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Peter Zack Geer (August 24, 1928 – January 5, 1997) was an American lawyer and a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. Geer was born in Colquitt in Miller County in southwestern Georgia. In 1951 he graduated from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in Macon and became a prominent attorney. [1]
Colquitt County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,898. [1] The county seat is Moultrie. [2] The county was created on February 25, 1856, and is named for Walter Terry Colquitt, a U.S. senator. [3] Colquitt County comprises the Moultrie, GA micropolitan statistical area.
Colquitt County became the 115th county in Georgia by an act of the Legislature on February 25, 1856. It was named after Walter Terry Colquitt, a minister, statesman and lawyer who was a military leader in the mid-1800s. In 1879, a charter was adopted and 50 acres (0.20 km 2) in the center of the county was declared the county seat.
Pages in category "Colquitt County, Georgia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Manus was found "in distress" on April 17, was transported to a hospital and died the next day, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. Foul play was not suspected, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. Jail or Agency: Barrow County Jail; State: Georgia; Date arrested or booked: 4/13/2016; Date of death: 4/18/2016; Age at death: 39
Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824 – March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and politician. Elected as the 49th Governor of Georgia (1877–1882), he was one of numerous Democrats elected to office as white conservatives took back power in the state at the end of the Reconstruction era.
Colquitt County, Georgia is named in memory of Walter T. Colquitt, as was the town of Colquitt, Georgia. [ 3 ] His son, Alfred Holt Colquitt (1824-1894), son of his first wife Nancy (Holt Colquitt, also became a politician, being elected as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Georgia.
Peyton H. Colquitt was born October 7 (or 8), 1831, in Campbell County, Georgia, the second son of Walter T. Colquitt and his wife Nancy (Holt). His father was a circuit riding preacher who became a politician and was elected as a United States Representative and then Senator from Georgia.