Long list of acts from Georgia 1811 session including county and road laws
A consolidated record of acts passed at the last Georgia General Assembly session listing numerous measures. Items include county seat relocation for Telfair, road and probate reforms, incorporation of banks and towns, land sales, divorces, relief grants, militia law revisions, and new institutions such as the Planters Bank and various academies. The document also contains a declaration from the Baton Rouge convention asserting West Florida independence and commitments by the convention delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Telfair
Ocmulgee
Wilkinson
St. Mary's
Fredericka
John Nelson
Celiah
Keneth Irvine
Savannah
Tagalo Rivers
Franklin
Charles Sthal
Thomas Harvey
Martha
Twiggs
Montgomery
Jefferson
Putnam County
Jones Genry
Greensboro
Agricultural Society of Georgia
Bank of Augusta
Warrenton
Lewis Calffrey
John Coats
Augusta
Washington
Richmond Academy
Wm. Brown
Stephen Moble
Isaac Hughes
Henry Joice
Oconee River
Glynn
Mary M. Wright
Planters Bank
State of Georgia
Wayne
Camden
Angutta
Edward Downing
Watford
Wrightsborough
Columbia
Green County
Eldred Simkins
Broadriver
John Barnes
Wilkes Manufacturing Company
Midway Church
Liberty County
Monticello
Randlph
Milledgeville
Burke
Richmond
Tattnal
Ogechee
John M‘loud
Micajah Little
Mount Enon Academy
Richmond County
Charles O. Scriven
Hascock
Ta‘tnall
Lincoln
Baldwin
James Simms
Peter H. Collins
Wills, &c
Oconee
Wishing Creek
John Barnetts
Hartford
Pulaski
Bulloch
Baldwin and
Declaration of West Florida Independence in Convention
Representatives of the people declare West Florida independent from the mother country. They recount loyalty to the sovereign, critique the governor, and assert a shift to self protection as a free state, invoking a supreme authority to sustain their new stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Florida
West Foriday
Baton Rouge
John Rhea
Eele
West Florida land rights stir congressional debate
In a December House session the Yazoo settlers issue prompts a resolution to seek full Treasury records on illegal settlements on public lands in the Mississippi Territory. Members clash over extending inquiry beyond Mississippi, with fears Georgia’s land and money interests may be affected by Supreme Court decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House of Resentatives
Yazoo
Troup
U. States
Secretary of the Treasury
Missisippi
Rhea
Sissippi
M'Kee
Treasury
Louisiana
Committee of Public Lands
Mississippi
U. S
Supreme Court
U.S
Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
Rhee
Missisippi Territory
List of Letters Remaining in the Columbia County Post Office
An 1811 notice lists names of correspondents with undelivered mail at the Columbia County Post Office. The long roster includes Agness Bacon, Samuel Crump, John Cole, Daniel Donnelly, Henry Hampton, Richard Jones, Telfair, Underwood, Williams, Walker, Weiffenger, and many others, with a note that delivery was executed on the shortest notice.
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. Smith
Rnor Holmes
Wel Brida
R. Smith
David Holmes
Misssippi
C. H. Geo
Mrs
Agness Bacon
Col. Brown
William Bell
Thomas Butts
Andrew Bell
Thomas Carr
Samuel Crump
Joseph Cotten
John Cole
Claban Clifton
William Cox
John Colvard
Daniel Donnelly
Gazaway Davis
Hannah Bew
Nancy Flemin
Jane Flint
James Gairdner
H Robert Hagens
Henry Hampton
Sally Harden
The
Richard Jones
Senior Court of
Co. Thomas
Jones
Lumbia County
Richard Jelks
Peebles Ivy
James Landersy
Solomon Marshall
Daniel Mercer
James M‘gowen
Hugh M‘collin
Samuel Magroder
Duncan M‘neil
Thomas Marrell
Edward Morgan
William Neilson
Jeslee Offutt
Francis Pitman
Charles Porter
T. Pitman
Maurice Rouse
Randal Ramsey
Reuben Reynolds
Edmond Reynolds
Martha Speller
T Robert Tayior
G. Telfair
Wim. Underwood
Benj. Williams
Elitha Walker
George Weiffenger
Edward Walker
Wn. Wilkins
James Cary