- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Birthsite of Alexander Hamilton Stephens historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Taliaferro County
Birthplaces--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Taliaferro County, 33.56609, -82.87876
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: N.E. of Crawfordville at A.H. Stephens Rd. & Old Sandy Cross Rd.
Text of marker: "BIRTHSITE OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS. "Little Alec," Vice-President of the Confederacy, was born nearby in a log cabin Feb. 11, 1812, son of Andrew B. & Margaret Grier Stephens, a poor farm family. At his parents' death he was educated by an uncle, Gen. A. W. Grier, at Washington, and Franklin College (U. of Ga.) and was admitted to the Bar in 1834. He served as state legislator & senator from '36 to '42, as Congressman from '43 to '49 and again in '55. After the War he was elected U. S. Senator but was not allowed to take his seat. He served in Congress from '73 till '82 and was Gov. of Ga. at his death in 1883. "He was strong by his moral intrepidity." 131-3 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_birthplace-of-alexander-hamilton-stephens
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_birthplace-of-alexander-hamilton-stephens
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
