Georgia   Biographies  Thomas Murray

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THOMAS W. MURRAY

Thomas W. Murray was born, it is supposed, in Lincoln,
about 1790, for his father was a resident of that county
many years.  For some time he was at Dr. Waddel's school,
called Willington, in Abbeville, S. C.  He represented
Lincoln in our Legislature several years, and was once
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 	He was a
candidate for Congress, about '33 or '4, but died before
the election.  He was a member of the Baptist church and
a useful statesman.

Ref:  Sherwood, Adiel, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, Printed by P. Force, Washington City, p.
300.

MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA  

Laid out from Cherokee and organized in 1832.   Part set
off to Walker, 1833; part added to Cass, 1834.  Named
after the Hon. Thomas W. Murray.       SPRING PLACE is
the county town, situated a mile and a half E. of
Connasauga River, 230 miles N. W. of Milledgeville.  The
scenery around this village is beautiful, the Cohuttah
Mountains being in full view.  It was formerly a
missionary station for the Cherokees.  On the Cohuttah
Mountains are the remains of an ancient fort, but when
and for what purpose constructed, we are unable to say.

Ref:  White, Rev. George, M. A., HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF GEORGIA,  1854, Pudney & Russell, Publishers, New
York, pp. 507.  [Reprinted 1968, Heritage Papers,
Danielsville, GA]

(Contributed 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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