Alexander H. Stephens
Mrs Lovic Pierce Dr. Lovick Pierce
William T. Colquitt Richard Malcolm Johnston
Gov. William J. Northen
"The history
of this county furnished a number of instances of longevity. Dr. Timothy
W. Rossiter, died in 1845, aged 92; General Henry Mitchell, a soldier of
the Revolution, died at 79; Mrs. Tabitha Marchman, at 91; Mrs. Judith Greene,
at 84; Captain James Reese, 84; Wm. Wyley, 84; Mrs. Elizabeth Reid, 88.
Among the Revolutionary patriots who died in this county
were, John Hamilton, Esq., aged 78; Mr. Amos Brantley, aged 70; Dr. Edward
Hood, 71.
The county has furnished her share of distinguished
men. Hon. Dixon H. Lewis was born in Hancock. Governor Mcdonald, W. T.
Colquitt, and numerous others, resided in the county. Hon. Bolling Hall
was a gentleman of an uncommonly fine mind. We have in our possession a
number of his letters addressed to prominent men, and they afford evidence
of a great knowledge of the science of government. Hancock may still point
to many useful and patriotic men among her citizens. It is said that she
is particularly noted for producing stout men. We have heard of a jury
whose united weight exceeded 3,600 pounds.
Among the first settlers of the county were General
H. Mitchell, Bolling Hall, Charles Abercrombie, General Adams, Henry Graybill,
Joseph Bryan, William Rees, Jonathan Adams, John Montgomery, Jacob Dennis,
Archibald Smith, T. Holt, Thomas Raines, James Bishop, Isham Rees, M. Martin,
R. Clarke, R. Shipp, F. Tucker, L. Barnes, W. Wyley, William Saunders,
James Thomas, Jesse Pope Jonas Shivers, William Hardwick, L. Tatum, and
R. Moreland."
Source: Historical collections of Georgia.
George White. 1854, c1853.
Hancock's Noted Residents
"Settled by a superior class of people Hancock became at once
a county with splendid schools and of great plantations; and from the virile
stock which peopled this fertile region in pioneer days there flowered
a host of noble descendants.
Here lived Dr. William Terrell, a wealthy physician
and a prominent man of affairs, who was one of the first Georgias to endow
the State University at Athens. The county of Terrell was named in his
honor.
Absalom H. Chappell, a member of Congress, a jurist, and an
author, was born in Hancock. Afterwards he removed to Columbus. Colonel
Chappell, when quite an old man, published a volume of rare interest entitled:
"Miscellanies of Georgia."
Four miles from Sparta, the great Bishop George F. Pierce established
his country home at a plance which he called "Sunshine", and here is reverend
father, Dr. Lovick Pierce, closed his long and useful career, at
the age of ninety-four.
Near Bishop Pierce, at "Rocky" lived the noted author,
Richard Malcolm Johnston.
Near Powelton lived Governor William Rabun. In the same
part of the county Jesse Mercer was at one time settled as a pastor." Source:
Georgia's landmarks, memorials and legends, Lucian Lamar Knight, 1913-1914
