Georgia   Biographies  Earl of Chatham - William Pitt
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http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Georgia Table of Contents:
Adiel Sherwood, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, Washington City,
Printed by P. Force, 1837, pp. 262-263


                           HON. WILLIAM PITT
     The Honourable William Pitt, the celebrated Earl of Chatham, was born
in England, November, 1708.  After sustaining most of the honors which his
Government could confer on him, he retied in old age from the cares of
public life.  But when the subject of the Colonies was before Parliament,
he burst forth from his retirement, pale and emaciated, and plead their
cause most powerfully.  Every school boy has read his speeches.  While
speaking on the impolitic measures of North, and the rights of the
Colonies, he became exhausted, fainted, and fell into the arms of his
friends, and lived but a short time.  County named in 1777.



Rev. George White, M. A., HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF GEORGIA, New York,
Pudney & Russell, Publishers, 1854, pp. 302-386.  (Reprinted 1968,
Heritage Papers, Danielsville, GA)


                         CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA
     This county forms the southeast corner of the State.  It is a portion
of what was once called Savannah County, for in 1741, by order of the
Trustees, the Colony of Georgia, was divided into two counties, one of
which was called Savannah, embracing all the territory north of Darien. 
It was laid out in 1758 into St. Philip's amd Christ Church Parishes, and
Christ Church and a part of St. Philip's were formed into the County of
Chatham, which name was given in honour of the celebrated Earl of Chatham.
     The chief streams are the Savannah, Big and Little Ogeechee.
     SAVANNAH is the seat of justice, and the largest city in Georgia.  It
is situated on the southeast bank of the Savannah River, on a high bluff
forty feet above low-water mark, twelve miles in a direct line from the
ocean, and eighteen miles by the course of the river.
     It is 158 miles East South East from Milledgeville, the capital of
the State.



(Submitted by Barbara Walker Winge,  barbarawinge@yahoo.com)




Note:
Adiel Sherwood, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, Washington City,
Printed by P. Force, 1837,  pp. 255-256.
APPENDIX:  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
   "The author conceived that a short biographical sketch of the
individuals after whom the several counties were named, would furnish an
instructive and pleasing appendage to his topographical work...
   Acquainted with the intimate friends of some of the 'venerable dead,'
he has been furnished with sufficient materials to enlarge on their
character...
   There are in the State ninety counties (book printed in 1837, presently
in 2001, there are 159 counties)..."


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