William Wirt Clayton (1812–1885) was the son of noted Georgia politician

Augustin Smith Clayton Augustin Smith Clayton (November 27, 1783 – June 21, 1839) was a jurist and politician from the American state of Georgia. Clayton was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, attended the Richmond Academy in Augusta, Georgia, and graduated with ...

. In

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

, W. W. Clayton became a judge, director of the

Western and Atlantic Railroad The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a railroad owned by the State of Georgia and currently leased by CSX, which CSX operates in the Southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was fo ...

, tax collector for

Fulton County, Georgia Fulton County is located in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,066,710, making it the state's most-populous county and its only one with over one million inhabi ...

and an officer of the

Georgia National Bank ''This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: ''History of Atlanta, Georgia'' by Wallace Putnam Reed (1889)'' The Georgia National Bank was a bank in Atlanta, Georgia, commissioned by the United States government in ...

.''Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s'', Franklin M. Garrett
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clayton, William Wirt 1812 births 1885 deaths People from Athens, Georgia Businesspeople from Atlanta 19th-century American businesspeople