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  William Wyatt Bibb
Bibb attended William and Mary College and the University of Pennsylvania, obtaining an M.D. degree in 1801.
Bibb served in the Georgia House and Senate and in the U.S. Congress from 1806-1816.
William Wyatt Bibb was married to Mary Freeman.
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 alabama
On 9 August 1814, Creek leader William Wetherford surrendered to General Andrew Jackson at Fort Jackson, where he signed a treaty that ceded the Creek lands to the federal government.
William Wyatt Bibb, a former Georgia senator, was appointed the new territorial governor of Alabama in 1817.
The first Alabama Constitution was written in 1819, and William Wyatt Bibb was publicly elected that year as the first governor of the state.
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 William Wyatt Bibb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Wyatt Bibb (October 2, 1781 — July 10, 1820) was the first Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama.
Bibb served as governor of the Alabama Territory from 1817 to 1819, and as governor of the state of Alabama from 1819 to his death on July 10, 1820.
Bibb was born in Amelia City, Virginia, and later moved with his family to Georgia.
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 Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (William T-Wz)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
William The Conqueror (William I) was a King of England.
In consequence William invaded England and defeated Harold II at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
William Almon Wheeler was an American legislator and vice-president of the United States from 1877 to 1881.
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 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Bibb County
Bibb County, in central Georgia, was formed December 9, 1822, one year after the Creek Indians ceded the last of their land in the area.
Bibb County's population has grown much more slowly since, and there was a slight drop in the 1980s.
According to the 2000 U.S. census the population was 153,887, with 50.1 percent of the residents white, 47.3 percent fl, and 1.3 percent Hispanic.
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 Ritz Publications
Bibb represented Limestone County at the 1819 Constitutional Convention, was elected to represent the county in the state Senate, and was unanimously chosen president of the Senate.
Bibb did not stand for reelection, but did deliver a strong message to the 1821 Annual Session of the General Assembly before Israel Pickens was confirmed as the new governor.
Thomas Bibb was reelected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1828 and 1829 and served as director of the Huntsville Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama.
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 William Wyatt Bibb -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bibb served as governor of the (Click link for more info and facts about Alabama Territory) Alabama Territory from 1817 to 1819, and as governor of the state of Alabama from 1819 to his death on July 10 1820.
Bibb was born in Amelia City, (A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War) Virginia, and later moved with his family to Georgia.
Bibb's first office was as a member of the (A state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Georgia House from 1803 to 1805.
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 Former Governors of Alabama LIST
Bibb counties in Alabama and Georgia are named for him.
Brother of William Wyatt Bibb, born in Amelia County, Virginia in 1783.
President of Senate, William Jelks became governor upon the death, June 11, 1901, of Governor Samford: subsequently he was elected to a four-year term as governor.
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 Bibb County Medical Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bibb County Medical Society was incorporated in 1963.
The County of Bibb was created in 1822 and was named for Dr. William Wyatt Bibb, a well-respected physician.
Thus, the history of Macon and Bibb County is inextricably linked with the physicians who have lived and practiced in Bibb County.
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 TDGH - October 2
William Wyatt Bibb was born in Amelia County, Virginia.
In 1803, Bibb was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, and two years later to the Georgia Senate.
Bibb County from portions of Houston and Jones counties.
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 ALABAMA - LoveToKnow Article on ALABAMA
For some time the Whigs were nearly as numerous as the Democrats, but they never secured control of the state government.
The State's Rights men were in a minority; nevertheless under their active and persistent leader, William L. Yancey (1814-1863), they prevailed upon the Democrats in 1848 to adopt their most radical views.
William Wyatt Bibb Thomas Bibb1 Israel Pickens John Murphy Gabriel Moor^ Samuel B. Moore John Gayle Clement C. Clay Hugh M'Vay2 Arthur P. Bagby Benjamin Fitzpatrick3 Joshua L. Martin.
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 Bibb County AL Genealogical Research
Cahawba was renamed Bibb County on 4 December 1820, in honor of the state's first governor, William Wyatt Bibb.
There are Bibb County court records which list Joseph as a grand juror in the spring term of 1834 and as the foreman of the grand jury in the spring term of 1836.
William Jones, a son of said deceased, of full age and a resident of Lauderdale County, state of Mississippi.
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 About Bibb County
The present Courthouse building was Bibb County's fourth courthouse and was completed in 1926 after the 1870 building was torn down.
Bibb County, Georgia was created in 1822 and named after William Wyatt Bibb (1790-1820).
Bibb was a member of the Georgia state house of representatives; a Senator from Georgia; Governor of Alabama Territory; and Governor of the state of Alabama.
www.co.bibb.ga.us /Info/About.asp   (354 words)

