Thomas Petters Carnes (1762 in Bladensburg, Maryland – May 5, 1822 in Milledgeville, Georgia ) was an American lawyer and politician from Franklin County, Georgia . He served as a colonel in the Maryland Line during the American Revolution and received bounty land in Franklin County for his service.
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1-737: He served in the Georgia House of Representatives at Milledgeville as a state court judge, and represented Georgia in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 until 1795. Carnesville, Georgia , is his namesake. Although he considered his home to be Athens in Clarke County (created from Franklin County), he died in Milledgeville and is buried there at Memory Hill Cemetery . This article about
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