TALBOT COUNTY, GA - BIOS - Collinsworth, John Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/talbot.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm JOHN COLLINSWORTH Born in 1773/74 in Virginia, John Collinsworth came to Georgia in 1808 and served as a Circuit Rider for the Methodist Conference. He was pastor in Talbotton. He died at his ome near Post Oak Meeting House in Putnam County 1834. "He was a man of great firmness and strong individuality, making no compromise with the world; a veritable Elijah, on the sterness of his rebuke, noted for his plain living and untiring industry." ======================= pg 116 There was a Land by Judge Robert H. Jordan 1971 Available for purchase Chamber of Commerce Talbotton