United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324Hulett, Keith2006-05-26Encyclopedia article about George W. Towns. George W. Towns, a lawyer, legislator, and U.S. congressman, served as Georgia's governor from 1847 to 1851. A Unionist and staunch opponent of nullification when he entered politics in 1829, Towns became governor two decades later as a "fire-eating" secessionist who believed that the federal government was controlled by fanatical northern abolitionists determined to ruin and subjugate the South.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Governors--GeorgiaPoliticians--Georgia--MaconLegislators--United StatesPlantation owners--Georgia--MaconSlaveholders--Georgia--MaconTowns, George Washington Bonaparte, 1801-1854George W. Towns (1801-1854)Text