History of Milledgeville, (Baldwin County) Georgia United States of America

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Biography of David Bradie Mitchell

David Bradie Mitchell, governor of Georgia, was born in Scotland, Oct. 22, 1766. His uncle, Dr. David Bradie of Savannah, Ga., was taken prisoner by the British at the capture of Savannah, 1778, and died while confined on the prison ship. He was made his uncle's heir under his will and took possession of the property in Savannah in 1783, when only seventeen years of age. He studied law under Gee. William Stephens; was clerk of the committee to revise the criminal code; solicitor-general of the state, 1795-96; a representative from Savannah in the Georgia legislature in 1796; major-general of militia, 1804-09, and governor of the state, 1809-11 and 1815-17. He resigned in 1817 to accept the appointment from President Monroe of agent to the Creek Indians, and on Jan. 22, 1818, he concluded a treaty at the Creek agency. The state legislature placed a memorial slab in the state capitol, and subsequently named a county in his honor. He died at Milledgeville, Ga., April 22, 1837.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor