Warren Akin, Sr. - Cartersville, GA
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N 34° 09.932 W 084° 47.741
16S E 703186 N 3782705
Lawyer, minister, politician,
Waymark Code: WMPNVC
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2015
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County of plaque: Bartow County
Location of plaque: Friendship Plaza fence, behind train depot, Cartersville
Plaque erected: 2001
Plaque erected by: Cartersville-Bartow Convention & Visitors Bureau
Plaque text:
WARREN AKIN, SR.
Lawyer, minister, politician. Born Elbert County, Georgia, October 9, 1811. Died Cartersville, Georgia, December 17, 1877; buried Cassville Cemetery.
Opened law office in Cassville, Georgia in 1836, argued first case before Georgia's Supreme Court in 1848.
Ordained Methodist Minister and Trustee of Emory College.
From 1861 to 1863 served as Speaker of Georgia House of Representatives, as Confederate Congressman from 1864 to end of the War Between the States.
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