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Hancock County, Georgia

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Profiles

  • Pvt Jesse J Peavy. CSA (1833 - 1891)
  • Dr William Terrell (c.1778 - 1855)
    US Congressman. Elected to represent Georgia as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1817 to 1821. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives ...
  • Unknown artist, Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Circa 1835.
    Gov. Hiram George Runnels (1796 - 1857)
    , HIRAM GEORGE (1796-1857). Hiram George Runnels, planter and representative at the Convention of 1845,qv was born on December 17, 1796, in Hancock County, Georgia. At an early age he moved with his pa...
  • Biddy Mason (1818 - 1891)
    Wikipedia Biographical Summary:=="...After petitioning the courts in 1856, Mason won freedom for herself and her daughters. She moved her family to L.A. and worked as a midwife and a nurse. After worki...
  • James Abercrombie, US Congress (1792 - 1861)
    NOTE: Biographies give his birth year as 1795, yet his gravestone says 1792.==James Abercrombie== Robinson, Auburn University===James Abercrombie===James Abercrombie (1795-1861) was a member of the Ala...

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hancock County, Georgia.

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The county was created on December 17, 1793 and named for John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Adjacent Counties

Communities

  • Culverton
  • Mayfield
  • Sparta (County Seat)

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Genealogy Trails

USGW Archives

Georgia Genealogy - Hancock County

Hancock County Surnames

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