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| Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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| Name | William Barnett |
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Washington, Georgia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
March 04, 1761 |
| Died |
April 00, 1832
(71 years) |
| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | BARNETT, William, a Representative from Georgia; born in Amherst County, Va., March 4, 1761; moved to Georgia with his father, who settled in Columbia County; at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War returned to Virginia with his brother and joined a military company from Amherst County under the leadership of the Marquis de Lafayette and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown; returned to Georgia at the close of the war and settled on Broad River, Elbert County; sheriff of Elbert County for several years; member of the State senate and served as pesident of that body; elected as a Republican to the Twelfth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Howell Cobb; reelected to the Thirteenth Congress and served from October 5, 1812, to March 3, 1815; appointed commissioner to establish the boundaries of the Creek Indian Reservation in 1815; moved to Montgomery County, Ala., and engaged in planting; died in Montgomery County, Ala., April 1832; interment in the Gilmer-Christian-Barnett Cemetery, near Mathews Station, Montgomery County, Ala.
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