List of signers of the Georgia Ordinance of Secession

Georgia's Ordinance of Secession was adopted at the Georgia Secession Convention of 1861. It was put to the vote on January 19, 1861; concluding at 2:00 p.m. (the vote was 208 in favor of immediate secession with 89 opposed). Prior to signing the ordinance, Eugenius A. Nisbet tabled a motion suggesting that the ordinance should be signed by all of the convention's delegates, irrespective of their vote – as a pledge of support and to signal a unified purpose. Nisbet's motion passed, and at 12 o'clock M., Convention President, George W. Crawford, announced that the hour had arrived for signing the Ordinance of Secession.

Crawford signed the ordinance; becoming its first signatory, and then he instructed Secretary Lamar to "call the delegates forward, by county, to sign the ordinance." Some delegates withheld signing; with six delegates insisting that a protest be incorporated into the ordinance. The list below shows the delegate's name, (as it was recorded on the convention's roster), the county which they represent, whether they had signed the ordinance or not, and how they had voted when the ordinance passed.Georgia. Convention of the People. unc.edu. Retrieved July 23, 2013. List District delegates

County delegates Delegate County Sign VoteSeaborn Hall Appling County Yes YesJ. H. Latimer Appling County Yes YesW. R. Bell Banks County Yes NoS. W. Pruett Banks County Yes YesA. H. Colquitt Baker County Yes YesC. D. Hammond Baker County Yes YesA. H. Kenan Baldwin County Yes NoL. H. Briscoe Baldwin County Yes YesW. J. Mabry Berrien County Yes YesJ. C. Lamb Berrien County Yes YesWashington Poe Bibb County Yes YesJohn B. Lamar Bibb County Yes YesE. A. Nisbet Bibb County Yes YesC. S. Gaulden Brooks County Yes YesHenry Briggs Brooks County Yes YesC. C. Slater Bryan County Yes YesJ. P. Hines Bryan County Yes YesS. L. Moore Bulloch County Yes YesSamuel Harville Bulloch County Yes YesE. A. Allen Burke County Yes YesE. B. Gresham Burke County Yes YesW. B. Jones Burke County Yes YesD. J. Bailey Butts County Yes YesHenry Hendricks Butts County Yes YesN. J. Patterson Camden County Yes YesF. M. Adams Camden County Yes YesJ. M. Cantrell Campbell County Yes YesT. C. Glover Campbell County Yes YesW. G. Sheffield Calhoun County Yes YesE. Padgett Calhoun County Yes YesB. W. Wright Carroll County Yes YesB. W. Hargrave Carroll County Yes YesAllen Rowe Carroll County Yes YesW. T. Wofford Cass County Yes NoH. F. Price Cass County Yes NoT. H. Trippe Cass County Yes NoPresley Yates Catoosa County No NoJ. T. McConnell Catoosa County Yes YesF. M. Smith Charlton County Yes NoH. M. Mershon Charlton County Yes YesF. S. Bartow Chatham County Yes YesA. S. Jones Chatham County Yes YesJohn W. Anderson Chatham County Yes YesA. H. Flewellen Chattahoochee County Yes YesWilliam Davis Chattahoochee County Yes YesWesley Shropshire Chattooga County Yes NoL. Williams Chattooga County Yes NoW. A. Teasley Cherokee County Yes YesE. E. Fields Cherokee County Yes YesJohn McConnell Cherokee County Yes YesT.R.R. Cobb Clarke County Yes YesAsbury Hull Clarke County Yes YesJefferson Jennings Clarke County Yes YesR. E. Morrow Clayton County Yes NoJames F. Johnston Clayton County Yes YesW. H. C. Davenport Clay County Yes YesB. F. Burnett Clay County Yes YesBenjamin Sirmons Clinch County Yes YesF. G. Ramsey Clinch County Yes YesG. D. Rice Cobb County Yes YesA. A. Winn Cobb County Yes YesE. H. Lindley Cobb County Yes YesRowan Pafford Coffee County Yes NoJ. H. Frier Coffee County Yes NoW. A. S. Collins Columbia County Yes YesH. R. Casey Columbia County Yes YesR. S. Neal Columbia County Yes YesH. C. Tucker Colquitt County Yes NoJohn G. Coleman Colquitt County Yes YesA. B. Calhoun Coweta County Yes YesJ. J. Pinson Coweta County Yes YesW. B. Shell Coweta County Yes YesW. C. Cleveland Crawford County Yes YesIsaac Dennis Crawford County Yes YesS. C. Hale Dade County Yes NoR. M. Pariss Dade County Yes NoAlfred Webb Dawson County Yes NoR. H. Pierce Dawson County Yes NoRichard Simms Decatur County Yes YesC. J. Munnerlyn Decatur County Yes YesB. H. Gee Decatur County Yes YesCharles Murphy De Kalb County No DiedG. K. Smith De Kalb County Yes NoJohn S. Thomas Dooly County Yes YesElijah Butts Dooly County Yes YesRichard H. Clark Dougherty County Yes YesC. E. Mallary Dougherty County Yes YesR. W. Sheffield Early County Yes YesJames Buchanan Early County Yes YesHarris Tomlinson Echols County Yes YesJ. B. Prescott Echols County Yes YesE. W. Solomons Effingham County Yes YesA. G. Porter Effingham County Yes YesJ. C. Burch Elbert County Yes YesL. H. O. Martin Elbert County Yes YesA. L. Kirkland Emanuel County Yes NoJohn Overstreet Emanuel County Yes NoW. C. Fain Fannin County No NoE. W. Chastain Fannin County Yes YesM. M. Tidwell Fayette County Yes YesJ. L. Blalock Fayette County Yes YesJames Ward Floyd County Yes YesSimpson Fouche Floyd County Yes YesF. C. Shropshire Floyd County Yes YesHardy Strickland Forsyth County Yes YesH.P. Bell Forsyth County Yes NoJohn H. Patrick Franklin County Yes NoSamuel Knox Franklin County Yes NoJ. F. Alexander Fulton County Yes YesL. J. Glenn Fulton County Yes YesJ. P. Logan Fulton County Yes YesJoshua F. Usry Glascock County Yes YesCalvin Logue Glascock County Yes YesJoseph Pickett Gilmer County Yes NoW. P. Milton Gilmer County Yes NoJohn L. Harris Glynn County Yes YesH. B. Troup Glynn County Yes YesW. H. Dabney Gordon County Yes YesJames Freeman Gordon County Yes NoR. M. Young Gordon County Yes YesN. M. Crawford Greene County Yes YesR. J. Willis Greene County Yes YesT. N. Poullain Greene County Yes YesR. D. Winn Gwinnett County No NoJ. P. Simmons Gwinnett County Yes NoT. P. Hudson Gwinnett County No NoR. C. Ketchum Habersham County Yes YesSingleton Sisk Habersham County Yes YesE. M. Johnson Hall County Yes NoP. M. Byrd Hall County Yes NoDavis Whelchel Hall County Yes NoLinton Stephens Hancock County Yes NoB. T. Harris Hancock County Yes YesT. M. Turner Hancock County Yes YesW. J. Head Haralson County Yes YesA. R. Walton Haralson County Yes YesD. P. Hill Harris County Yes YesW. J. Hudson Harris County Yes YesH. D. Williams Harris County Yes YesR. S. Hill Hart County Yes YesJ. E. Skelton Hart County Yes YesR. P. Wood Heard County Yes NoC. W. Mabry Heard County Yes NoF. E. Manson Henry County Yes NoE. B. Arnold Henry County Yes NoJ. H. Low Henry County Yes YesJ. M. Giles Houston County Yes YesD. F. Gunn Houston County Yes YesB.W. Brown Houston County Yes YesM. Henderson Irwin County Yes YesJacob Young Irwin County Yes NoJ. J. McCulloch Jackson County Yes YesJ. G. Pitman Jackson County Yes YesD. R. Lyle Jackson County Yes YesAris Newton Jasper County Yes NoReuben Jordan Jr. Jasper County Yes NoH. V. Johnson Jefferson County Yes NoGeorge Stapleton Jefferson County Yes NoWilliam Hust Johnson County Yes NoJ. R. Smith Johnson County Yes NoJames M. Gray Jones County Yes YesP. T. Pitts Jones County Yes YesNathan Tucker Laurens County Yes YesJ. W. Yopp Laurens County Yes YesW. B. Richardson Lee County Yes YesGoode Bryan Lee County Yes YesW. B. Fleming Liberty County Yes YesS. M. Varnadoe Liberty County Yes YesLa Fayette Lamar Lincoln County Yes YesC. R. Strother Lincoln County No SickC. H. M. Howell Lowndes County Yes YesIsaiah Tilman Lowndes County Yes YesBenjamin Hamilton Lumpkin County No NoWilliam Martin Lumpkin County Yes NoJ. S. Gholston Madison County Yes YesA. C. Daniel Madison County Yes YesW. H. Robinson Macon County Yes YesJ. H. Carson Macon County Yes YesW. M. Brown Marion County Yes YesJ. M. Harvey Marion County Yes YesJ. M. Harris McIntosh County Yes YesG. W. M. Williams McIntosh County Yes YesH. R. Harris Meriwether County Yes YesW. D. Martin Meriwether County Yes YesHiram Warner Meriwether County Yes NoW. J. Cheshier Miller County Yes YesC. L. Whitehead Miller County Yes YesJackson Graham Milton County Yes NoJ. C. Street Milton County Yes NoWilliam T. Cox Mitchell County