1810
Pg. 3
Members
Elected to serve in the ensuing General Assembly.
The Gentleman first named for each county is the Senator.
Burke -- William Byne, Eli Emanuel*, Jacob Robinson*, Isaac Wimberly
Clarke -- Zadock Cook*, Reubin Hill, Charles Redd*, A. S. Clayton*
Elbert -- William Barnett, Allen Daniel, David Hudson*, Archelaus
Jarrett
Franklin -- James H. Little, Jas. Blair*, John R. Brown, Asa Allen
Greene -- Ezekiel E. Park, Jacobus Watts, William Browning*, James
Nesbit
Laurens -- Henry Shipherd*, Charles Stringer*
Liberty -- Thomas Bacon, Thomas Malland*, James Dunwoody*
Randolph -- Charles Crawford*, Howell W. Runnels 522, Zephaniah Harvey,
*522 (tie)
Telfair -- Benjamin M. Griffin*, William Carroll*
Tattnall -- Martin Harden, Daniel Brinson*
Wayne -- Allen B. Powell, William Knight*
Wilkes -- Matthew Talbott, Johnson Wellborne, Jno. Terrell*, John Pope
Warren -- John Hardaway*, Jeremiah Bealle, James Gray*, Jeoday Newsom
Washington -- Jared Irwin*, Josiah Watts, Edmund Hopson*, Samuel
Robison*
Oglethorpe -- George Hudspeth, Luckie, Beal and Saunders*
Pulaski -- Fulgam*, Colson
Jefferson -- Hugh Montgomery, William Mathews*, James Cockran
Columbia -- Jno. Foster, Williams, Blair, Marshall
Morgan -- Brown, *John B. Whatley
Richmond -- Freeman Walker, Nicholas Ware, Geo. Walton*
Lincoln -- Rem. Remson, Fleming, Gibson Clarke*
Chatham -- William Davies, Alfred Cuthbert*, Thomas Telfair, Joseph
Bryan
Effingham -- Jesse Scruggs, Geo. G. Nowlan
McIntosh -- Spalding, Hopkins, McDonald
Scriven -- Maj. Lanier, Mund Gross, John Polloch*
Those marked thus (*) are new members.
Married on Wednesday evening the 19th
September, at Thomas White's in Jones county, Maj. John C. Easter of
Elberton, to the amiable Miss Ann P. Clark, late of Orange county,
Virginia.
Georgia Journal
28 Nov 1810
Pg. 2
House of Representatives.
Monday, November 19.
A resolution was passed, appointing Wm.
Forsan a Justice of the Inferior court of the county of Elbert in the
room of John Johnson, resigned.
Saturday, November 17th.
Mr. Barnett agreeably to notice introduced a
bill to incorporate the Petersburg Mercantile Company -- received and
read the 1st time.
Georgia Journal
12 Dec 1810 Pg. 3
Married, In Elbert county, on Monday Evening
the 26th ult. by the Rev'd. Mr. Seals, Mr. Octavious Spencer of this
place, to Miss Elizabeth Ann Gray, daughter of Hezekiah Gray of said
county.
In Putnam county, on Thursday Evening 20th
ult, by the Rev'd. Mr. Pendleton, Mr. Thomas Beytop Stubbs to Miss
Catherine Palmer Stubbs, daughter of Peter Stubbs of said county.
May health and love and prosperous days be
theirs.
Georgia Journal
12 Dec 1810 Pg. 3
The following returns have been made by the persons appointed in the
different counties to take the census of this state, agreeable to a law
passed at the preceding session of the Legislature. We are
informed, that owing to the neglect of those employed to make the
enumeration, the number returned from some counties is far short of the
real population.
County - Elbert
Whites - 7201
Blacks - 4469
Total - 9832
Rep - 3
Georgia Journal
09 Sept 1812 Pg. 4
Brought to Clinton Jail on the 24th inst. two Negroes taken up in the
Indian Nation, to wit --- One African fellow about 30 years of age,
named JOHN, says he belongs to Walker Richardson of Elbert county,
speaks tolerable good English. Also, a country born fellow named
PRIMUS, says he belongs to William Kee of said county, aged about 25
years. The owners are requested to come forward and prove the
property, and take them away.
Robert Beasley, Shf.
August 25.
45 tf
Georgia Journal
09 Sept 1812 Pg. 4
We are authorized to state, that William Barnett, Esq. of Elbert, will
be a candidate to fill the preceding vacancy in Congress.
Georgia Journal
13 Oct 1812 Pg. 5
Elected to serve in the ensuing Legislature. The gentleman first
named is the Senator.
Elbert -- Watkins, Hatcher, Hudson, Harris.
Georgia Journal
13 Oct 1813 Pg. 3
Members...Elected to serve in the next General
Assembly of Georgia....
Elbert.....Watkins....Falsom*...Oliver*,
Rhoebuck
[First name indicates Senator; * indicates new
member]
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