William Terrell (1786 – July 4, 1855) was elected as a United States representative from Georgia. [1] [2]
William Terrell (1786 – July 4, 1855) was elected as a United States representative from Georgia. [1] [2]
He was one of two children born to Joel and Lucy (Ragland) Terrell. [2] [3] He was born in either Fairfax County [1] (or Louisa County), [2] Virginia. He moved with his parents to Wilkes County, Georgia, about 1784. [2] He pursued classical studies. Terrell later graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine at Philadelphia and commenced practice in Sparta, Georgia. [1]
In 1818, Terrell married Eliza Rhodes, the daughter of William Rhodes. To this union was born a daughter, Lucy. [2]
He is a great-great-grandson of William and Susannah (Waters) Terrell. [2] As a result, he is related to both Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter. [4]
He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing Hancock County from 1810 to 1813, and held various local offices. [1]
Terrell was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States House of Representatives, serving in the 15th and 16th Congresses serving from March 4, 1817, until March 3, 1821. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1820, and resumed the practice of medicine. [1]
After he left Congress, Terrell devoted more of his time to the promotion of Agricultural Science than his medical practice. In 1853, he donated $20,000 to the University of Georgia to establish a Department of Agriculture. [2]
Terrell died in Sparta, Georgia, on 4 July 1855 and was interred in Sparta Cemetery. [1]
His house still stands in Sparta today. [5]
Terrell County, Georgia, created in 1856 from portions of Randolph and Lee Counties, was named for William Terrell. Dawson, the county seat, is named after William C. Dawson, his daughter's father-in-law. [2] [6]
Terrell County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,185. The county seat is Dawson. Terrell County is included in the Albany, GA metropolitan statistical area.
Hancock County is a county located in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,735. The county seat is Sparta. The county was created on December 17, 1793, and named for John Hancock, a Founding Father of the American Revolution.
Sparta is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Georgia, United States. It used to be part of the Milledgeville micropolitan statistical area until 2023. The city's population was 1,400 at the 2010 census.
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He became a distinguished figure in Georgia, and was a most useful citizen.
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