Georgia   Biographies  David Emanuel

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        DAVID EMANUEL

Colonel David Emanuel, of German extraction, was born in
Pennsylvania, in 1744.  He came to Georgia before the
war, and married Miss Ann Lewis, by whom he had several
children.  He endured many hardships during the war, near
the close of which, his own and about thirty other
families had built some cabins, in a cluster, below
Augusta, and which the Tories denominated, Rebel Town.
Near McBean’s creek he was taken prisoner, while out on a
scout, and condemned to be shot, with two or three
others.  Divested of most of their clothing, and ready
for execution, Mr. Davis, one of the unfortunate company,
begged permission to go to prayer.  This was granted,
and, as may be expected, he engaged most fervently at a
throne of graces.  He and the other prisoners were then
shot down; and though a big mulattoe man (who was to have
his clothes as a remuneration for shooting him!) stood
ready to fire, Emanuel jumped among the horses which were
near, and made his escape.  The night was dark, and
jumping into the swamp, he sank up to his neck.  His
pursuers, muttering their curses, passed several times
near him, but a kind Providence permitted him to escape
their notice.  When all was still, he crept out, and in
the morning made his way to Twigg’s army.

He represented Burke County a number of years in the
Legislature, was President of the Senate some time, and a
while acting Governor.  He was in the Conventions to
revise the Constitution, both in ’89 and ’95.  His
residence was ten mile N. W. Waynesboro, where he died in
1808, aged 64 years.  He was by profession a
Presbyterian, and believed to be a good man.  His
surviving child is Mrs. Whittaker, of Jefferson, the
amiable relict of the Hon. Benjamin Whittaker, long the
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Ref:  Sherwood, Adiel, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, Printed b y P. Force, Washington City, p.
275.

EMANUEL COUNTY, GEORGIA

Laid out from Bulloch and Montgomery Counties in 1812,
and named after the Hon. David Emanuel.  The rivers are
the Ogeechee, separating the county from Burke.

SWAINSBOROUGH is the county site, 80 miles S. E. of
Milledgeville.

Among the first persons who settled in this part of the
State were:  James Moore, Wm. Stephens, Henry Durden,
Geo. Roundtree, Richard Edinfield, M. Thigpin, A.
Gaardner, N. Rowland, E. Swain, James Tapley, John Snell,
James Hicks, Wm. Phillips, J. Sutton, E. Lane, B.
Johnston, John Wiggins, P. Newton, Wm. Rowland, Wm. And
J. Norris, Wm. Douglass, S. Powell, John Rhiner, M. Curl,
S. Kennedy, E. Colman, D. E. Rich, E, Wilks, S.
Williamson, B. Key, J. C. Summer.

Ref:  White, Rev. George, M. A., HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF GEORGIA, 1854, Pudney & Russell, Publishers, New York,
pp. 450-451.  (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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