Birthplace of Alexander Hamilton Stephens-GHM 131-2-Taliaferro Co
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N 33° 34.536 W 082° 52.120
17S E 326567 N 3716665
NE of Crawfordville at A.H. Stephens Rd & Old Sandy Cross Rd
Waymark Code: WM6T53
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2009
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"Little Alec" , Vice-President of the Confederacy was born nearby in a log cabin Feb. 11, 1812, son of Andrew B. & Margaret Grier Stephens, a poor farm family. At his parents death he was educated by an uncle, Gen. A. W. Grier, at Washington, and at Franklin College (U. of Ga.) and was admitted to the Bar in 1834. He served as state legislator and senator from 1836 to 1842, as Congressman from 1843 to 1849 and again in 1855. After the War he was elected U. S. Senator but was not allowed to take his seat. He served in Congress from 1873 until 1882 and was Governor of Georgia at his death in 1883. "He was strong by his moral intrepidity."
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 131-3
Date: 1955
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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