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Putnam County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Putnam County

Index to Locations Eatonton Pine Grove Cemetery Eatonton Union Cemetery Pine Grove Cemetery Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Thomas Graves Lawson (1835-1912) — also known as Thomas G. Lawson — of Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga. Born near Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga., May 2, 1835. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1861-66, 1889-90; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; state court judge in Georgia, 1879-86; U.S. Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1891-97. Baptist. Died April 16, 1912 (age 76 years, 350 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Union Cemetery Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   James Archibald Meriwether (1806-1852) — of Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., September 20, 1806. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1831-36, 1838, 1843, 1851-52; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1841-43; superior court judge in Georgia, 1845-49. Slaveowner. Died in Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga., April 18, 1852 (age 45 years, 211 days). Interment at Union Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Meriwether (1755-1817) and Susannah (Hatcher) Meriwether; first cousin once removed of David Meriwether (1755-1822); second cousin of Meriwether Lewis, James Meriwether (1788-1852) and David Meriwether (1800-1893); second cousin once removed of George Rockingham Gilmer, Reuben Handy Meriwether and Frances Meriwether (who married Anson Rainey); third cousin once removed of Theodorick Bland; fourth cousin of John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker; fourth cousin once removed of Nathaniel Beverly Tucker.   Political families: Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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