- Collection:
- John Macpherson Berrien Papers
- Title:
- Berrien Family scrapbook
- Creator:
- Burroughs, Rosa Berrien, 1873-1944
- Publisher:
- Book 3, John Macpherson Berrien papers, MS 67, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1900/1942
- Subject:
- Deeds--Georgia
Raiford family
Savannah (Ga.)--Politics and government
Silhouettes
Society of the Cincinnati
Savannah (Ga.)--Genealogy
Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856
McIntosh, Maria J. (Maria Jane), 1803-1878
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Independent Presbyterian Church (Savannah, Ga.)
Burrows family
Obituaries--Georgia--Savannah
Berrien family--Genealogy
Cemeteries--Georgia--Savannah
Baseball--Georgia--Savannah - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- scrapbooks
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Includes various newspaper clippings about Savannah and members of the Berrien family.
John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856) was a prominent lawyer and judge, plantation owner, and Attorney General of the United States under President Jackson. He moved with his parents to Savannah, Georgia, in 1783. He was admitted to the bar in 1799 after completing his degree at Princeton College. Elected solicitor of the eastern judicial circuit in 1809, he then became judge of the same circuit in 1810 and served until 1821. During this time, he served in the war of 1812 with the Chatham Light Dragoons and in the First Georgia Cavalry. He served in the Georgia state senate from 1822-1823 and in the U.S. Senate from 1824-1829, 1841-1852. From 1829-1831, he served as Attorney General under President Jackson. In addition, he served on the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, was president of the Georgia Historical Society, and was active in the Lyceum movement. He was married twice: first to Eliza Anciaux and later to Eliza C. Hunter. Between both marriages, he had fourteen children. He owned several residences in Georgia including Morton Hall Plantation. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:g-hi_067_067-book3
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/jmberrien/do:067-book3
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [item identification], John Macpherson Berrien papers, MS 67, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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