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BALDWIN, Georgia in the 1830s: 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Jabez Jackson and Defense of Union
    date July 7, 1835map BALDWIN, Georgiatags Government, Law, Politics

    After the resignation of James M. Wayne from the United States House of Representatives, the Jacksonian Party of Georgia desired a strong unionist to represent the Milledgeville Congressional District in Congress. On July 6, 1835, a convention of Union Party delegates nominated Jabez Jackson to fill this void. Jabez Jackson himself wrote to the Central Committee of the Union Party of Milledgeville...

  2. The Macon Messenger refutes charge that Hugh White escorted a free black to the election polls.
    date October 18, 1836map BALDWIN, Georgiatags African-Americans, Slavery

    On October 18, 1836, two articles appeared in the Southern Recorder denying that Whig presidential candidate Hugh White “upon one occasion did actually walk to the Ballot Box, arm in arm with a free negro.' The accusation had been made against Judge White by Milledgeville's Standard of Union, and it was connected with the greater charge that White had “taken an active part in support of'...