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Thomas Petters Carnes (1762 in
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– May 5, 1822 in
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) was an American lawyer and politician from
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. He served as a colonel in the
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during the
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and received bounty land in Franklin County for his service. He served in the
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at Milledgeville as a state court judge, represented
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in the
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from 1793 until 1795, losing reelection to
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. He also ran for the U.S. House in 1791 and 1796, and was the Federalist nominee for U.S. Senate in 1798 and 1800, as well as in the 1801 and 1802 gubernatorial elections.
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, is his namesake. Although he considered his home to be
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in Clarke County (created from Franklin County), he died in Milledgeville and is buried there at
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Georgia.gov history of Carnesville, Georgia
*Georgia Journal (May 7, 1822) obituary. *Will of Thomas Petters Carnes written 1816, probated Clarke County, GA. 1762 births 1822 deaths People from Bladensburg, Maryland Members of the Georgia House of Representatives Members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia (U.S. state) state court judges Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers Burials at Memory Hill Cemetery People from Milledgeville, Georgia 19th-century American lawyers 18th-century members of the United States House of Representatives Candidates in the 1790–1791 United States elections Candidates in the 1796 United States elections Candidates in the 1798 United States elections Candidates in the 1800 United States elections Candidates in the 1801 United States elections Candidates in the 1802 United States elections {{GeorgiaUS-state-judge-stub