Amos T. Akerman Marker

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Cartersville in Bartow County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Amos T. Akerman

By David Seibert, October 17, 2012

1. Amos T. Akerman Marker

Inscription. Lawyer, U.S. Attorney for District of Georgia, 1869-70; U.S. Attorney General, 1870-71. Born Portsmouth, N.H., February 23, 1821; died in Cartersville, Georgia, December 21, 1880; buried Oak Hill Cemetery. Served as Confederate soldier in Georgia State Guard, 1864. As U.S. Attorney General in cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant, organized Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted first civil rights violation case. His residence and law office was on this property.

Erected 2012 by Etowah Valley Historical Society.

Location. 34° 9.597′ N, 84° 47.583′ W. Marker is in Cartersville, Georgia, in Bartow County. Marker is on South Tennessee Street (Georgia Route 293) 0 miles north of Brook Drive, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cartersville GA 30120, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Friendship Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Tribute on Monument / 38 Names on Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Bartow County (approx. half a mile away); Old Bartow County Courthouse (approx. half a mile away); Home of Sam P Jones (approx. 0.7 miles away); Site of Sam Jones' Tabernacle (approx. 0.7 miles away); Friendship Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Federal Fort (approx. 1.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Cartersville.

By David Seibert, October 17, 2012

2. Amos T. Akerman Marker

Regarding Amos T. Akerman. The New Georgia Encyclopedia has a biography of Akerson at http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-660

By David Seibert, October 17, 2012

3. Amos T. Akerman Marker

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4. Amos T. Akerman

Credits. This page originally submitted on October 18, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 60 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 18, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.