  
 Overview of the Alabama Constitution of 1819
John Williams Walker (Madison), Speaker of the 2nd Session of the Alabama Territorial Assembly, was elected President of the Convention.
William Rufus King of Dallas County had served in Congress from North Carolina from 1810 to 1816 and after that was Secretary of the American Legation to St. Petersburg, Russia...Israel Pickens from Washington County had been a member of the North Carolina Senate and had represented that state in Congress from 1811 to 1817.
It was widely known that Territorial Governor William Wyatt Bibb, who would become Alabama's first state Governor, envisioned Cahawba (as it was then spelled), at the confluence of the Cahawba and Alabama Rivers in Dallas County, as a future metropolis.
www.legislature.state.al.us /misc/history/constitutions/1819/1819overview.html   (1374 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - William Wyatt Bibb (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
William Wyatt Bibb 1781–1820, first governor of Alabama (1817–20), b.
In Apr., 1817, President Monroe appointed him governor of the newly created territory of Alabama, and Bibb continued in office when the new state government was organized (1819).
On his death, Thomas Bibb, a brother, succeeded him in office.
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 Welcome to Freeman Family History
William Freeman appeared in rolls of fines and taxes in the county of Norfolk in 1196.
He was William Wyatt Bibb, and his wife was Mary Freeman, the belle and beauty of Broad River, and daughter of Colonel Holman Freeman of Virginia and Georgia.
A miniature is extant of Mary (Freeman) Bibb, which represents a sweet-faced young matron with her hair dressed high, and a friage of soft curls on the forehead and the dress low necked.
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 Congressman Spencer Bachus - Bibb County Page
Bibb County was created by the Alabama Territorial Legislature on February 7, 1818.
On December 4, 1820, the State Legislature renamed it in honor of the late Governor William Wyatt Bibb.
The newly created Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge is located in Bibb County.
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 ROADSIDE HISTORICAL MARKERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Among the early settlers were Governor William Wyatt Bibb and Judge Charles Tait, who served together in the U.S. Senate (1813-17), the Shackford and other prominent Huguenot families.
Major Williams came to Nacoochee Valley from N.C. in 1822, purchased a large tract of land for $1 an acre, part payable in corn and wheat.
Williams came to the Valley in 1822, purchased a large tract of land, built the home known as "Starlight" and lived there until his death in 1856.
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 Alabama Government State Capital Montgomery Governor Bob Riley Alabama State Motto
William Wyatt Bibb was appointed as the Territorial Governor and St. Stephens was named as the Territorial Capital.
On March 2, 1819, the nation's fifth President, James Monroe signed an enabling act paving the way for Alabama to enter the Union and on July 5th, 44 elected Alabamans met in Huntsville to write a constitution and prepare for statehood.
In September of the same year, Alabama's first constitutional election was held and Territorial Governor William Wyatt Bibb was elected as Alabama's first State Governor.
www.netstate.com /states/government/al_government.htm   (3399 words)

  
 William Wyatt Bibb
BIBB, William Wyatt, governor of Alabama, born in Virginia, 1 October 1780; died near Fort Jackson, Alabama, 9 July 1820.
He was the son of Captain William Bibb, was graduated at William and Mary College, and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving the degree of Maryland in 1801.
He removed to Alabama, then a territory, and was governor in 1817-'9, when it was admitted as a state, and he was elected as its first executive.
www.famousamericans.net /williamwyattbibb   (336 words)

  
 Jackson County, Alabama History
Congress authorized the Alabama Territory to form a State and William Wyatt BIBB became the first governor on the 25th day of Oct 1819.
Dr. William MASON (1809-1899) was born in Virginia, came to Jackson County when quite young and married Miss Elenor COWAN, daughter of Samuel COWAN.
William HAYES is in Ordinance Division of Army and Navy HQ, Washington, DC.
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 Communications B, Archives General Collection Pre-1820, University of Pennsylvania Archives
Addenda by William Rawle noting purchase of farm by Robert Erwin, instructions for release.
William Rawle, Jr., Chairman of the Botanic Committee.
Construction of a greenhouse and garden in front of the medical apartments according to [William] Strickland’s plan, for the use of the Professor of Botany; detailed reasons for the garden and greenhouse.
www.archives.upenn.edu /faids/upa/upa3/archgen/archgenb.html   (2115 words)

  
 Bibb County, Georgia History and Genealogy: American History and Genealogy Project: Macon Vital Records, Cemeteries
The 54th county formed in Georgia, created in 1822 from part of Houston County, was Bibb.
It was so named for Dr. William Wyatt Bibb, who lived in Elbert County, and served in the US House of Representatives as well as the US Senate.
Two notable Georgians from Bibb County are Sidney Clopton Lanier (1842-1881), poet, author, and musician, and the late Otis Redding, famous for "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay."
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 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Goose Pond Community
An early reference to the area mentions a William Candler, Whig partisan and future representative for Richmond County, who in October 1773 was to receive 100 acres starting at an abandoned field above the Goose Pond Creek if he brought settlers onto the land within a nine-month period.
Some of the more influential residents or individuals closely associated with that community included Meriwether Lewis, who lived there as an adolescent, George Mathews, Benjamin Taliaferro, George Rockingham Gilmer, General David Meriwether, William Wyatt Bibb, and William Harris Crawford.
Goose Pond gradually experienced an economic and population decline by the late nineteenth century because of soil depletion caused by tobacco and cotton production; the opening of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas territories; distance from the railroads; and the Civil War.
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Alabama became a state in 1819 and Governor William Wyatt Bibb pushed to build the state capital in Cahawba.
Despite opposition from legislators from Northern Alabama, Wyatt a plantation owner in nearby Autauga County pushed for the capital to be located closer to the south.
Thomas Bibb was acting governor; William Wyatt Bibb had died the previous July as a result of injuries received while riding over his plantation.
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 Bibb County History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bibb County, Georgia was created in 1822 and named after William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820).
Bibb served as a member of the Georgia state house of representatives; a Senator from Georgia; Governor of Alabama Territory; Governor of Alabama.
Bibb County, AL is also named for him.
www.rootsweb.com /~gabibb/history.htm   (189 words)

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