James Jackson

1757 -1806

Career: active participant in the American Revolution; served Georgia as a state legislator and governor, helping to overturn the Yazoo Land Fraud; served as both a U.S. Representative and Senator. Jackson County created and named in his honor in 1796.

Links:

Biography from New Georgia Encyclopedia

Biography from U.S. Congress

Timeline from Our Georgia History

Burning of the Yazoo Act

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