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United States (United States) (search for this): entry jenkins-charles-jones
Jenkins, Charles Jones 1805-1883 Jurist; born in Beaufort district, S. C., Jan. 6, 1805; settled in Jefferson county, Ga., in 1816; graduated at Union College in 1824; held a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1836-50. He was a Union delegate to the Georgia convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. He died in Summerville, Ga., June 13, 1883.
Jefferson (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry jenkins-charles-jones
Jenkins, Charles Jones 1805-1883 Jurist; born in Beaufort district, S. C., Jan. 6, 1805; settled in Jefferson county, Ga., in 1816; graduated at Union College in 1824; held a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1836-50. He was a Union delegate to the Georgia convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. He died in Summerville, Ga., June 13, 1883.
Augusta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry jenkins-charles-jones
Jenkins, Charles Jones 1805-1883 Jurist; born in Beaufort district, S. C., Jan. 6, 1805; settled in Jefferson county, Ga., in 1816; graduated at Union College in 1824; held a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1836-50. He was a Union delegate to the Georgia convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. He died in Summerville, Ga., June 13, 1883.
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry jenkins-charles-jones
ege in 1824; held a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1836-50. He was a Union delegate to the Georgia convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for Preside convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. He died in Summerville, Ga., June 13, 1883.
Charles Jones Jenkins (search for this): entry jenkins-charles-jones
Jenkins, Charles Jones 1805-1883 Jurist; born in Beaufort district, S. C., Jan. 6, 1805; settled in Jefferson county, Ga., in 1816; graduated at Union College in 1824; held a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1836-50. He was a Union delegate to the Georgia convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. He died in Summerville, Ga., June 13, 1883.
1859 AD (search for this): entry jenkins-charles-jones
Jenkins, Charles Jones 1805-1883 Jurist; born in Beaufort district, S. C., Jan. 6, 1805; settled in Jefferson county, Ga., in 1816; graduated at Union College in 1824; held a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1836-50. He was a Union delegate to the Georgia convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. He died in Summerville, Ga., June 13, 1883.
January 6th, 1805 AD (search for this): entry jenkins-charles-jones
Jenkins, Charles Jones 1805-1883 Jurist; born in Beaufort district, S. C., Jan. 6, 1805; settled in Jefferson county, Ga., in 1816; graduated at Union College in 1824; held a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1836-50. He was a Union delegate to the Georgia convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. He died in Summerville, Ga., June 13, 1883.
1850 AD (search for this): entry jenkins-charles-jones
eaufort district, S. C., Jan. 6, 1805; settled in Jefferson county, Ga., in 1816; graduated at Union College in 1824; held a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1836-50. He was a Union delegate to the Georgia convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was res1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. He died in Summerville, Ga., June 13, 1883.
1816 AD (search for this): entry jenkins-charles-jones
Jenkins, Charles Jones 1805-1883 Jurist; born in Beaufort district, S. C., Jan. 6, 1805; settled in Jefferson county, Ga., in 1816; graduated at Union College in 1824; held a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1836-50. He was a Union delegate to the Georgia convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. He died in Summerville, Ga., June 13, 1883.
1865 AD (search for this): entry jenkins-charles-jones
a convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. He died in Summerville, Ga., June 13, 1883.a convention in 1850, and as chairman of that body drafted the resolutions known as The platform of 1850, in which it was resolved that the State of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, resist any act of Congress abolishing slavery. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1859-65, and governor in 1865-68. Mr. Jenkins received two votes for President of the United States in the electoral college of 1872. He died in Summerville, Ga., June 13, 1883.
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