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Name:               Joseph Day
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Judge Joseph Day married Jane Jincy Dunn on March 17, 1811 in Columbia Co., GA 
and remained married to her until her death on April 7, 1857. They were married 
for 46 years and had three children: Rebeccah Margaret Day, Alanzon Ashberry Day 
and Sarah Day.
After the death of his first wife Jane Dunn, Judge Day was 68 when he married a 
second time to Mary Ann Hampton. He was age 69 when his daughter Mary Joe Day 
was born.

Information about Judge Day can be found in the History of Macon Co., Georgia by 
Mrs. J. E. Hays and in the History of Jones County Georgia by Carolyn White 
Williams, (published in Round Oak, GA in 1957.)

Judge Day was a member of the Georgia Legislature from 1824 -1827 & 1830 – 1839. 
He was Speaker of the Georgia House from 1835-1839. In 1829 he was a delegate to 
the constitutional convention & a justice of the Interior Court for many years.

Judge Day first resided at Round Oak in Jones County, Ga. His estate was named 
Tranquilla. After 1856 he sold this estate & bought another plantation near 
Marshallville, GA, which contained 3,175 acres. After the Civil War this place 
was sold. Joseph and his new family (Mary Ann Hampton & two baby girls) moved to 
Vineville near Macon, GA, where he died in 1867. Judge Day's tombstone is in the 
Methodist Church Yard of Marshallville, GA. It bears this inscription:
JOSEPH DAY DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 2nd, 1867
AGED 78 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS, HE DIED AS HE LIVED

Next to his grave is the tombstone of his first wife, Jane Jincy Dunn Day.

His Obituary: Macon Weekly Telegraph , Volume: II, Issue: 20, Page: 1: "DEATH OF 
AN OLD CITIZEN. - Joseph Day, an excellent citizen and prominent in politics of 
Middle Georgia, died at his residence at Vineville, Tuesday night last and was 
buried Wednesday at Marshallville. Mr. Day represented Jones County for many 
years in the Legislature and was once Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
He moved to Houston County about ten years ago, and within the last few years 
changed his residence to Vineville, a suburb of this city. He was about seventy-
eight years of age and the news of his death will be read with regret by a large 
circle of personal friends, besides many of our prominent men with whom he was 
politically associated in years past."

Additional Comments:
He is buried at Marshallville Methodist Church

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