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Alex M. Speer
Alexander Middleton Speer (1820 – March 28, 1897)Judge A. M. Speer Dies At Madison , ''The Atlanta Constitution'' (March 29, 1897), p. 4. was a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state), Supreme Court of Georgia from 1880 to 1882.Walter B. Hill, "The Supreme Court of Georgia", Part II, Horace Williams Fuller, ed., ''The Green Bag (1889–1914), The Green Bag'', Volume 4 (1892), p. 20. Early life, education, and career Born in South Carolina, Speer's father, Alexander Speer was "prominent in state affairs". The family moved to Georgia in 1833, and Speer entered the University of Georgia in 1836, graduating in 1839. He read law in the office of Jones & Burnett in Columbus, Georgia, gaining admission ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison, Georgia
Madison is a city in Morgan County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Atlanta-Athens-Clarke-Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area. The population was 3,979 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Morgan County and the site of the Morgan County Courthouse. The Historic District of Madison is one of the largest in the state. Many of the nearly 100 antebellum homes have been carefully restored. Bonar Hall is one of the first of the grand-style Federal homes built in Madison during the town's cotton-boom heyday from 1840 to 1860. ''Budget Travel'' magazine voted Madison as one of the world's 16 most picturesque villages. Madison is featured on Georgia's Antebellum Trail, and is designated as one of the state's Historic Heartland cities. History Early 19th century Madison was described in an early 19th-century issue of ''White's Statistics of Georgia'' as "the most cultured and aristocratic town on the stagecoach route from Charleston to New Orleans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
