Georgia   Biographies  Benjamin Taliaferro

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BENJAMIN TALIAFERRO

Honorable Benjamin Taliaferro was a native of Virginia.
He removed to Georgia and settled near Hillyar's mill, on
Broad river, in Wilkes.  He was President of the Senate -
assisted in revising the Constitution in '98, - one of
the first Trustees of the University, - member of
Congress in 1801, and a judge of the Superior Court.  He
was a man of general knowledge, but had never studied the
law; and yet his decisions were generally approved.  He
died in 1820 or '21.

Ref:  Sherwood, Adiel, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, Printed by P. Force, Washington City, p.
306.

TALIAFERRO COUNTY, GEORGIA

Laid out from Wilkes, Warren, Hancock, Greene, and
Oglethorpe, in 1825; a part taken from Hancock in 1828;
and parts taken from Wilkes in 1828 and 1835.  Named
after Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro.

CRAWFORDVILLE is the county town, situated on the Georgia
Railroad, 45 miles N. E. of Milledgeville.

Among the early settlers were; Geo. Tilley, Wm. Evans,
Marcus Andrew, Asa Alexander, Wm. Little, S. Creighton,
Wm. Gunn, Amos Stewart, H. Ellington, B. Jones, G. Kent,
A. B. Stephens, W. Anderson, R. King, N. Chapman, A.
Gresham, S. Harris. In the year 1800, a number of Roman
Catholics emigrated from Maryland, and established a
church at Locust Grove.

Ref:  White, Rev. George, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF
GEORGIA, 1854, Pudney & Russell, Publishers, New York,
pp. 643-644.  [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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