Nathan Crawford Barnett
Nathan Crawford Barnett | |
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Georgia Secretary of State | |
In office 1843-1849 1851-1853 1861-1868 1873-1890 | |
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the Clarke County district | |
In office 1836–1840 | |
Personal details | |
Born | June 28, 1801 Columbia County, Georgia |
Died | February 2, 1890 Milledgeville, Georgia |
Spouse | Mary A. Barnett |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Branch/service | Georgia Militia |
Rank | Colonel |
Nathan Crawford Barnett (June 28, 1801 - February 2, 1890) was a state legislator and long serving Secretary of State in the U.S. State of Georgia. He is remembered as the man who twice saved the Great Seal of the State of Georgia.
Early life
Barnett was born in Columbia County, Georgia in 1801 to William Barnett and Ann Crawford Barnett. His father died while Barnett was still quite young, and his widowed mother moved the family to Lexington in Oglethorpe County where he received his education at the Lexington Academy. Barnett married Margaret J. Morton of Clarke County and the couple established a home in Watkinsville, which was the county seat at that time.
Barnett engaged in planting and merchandising, and in 1832 he was elected Surveyor, and assisted in surveying the
Political career
Georgia House of Representatives
In 1836 Col. Barnett was elected to the
Secretary of State
In 1843, Barnett was elected (by the
Death and legacy
Nathan Crawford Barnett, who was reported to be tall and thin in his youth, at 6'6" in height, died at the age of 89.
References
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- ^ a b c d e Willard Neal (1938–1939). "Mystery Picture Identified as Portrait of Col. Nathan Barnett" (PDF). Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Sunday Morning" Magazine. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ "History of Baldwin County Georgia by Mrs. Anna Maria Green Cook". Keys-Hearn Printing Co. 1925. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ a b Leola Selman Beeson (1943). "Histories of Milledgeville and Baldwin County (Georgia)". The J. W. Burke Company, Macon Georgia. pp. 81–82. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ Lucian Lamar Knight (1917). The period of expansion or Georgia in the process of growth, 1802-1857 (continued) ; The period of division or Georgia in the assertion of state rights, 1857-1872 ; The period of rehabilitation or Georgia's rise from the ashes of war, 1872-1916 ; Georgia miscellanies. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 963.
- ^ "Mrs. M.A. Barnett is Dead. Widow of Former Secretary of State N. C. Barnett Passes Away - Interment in Milledgeville". Atlanta Constitution. January 12, 1902. p. 7. Retrieved December 26, 2018.