Georgia's landmarks, memorials and legends . the history of politics, madean eloquent speech, seconding the nomination of thefamous war Governors son, Joseph M. Brown, to thesame office, in the Democratic convention of 1908. The Last Order of Volume II. the Confederate Government. The Old Heard House: Where the Last Meeting of the Confederate Cabinet Was Held. Paee 211. The Old ChenaultHome: A Land-Mark. Page 213 Where Georgias Wlien Governor Charles J. JenkinsGreat Seal Was was deposed from office by the militaryBuried. authorities, in 1865, the office of Secre- tary of State was held by the
Georgia's landmarks, memorials and legends . the history of politics, madean eloquent speech, seconding the nomination of thefamous war Governors son, Joseph M. Brown, to thesame office, in the Democratic convention of 1908. The Last Order of Volume II. the Confederate Government. The Old Heard House: Where the Last Meeting of the Confederate Cabinet Was Held. Paee 211. The Old ChenaultHome: A Land-Mark. Page 213 Where Georgias Wlien Governor Charles J. JenkinsGreat Seal Was was deposed from office by the militaryBuried. authorities, in 1865, the office of Secre- tary of State was held by the distin-guished Nathan C. Barnett. To prevent the profanationof Georgias Great Seal by the carpet-bag government,which was then in power, this sturdy old official secretlytransported the emblem of Georgias sovereignty to hishome in Washington, where he buried it at dead of nightunderneath his residence, in a spot revealed to no oneexcept his wife. He took Mrs. Barnett into his confidenceso that in the event of his death the Great Seal of the. Wilkes 1057 State might lie restored at the proper time to the lawful]}^constituted authorities. The seal which Governor Jen-kins bore into exile at the time of his dramatic flight fromthe State, was the Executive Seal used in the ordinarytransactions of the Governors office, not the Great was restored in 1868 by Mr. Barnett himself who,resuming the office of Secretary of State, continued tooccupy this post of honor until his tall figure began todroop under the weight of more than four score yearsand his long thin locks of hair were whitened by thesnows of winter.* Recollections of Gen. Toombs. Volume TI. Original Settlers. As gathered from various sources, in-cluding the records of the Court ofOrdinary, Gilmers Georgians, Whites Historical Col-lections, family Bibles, etc., the pioneer settlers of Wilkesprior to 1788 were as follows: Stephen Heard, BarnardHeard, Jesse Heard, John Heard, Benjamin Wilkinson,John Talbot, with his son
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