Lowndes County GaArchives Biographies.....Cone, Peter August 6, 1790 - 1866
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Author: Ed Cone, Cone Family Biographies

·  Name: Peter CONE 
·  NPFX: Gen. 
·  Given Name: Peter 
·  Surname: CONE 
·  Sex: M 
·  _UID: 27A57FEBBDB5ED4BAD171F3383454C9CA655 

·  Note: When the War of 1812 began, inheriting the family trait, Peter Cone 
enlisted, became a captain, and was stationed at Fort Sunbury. In 1818 he 
served under General Andrew Jackson in his Florida campaign. At the outbreak 
of the Civil War, Peter Cone was the Adjutant General (Major General) of the 
militia for the State of Georgia. Early in the thirties he became a member of 
the General Assembly, and remained in that body continuously for thirty years. 
It is said that this is the longest continuous service by one man in the 
history of Georgia. He was a most influential man in his section of Georgia, 
and absolutely dominated Bulloch county for thirty years. A notable character 
in his day, he was held in much esteem by the public men of that time. He 
never married. 1 

·  Birth: 6 AUG 1790 in Ivanhoe, Bulloch Co, GA 
·  Death: 1866 in Bulloch Co, GA

Father: Aaron CONE b: 31 OCT 1766 in NC 
Mother: Susan MARLOW b: 22 FEB 1770 in SC

Sources: 
Abbrev: Carole (Stephens) Ramke
Title: Carole (Stephens) Ramke - <caroler@mindspring.com> - 11/96


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