Georgia   Biographies	Thomas Jefferson

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 THOMAS JEFFERSON

Hon. Thomas Jefferson was born in Albermarle County,
Virginia, on May 13th, 1743.  He was educated at William
and Mary's College, and immediately commenced the study
of the law.  Before he was 25, he was in the Legislature
of his native state, and from this body he was translated
to the Conial Congress in Philadelphia.  He was one of
the five appointed to prepare the Declaration of
Independence, and that noble production is from his pen. 
In 1779, he succeeded Patrick Henry as Governor.  In '89
he was appointed by Washington, Secretary of State, the
first under the new Constitution.  In 1800, he was
elected President of the United States, and which office
he held for 8 years.

He died a few minutes before 1 P.M., on the 4th of July,
1826, and Mr. Adams died a few hours after.  Fifty years
before, they constituted the sub-committee on the
Declaration of Independence; they had toiled together for
liberty; they had seen its tree growing half a century,
and then they lie down together in the grave on the same
day!

Ref:  Sherwood, Adiel, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, Printed by P. Force, Washington City, pp.
290-291.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, GEORGIA

This county was laid out from Burke and Warren in 1796.
The Ogeechee is the principal stream.

LOUISVILLE is the county town, fify-four miles from
Milledgeville.  It was the seat of government for the
State of Georgia, by the Constitution, on the 16th of
May, 1795, and continued until 1804, when Milledgeville
became the capital.  

Ref:  White, Rev. George, M. A., HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF GEORGIA, 1854, Pudney & Russell, Publishers, New York,
pp. 502-505.  (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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