Georgia   Biographies	Baron De Kalb
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              THE BARON DE KALB
The Baron De Kalb was a distinguished officer in our
Revolutionary war.  He was a German by birth, and was
some time in the French service.  He accompanied
Lafayette to this country, and was appointed by Congress
a Major General.  He was a most abstemious man.  At the
battle of Camden, he commanded the right wing of the
American army; the left wing, being composed of militia,
fled on being charged upon.  In sustaining, by his
splendid example, the courgeous efforts of his troops,
against such fearful odds, De Kalb received eleven
wounds, and was made prisoner.  When the British officer
kindly condoled with him in his misfortune, he replied,
“I thank you for your generous sympathy; but I died the
death I always prayed for - the death of a soldier,
fighting for the rights of man.”  He survived but a few
days.  In October, 180, Congress directed a monument to
be erected to his memory, in Annapolis, Md.

Ref:  Sherwood, Aidel, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, Printed by P. Force, Washington City, p.
271.

DE KALB COUNTY, GEORGIA

Laid out in 1822, and named after the Baron De Kalb, who
fell in defense of American freedom at the battle of
Camden, South Carolina, on the 19th of August, 1780. The
Chattahoochee is the chief river. DECATUR is the county
town, ninety-five miles northwest of Milledgeville. Among
the early settlers of this county were; William Jackson,
James Montgomery, John R. Brooks, Wm. Ezzard, W. M. Hill,
Joseph Hewey, Stephen Mays, R. Cone, J. M. Smith, Wm.
David, Mason Shewmake, John Simpson, Amos Towers, John W.
Fowler, Edward Jones, Andrew Johnson, John Turner, J. P.
Carr, James W. Reeves, Colonel Murphy, George Clifton,
James Jones, Jesse Lane, L. Johnston, Wm. Terrell, George
Brooks. Instances of longevity are numerous:  John Biffle
died at 106; D. Greene, 90; Wm. Terrell, 90; Mr. Brooks,
92; Wm. Suttles died in 1839 aged 108.  He was possessed
of great physical strength, and had been a soldier of
’76.  At is death an estimate of his descendants was
made, and it amounted to 300 persons.  His wife,
Margaret, 104 years old, died in June 1839.  For seventy
years she had been a member of the Baptist Church.
Charles Isom and James Burnes, both 90, are now living.
Wm. Reeves died at 87.

Ref:  White, Rev. George, M. A., HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF
GEORGIA, 1854. Pudney & Russell, Publishers, New York,
pp. 421-423.  (Reprinted 1968. Heritage Papers,
Danielsville, GA)



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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