Yes YesJesse Reed Mitchell County Yes YesR.L. Roddey Monroe County Yes YesHiriam Phinizy Jr. Monroe County Yes NoJ. T. Stephens Monroe County Yes YesT. M. McRae Montgomery County Yes NoS. H. Latimer Montgomery County Yes NoThomas P. Saffold Morgan County Yes YesAugustus Reese Morgan County Yes YesAnderson Farnsworth Murray County Yes NoEuclid Waterhouse Murray County Yes NoJ. N. Ramsey Muscogee County Yes YesHenry L. Benning Muscogee County Yes YesA. S. Rutherford Muscogee County Yes YesW. S. Montgomery Newton County Yes YesAlexander Means Newton County Yes YesPurmedus Reynolds Newton County Yes NoD. D. Johnson Oglethorpe County Yes YesSamuel Glenn Oglethorpe County Yes YesWillis Willingham Oglethorpe County Yes NoHenry Lester Paulding County Yes YesJ. Y. Algood Paulding County Yes YesJames Simmons Pickens County Yes NoW. T. Day Pickens County Yes NoE. D. Hendry Pierce County Yes YesJ. W. Stephens Pierce County Yes YesR. B. Gardner Pike County Yes YesG. M. McDowell Pike County Yes YesW. E. West Polk County Yes NoT. W. Dupree Polk County Yes NoT.J. McGriff Pulaski County Yes YesC. M. Bozeman Pulaski County Yes YesR. T. Davis Putnam County Yes NoD. R. Adams Putnam County Yes YesE. C. Ellington Quitman County Yes YesL. P. Dozier Quitman County Yes YesSamuel Beck Rabun County Yes NoH. W. Cannon Rabun County Yes NoMarcellus Douglas Randolph County Yes YesArthur Hood Randolph County Yes YesGeorge W. Crawford Richmond County Yes YesJ. Phinizy Sr. Richmond County Yes YesJ. P. Garvin Richmond County Yes YesH. L. French Schley County Yes YesW. A. Black Schley County Yes YesC. Humphries Screven County Yes YesJ. L. Singleton Screven County Yes YesW. G. Dewberry Spalding County Yes YesHenry Moor Spalding County Yes YesJames A. Fort Stewart County Yes YesJames Hilliard Stewart County Yes YesG. Y. Banks Stewart County Yes YesW. A. Hawkins Sumter County Yes YesT. M. Furlow Sumter County Yes YesHenry Davenport Sumter County Yes YesW. R. Neal Talbot County Yes NoL. B. Smith Talbot County Yes YesAlexander H. Stephens Taliaferro County Yes NoS. H. Perkins Taliaferro County Yes NoBenjamin Brewton Tattnall County Yes NoHenry Strickland Tattnall County Yes NoW. J. F. Mitchell Taylor County Yes NoH. H. Long Taylor County Yes YesH. McLean Telfair County Yes NoJames Williamson Telfair County Yes NoWilliam Harrington Terrell County Yes NoD. A. Cochran Terrell County Yes NoA. H. Hansell Thomas County Yes YesS. B. Spencer Thomas County Yes YesW. G. Ponder Thomas County Yes YesJohn Corn Towns County Yes NoElijah Kimsey Towns County Yes NoB. H. Hill Troup County Yes YesW. P. Beasley Troup County Yes YesJ. M. Beall Troup County Yes YesJohn Fitzpatrick Twiggs County Yes YesS. L. Richardson Twiggs County Yes YesJ. H. Huggins Union County Yes NoJ. P. Welborn Union County Yes NoP. W. Alexander Upson County Yes NoT. S. Sherman Upson County Yes NoG. G. Gordon Walker County Yes NoR. B. Dickerson Walker County Yes NoT. A. Sharpe Walker County Yes NoGeorge Spence Walton County Yes YesWillis Kilgore Walton County Yes NoH. D. McDaniel Walton County Yes YesW. A. McDonald Ware County Yes YesC. W. Styles Ware County Yes YesM. D. Cody Warren County Yes YesN. A. Wicker Warren County Yes YesHenry R. Fort Wayne County Yes YesH. A. Cannon Wayne County Yes YesE. S. Langmade Washington County Yes YesLewis Bullard Washington County Yes YesA. C. Harris Washington County Yes YesP.F. Brown Webster County Yes YesM. H. Bush Webster County Yes YesIsaac Bowen White County Yes YesE. F. Starr White County Yes NoJ. M. Jackson Whitfield County Yes NoF. A. Thomas Whitfield County Yes YesDickerson Taliaferro Whitfield County Yes NoD. A. McLeod Wilcox County Yes YesSmith Turner Wilcox County Yes YesRobert Toombs Wilkes County Yes YesJ. J. Robertson Wilkes County Yes YesN. A. Carswell Wilkinson County Yes NoR. J. Cochran Wilkinson County Yes NoR. G. Ford Sr. Worth County Yes YesT.T. Mounger Worth County Yes Yes

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