PETER EARLY was born in Culpeper County (now Madison County), Virginia, on June 20, 1773. He attended Lexington Academy and graduated from Princeton University in 1792. He then studied law…

WILLIAM RABUN was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, on April 8, 1771. In 1785 his family moved to Georgia, where he received a rudimentary education. Rabun served in 1793…

MATTHEW TALBOT was born in Bedford County, Virginia, circa 1767. His family moved to Georgia after the Revolutionary War ended. After serving as captain in the Georgia militia, he entered…

JOHN CLARK was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, on February 28, 1766. He received little formal education but had a long and distinguished military career, serving in the American…

GEORGE MICHAEL TROUP was born in McIntosh Bluff on the Tombigbee River, Alabama (then part of Georgia), on September 8, 1780. He was educated in a New York academy and…

JOHN FORSYTH was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on October 22, 1780. He attended Springer Academy in Wilkes County, Georgia, and graduated from Princeton University in 1799. After moving to Augusta,…

GEORGE ROCKINGHAM GILMER was born near Lexington, Georgia, on April 11, 1790. He was educated at Dr. Wilson's classical school and at the famous Academy of Moses Waddell in Abbeville,…

WILSON LUMPKIN was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on January 14, 1783. In 1784 his family moved to Georgia, settling in Oglethorpe County. He received little formal schooling but read…

WILLIAM SCHLEY was born in Frederick County, Maryland, on December 10, 1786. After moving to Georgia as a young child, Schley was educated at academies in Louisville and Augusta. He…

CHARLES JAMES MCDONALD was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on July 9, 1793. His family moved to Hancock County, Georgia, in 1862, where he studied at Reverand Nathan Beman's Academy.…

GEORGE WALKER CRAWFORD, Georgia's only Whig governor, was born in Columbia County, Georgia, on December 22, 1798. He was educated at home by his father, who served in the General…

GEORGE WASHINGTON BONAPARTE TOWNS was born in Wilkes County, Georgia, on May 4, 1801. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1824, and established a legal career in…