Georgia   Biographies James Madison

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JAMES MADISON

Hon. James Madison was born in Orange county, Va., 5th of
March, 1750, and was graduated at Princeton College in
1769.  He studied law with Chancellor Wythe, and soon
represented his native county in the Legislature.  He was
a member of the old Congress.  He displayed great talent
in the Virginia Legislature, when their Constitution was
adopted, and distinguished himself by a Protest and
Remonstrance against an established religion.   H was
engage with Messrs. Hamilton and Jay, in writing a work
called the Federalist, the design of which was to show
the value of the Federal Constitution, and lead to its
adoption.  He wrote Numbers 10, 14, 18, 19, 20, 37 to 58
inclusive, and 62, 63, and 64.

He was in Congress in 1800.  In 1801, he was appointed
Secretary of State by Mr. Jefferson.  In 1809, he was
elected President of the United States, and conducted our
national bark over a stormy  sea of war in 1812, '13, and
'14.  In 1817, he retired to his farm, five miles from
Orange C. H., where he was much respected for his private
virtues.  After Mr. Jefferson's death, he was immediately
Rector of Central College.

Madison died June 28, 1836.  He left notes on the
delegates in the Convention to frame the Federal
Constitution, for which Congress has agreed to pay a
large sum.

Ref:  Sherwood, Adiel,  A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, Printed by P. Force,  Washington City, p.
295.


MADISON COUNTY, GEORGIA

Was laid out from Oglethorpe, Clarke, Jackson, Franklin,
and Elbert in 1811.  Part added from Clarke in 1813; part
from Elbert and Franklin in 1819;  part taken from
Franklin in 1823; part taken from Oglethorpe in  1831.
It received its name from the illustrious James Madison. 


DANIELSVILLE, named after General Allen Daniel, is the
capital, distant from Milledgeville, 87 miles.

Among the early settlers were, Samuel Long, Jacob
Eberhart, Samuel Woods, Stephen Groves, General Daniel.

Ref:  White, Rev. George, M. A., HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF GEORGIA, 1854, 	 Pudney & Russell, Publishers,  New
York, pp. 544-545.  [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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