William Barnett (Georgia politician)

William Barnett
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's at large district
In office
October 5, 1812 – March 3, 1815
Preceded byHowell Cobb
Succeeded byRichard Henry Wilde
Personal details
Born(1761-03-04)March 4, 1761
Amherst County, Virginia Colony, British America
DiedApril 1832 (1832-05) (aged 71)
Montgomery County, Alabama, U.S.
Resting placeGilmer-Christian-Barnett Cemetery
Montgomery County, Alabama
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Spouse(s)Mary Meriwether[1]
Children6
Parents
  • Susanna (née Crawford) (father)
  • Nathaniel Barnett (mother)
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
*Siege of Yorktown

William Barnett (March 4, 1761 – April 1832) was an American slave owner,[2] politician and soldier.

  1. ^ Northen, William J.; Graves, John Temple (1910). Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State from Its Settlement to the Present Time, Chiefly Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of the Most Eminent Men of Each Period of Georgia's Progress and Development. A. B. Caldwell. p. 83. william barnett georgia state senate.
  2. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 19, 2022, retrieved January 24, 2022