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Benjamin Harvey Hill
Benjamin Harvey Hill was a U.S. Representative, U.S. senator and a Confederate senator from the state of Georgia. Hill was born September 14, 1823 in Hillsboro, Georgia in Jasper County. He was of Welsh and Irish American ancestry.
He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia where he was a member of the Demosthenian Literary Society and graduated in 1844 with first honors. He was then swiftly admitted to the Georgia bar later in 1844. He married Caroline E. Holt in Athens, GA in 1845.
His political life was full, and he ran for office under the aegis of a remarkable number of parties. He was elected to the state legislature of Georgia in 1851 as a member of the Whig Party. He then supported Millard Filmore running on the Know-Nothing ticket in 1856, and was an elector for that party in the Electoral College. In 1857, he ran for governor of Georgia unsuccessfully against successful Democratic nominee Joseph E. Brown. In 1859, he was elected to the state senate as a Unionist. In 1860, he was again an elector, this time for John Bell and the Unionist party.
When the Confederate government was formed, he became a member of the Confederate Provisional Congress and was subsequently elected to the Confederate States Senate, a term which he held throughout its existence. At the end of the Civil War, he was arrested by the Union and confined in Fort Lafayette from May until July in 1865.
Unlike many Confederate politicians, Hill had a long and distinguished career as a "reconstructed" Southerner and U.S. politician. He ultimately became a Democrat after the Civil War ended. In 1875 he was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives where he quickly won a reputation as a spokesman for the South. He was elected to the U.S. Senate on January 26, 1877.
He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from May 5, 1875 - March 3, 1877, and then as a member of the U. S. Senate from March 4, 1877, until his death August 16, 1882. His obituary was in the Atlanta Constitution, August 17, 1882, on the front page. He is buried in historic Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, GA.
Benjamin Hill (1823-1882) - Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Churches
Name |
Location |
Other Information & Links |
Abba Church |
Rebecca |
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Anderson
Memorial Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Arbor Church |
Fitzgerald West |
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Bethel African
Methodist Episcopal Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Bethlehem Church |
Sibbie |
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Callie Garbutt
Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Central
Christian Church |
Fitzgerald West |
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Central
Methodist Church |
Fitzgerald West |
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Church of
God |
Fitzgerald East |
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Church of the
Nazarene |
Fitzgerald West |
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Community Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Dorminy Mill
Church |
Queensland |
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Eastside Church |
Fitzerald East |
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Englewood Church |
Fitzgerald West |
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Evergreen Church |
Queensland |
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Evergreen
Church (Historical) |
Osierfield |
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Fairview Church |
Queensland |
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Fitzgerald West |
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First
Presbyterian Church |
Fitzgerald West |
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Georges Chapel
(Historical) |
Queensland |
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Holiness Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Holsee Chapel
Christian Methodist Episcopal |
Fitzgerald East |
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King Chapel
Church |
Rebecca |
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Macedonia Church |
Osierfield |
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Mount Calvary
Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Mount Isiac
Church |
Rebecca |
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Mount Olive
Baptist Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Mount Olive
Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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New Bethel
Church |
Osierfield |
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New Corinth
Church |
Osierfield |
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New Mount Zion
Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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New Providence
Baptist Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Pine Level
Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Prospect Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Providence
Church (Historical) |
Sibbie |
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Saint Mathews
Episcopal Church |
Fitzgerald West |
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Saint Peters
Church |
Fitzgerald West |
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Saint Williams
Catholic Church (Historical) |
Fitzgerald West |
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Salem Baptist
Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Shiloh Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Sturgeon Church |
Fitzgerald East |
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Union Church |
China Hill |
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Union Church |
Queensland |
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Union Holiness
Church (Historical) |
Fitzgerald West |
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Wesley Chapel
Methodist Church (Historical) |
Fitzgerald West |
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Westside Church |
Fitzgerald West |
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Westwood Church |
Fitzgerald West |
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Wolfpit Church
(Historical) |
Queensland |
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Youngs Chapel
Church |
Rebecca |
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Zion Rest
Primitive Baptist Church |
Fitzgerald West |
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Schools
Name |
Location |
Other
Links & Information |
Ashton |
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Listed
as Historical on GNIS |
Ben
Hill County Elementary |
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Dorminy
School |
|
Listed
as Historical on GNIS |
Fitzgerald
Elementary |
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Fitzgerald
High School |
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Fitzgerald
Junior High |
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Fitzgerald
High School |
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Listed
as Historical on GNIS |
Hunter
School |
|
Listed
as Historical on GNIS |
Monitor
Elementary School |
|
Listed
as Historical on GNIS |
Roanoke
School |
|
Listed
as Historical on GNIS |
Second
Ward School |
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Listed
as Historical on GNIS |
Third
Ward School |
|
Listed
as Historical on GNIS |
Union
School |
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Listed
as Historical on GNIS |
Vaughn
Taylor School |
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Listed
as Historical on GNIS |
Ben
Hill-Irwin Vocational School |
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Postmasters
Name |
Title |
Date
Appointed |
Swan
Post Office in Irwin County 1888 |
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Benjamin
Drew |
Postmaster |
02/15/1888 |
William
O. McKeithen |
Postmaster |
12/23/1891 |
Missouri
A. Ford |
Postmaster |
07/07/1892 |
Kate
Drew |
Postmaster |
10/28/1892 |
David
G. Drew |
Postmaster |
07/06/1893 |
Changed
to Fitzgerald on December 13, 1895 |
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David
G. Drew |
Postmaster |
12/13/1895 |
David
E. Peiper |
Postmaster |
05/18/1897 |
James
William Huggins |
Postmaster |
05/28/1900 |
William
H. Marston |
Postmaster |
02/18/1901 |
Changed
to Ben Hill County in 1906 |
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Elanor
M. Marston |
Acting
Postmaster |
05/27/1911 |
George
E. Ricker |
Postmaster |
08/19/1911 |
William
A. Adams |
Postmaster |
07/23/1915 |
James
Jarratt Pryor |
Acting
Postmaster |
05/10/1940 |
James
Jarratt Pryor |
Postmaster |
06/20/1940 |
Clifford
A. Pickens |
Acting
Postmaster |
12/30/1964 |
Clifford
A. Pickens |
Postmaster |
05/25/1965 |
Baney
R. Adams |
Officer-In-Charge |
06/29/1973 |
Baney
R. Adams |
Postmaster |
12/08/1973 |
Idaleen
C. Callis |
Officer-In-Charge |
01/13/1978 |
John
J. Wiggins |
Postmaster |
06/17/1978 |
Towns
Ashton |
Bowens
Mill |
Lulaville |
Queensland |
Red
Bluff |
Westwood |
Addresses
The
Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Library 123 North Main Street Fitzgerald, Georgia 31750 (229) 426-5080 Web: http://www.fbhcl.org/ |
Ben
Hill Probate Court 111 S Sheridan Street Fitzgerald, GA 31750 229-426-5137 |
Chamber
of Commerce P.O. Box 218 805 South Grand Street Fitzgerald, GA 31750 Web: http://www.fitzgeraldchamber.org/ |
Georgia
Department of Human Resources Vital Records Unit (404) 679-4701 2600 Skyland Drive, NE Fax: (404) 524-4278 Atlanta, GA 30319-3640 Web: http://vitalrec.com/ga.html |
The Herald Leader 202 E. Central Avenue Fitzgerald, Georgia 31750 (229) 423-9331 Web: http://www.herald-leader.net |
National Register of Historic Places
- Ben Hill County Courthouse
- Ben Hill County Jail
- Dorminy--Massee House
- Fitzgerald Commercial Historic District
- Holtzendorf Apartments
- Kimball, Charles W., House
- South Main--South Lee Streets Historic District
- Wilsey, Miles V., House