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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 November 2024. American explorer and Governor (1774–1809) Meriwether Lewis Portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, c. 1807 2nd Governor of the Louisiana Territory In office March 3, 1807 – October 11, 1809 Appointed by Thomas Jefferson Preceded by James Wilkinson Succeeded by Benjamin Howard Commander of ...
Oglethorpe County was originally part of a large tract of land surrendered by Creek and Cherokee Native Americans to the Colony of Georgia in the treaty of 1773. The county itself was founded on December 19, 1793, and is named for Georgia's founder, General James Oglethorpe. On September 10, 1919, Obe Cox was accused of murdering a White farmer ...
SS Meriwether Lewis, a Liberty ship built in the US during World War II; Meriwether (band), American rock band, and the title to their 2004 EP; Meriwether National Golf Club, located near Hillsboro, Oregon; The Meriwether, a pair of condominium towers in Portland, Oregon
Meriwether County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,613. [2] [1] The county seat is Greenville, [3] home of the Meriwether County Courthouse. The county was formed on December 14, 1827, as the 73rd county in Georgia.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
Lewis, the 78-year-old congressman who as a young man was severely beaten by police as he fought for voting rights in the Jim Crow South, put Georgia's choice in the broadest context: "This young ...
Lewis H. Kenan - (1854) Lieutenant of Georgia Militia, Captain CSA; deficient in 1851; served in the 1st Georgia Regulars James G. Montgomery - (1854) Captain CSA; deficient and left in 1852; served in the 1st Georgia Regulars William R. Robertson - (1854) Rank unknown; deficient in maths and left in 1851; service history unknown George R. Wilson
Lewis served as a US representative for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District from 1987 until his death in 2020. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 by President Barack Obama ...