- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Jared Irwin (ca. 1750-1818)
- Creator:
- Rohrer, Katherine E.
- Date of Original:
- 2006-09-07
- Subject:
- Governors--Georgia
Legislators--Georgia
Generals--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Irwin, Jared, 1768-1818 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Jared Irwin. Jared Irwin, a two-time Georgia governor of the early national period, is best known for repealing the Yazoo Act. He was also a decorated general, legislator, and delegate to the state convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution. Irwin County, in central Georgia, is named in his honor, as is its former seat, Irwinville, the locale of Confederate president Jefferson Davis's capture in 1865. The town of Irwinton, in Wilkinson County, is also named for him.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/jared-irwin-ca-1750-1818/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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