Hardy Strickland

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Hardy Strickland junior (born November 24, 1818 in Jackson County , Georgia , † January 24, 1884 in Acworth , Georgia) was an American plantation owner , gold digger and politician and Confederate officer.

Career

Hardy Strickland Jr. was born and raised in Jackson County. He then settled in 1835 with his siblings Nacy, Oliver, Tolbert and Henry in Forsyth County , which had been newly created a few years earlier . With his brother Henry he ran a gold mine there, which was known for many years as the "Strickland Old Mine". They mined large amounts of gold that was processed into coins in the mint in Dahlonega ( Lumpkin County ). Hardy had, as a pioneer in the former Cherokee - territory , the following decades a major impact on the county and state . He was nominated for the Georgia House of Representatives . At the time of his nomination, he was not in Cumming but in his gold mine and knew nothing about it. After a successful election, he then represented his county there as an MP from 1847 to 1848 and from 1849 to 1850. A few years later he was elected to the Georgia Senate , where he served from 1853 to 1854, from 1855 to 1856 and from 1857 to Was active in 1858. Strickland became an active player in regional politics during his tenure in the General Assembly . Immediately prior to the coming war he was with Colonel Hiram Parks Bell (1827-1907) to the influential delegates from Forsyth County in the Civil Assembly of Georgia in Milledgeville ( Baldwin County ) who voted on 19 January 1861 for the secession of Georgia. After the outbreak of the civil war , he enlisted in the Confederate cavalry . His military career was short-lived, however, as his skills were needed in the Confederate Congress . In November 1861 he was elected to the First Confederate Congress for the ninth constituency of Georgia , where he served from February 18, 1862 to February 17, 1864. Since he suffered from rheumatism , he decided not to run again and rejoined the Confederate Army . He was appointed quartermaster in his brigade - a post he held until the end of the war in 1865. Like many southerners, Strickland was practically destitute after the war. In the following years, however, he did everything possible to adapt to the new conditions. He worked in agriculture and tried to develop the region's natural resources. He spent his final years in Acworth, Cobb County , where he died in 1884. His body was buried there in Liberty Hill Cemetery .

family

Hardy Strickland junior was the son of Priscilla Ann Strickland (1777–1841) and Hardy "Devil" Strickland senior (1783–1872). His parents were first cousins. After the death of his mother, his father married twice, on October 6, 1842 Elizabeth King († before 1850) and on November 3, 1850 Mrs. Martha DeFoor (* approx. 1817; † between 1853 and 1860). Hardy Strickland junior had at least seven siblings: Oliver (1805–1845), Nancy (* 1807; † after 1880), Talbot "Tolbert" (1808–1872), Henry (* 1810, † after 1880), Madison (1812–1895 ), Ansel (1814–1863) and Jackson (* 1816, † after 1850). He also had at least two half-siblings, a half-sister, Josie (1853-1863), daughter of Martha Defoor and his father, and a mulatto half-brother, Jacob (* 1810). Hardy Strickland junior was married twice. In 1837 he married Sarah Higginbotham (* 1850) in Jackson County. The couple had at least two children: Nathan (* 1838) and Sarah Jane (1840–1920). After the death of his first wife, he married on October 13, 1850 in Forsyth County Elizabeth Ann Hammond (1828-1897), daughter of Lucinda Haynes and Leroy Hammond. The couple had four children together: Octavia (* 1854), Julia (1859-1936), Jefferson Davis (1862-1930) and Louis Henry "Coon" (* 1864).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Confederate States almanac and repository of useful knowledge: for the year 1863 , Gale Cengage Learning, ISBN 9781432804930 , p. 33
  2. ^ Priscilla Ann Strickland in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b Hardy Strickland (1783–1872) in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  4. ^ A b Priscilla Ann Strickland on the Southern Dynasties website
  5. ^ Madison Strickland in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  6. ^ Josie Strickland in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ Hardy Strickland on the Southern Dynasties website

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personal data
SURNAME Strickland, Hardy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strickland, Hardy Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American plantation owner, gold digger and politician, and Confederate officer
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Jackson County , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1884
Place of death Acworth , Georgia