Hugh Haralson

1805-1854

Career: served in the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate; major general in the state militia; served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Haralson County created and named in his honor in 1856.

Links:

Biography from U.S. Congress

Haralson County Courthouse

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