Georgia   Biographies Anthony Wayne

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ANTHONY WAYNE

General Anthony Waynes was born in Chester county, Pa.,
in 1745.  he was at the battles of Brandy wine,
Germantown, and Monmouth.  After the capture of
Cornwallis he was detached to Georgia, and was useful to
the State in cutting off communications between the
British, then in Savannah, and the country contiguous.
Our Legislature for his services bestowed on him a large
tract of land.  He had charge of the Western army in
1792, against the Miami Indians.  He concluded a peace
with them, and died at Presque Isle, in 1796, aged 52.

Ref:  Sherwood, Adiel, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, Printed by P. Force, Washington City, p.
312

WAYNE COUNTY, GEORGIA

Laid out by the Lottery Act of 1803.  Part taken from
Glynn, 1805; part added to Camden, 1805; part taken from
Camden, 1812; a part taken from Glynn in 1820; a portion
added to Glynn, 1822; organized in 1805.  Named in honour
of Major-General Anthony Wayne.

WAYNEVILLE is the seat of justice, 176 miles from
Milledgeville.

Ref:  White, Rev. George, M. A., HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF GEORGIA, 1854, Pudney & Russell, Publishers, New York,
p. 679.  [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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