William Barnett | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's at large district | |
| In office October 5, 1812 – March 3, 1815 | |
| Preceded by | Howell Cobb |
| Succeeded by | Richard Henry Wilde |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 4, 1761 Amherst County, Virginia Colony, British America |
| Died | April 1832 (aged 71) Montgomery County, Alabama, U.S. |
| Resting place | Gilmer-Christian-Barnett Cemetery Montgomery County, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Meriwether[1] |
| Children | 6 |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War *Siege of Yorktown |
William Barnett (March 4, 1761 – April 1832) was an American slave owner,[2] politician and soldier.
- ^ Northen, William J.; Graves, John Temple (1910). Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State from Its Settlement to the Present Time, Chiefly Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of the Most Eminent Men of Each Period of Georgia's Progress and Development. A. B. Caldwell. p. 83.
william barnett georgia state senate.
- ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 19, 2022, retrieved January 24, 2022