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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Pierce County, Ga.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Walker</b> — of Valdosta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/LO-lived.html">Lowndes County</a>, Ga. Born near Blackshear, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PR-born.html">Pierce County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/02-23.html">February 23, 1874</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1907-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 11th District, 1913-19. Died in Blackshear, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PR-died.html">Pierce County</a>, Ga. Interment in a private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000060">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411239">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03048">Blackshear Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Blackshear, Pierce County, Georgia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Calhoun Nicholls (1834-1893)</b> — of Blackshear, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PR-lived.html">Pierce County</a>, Ga. Born in Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/index.html">1834</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/GA.html">1876</a>; member of Georgia state legislature, 1870; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 1st District, 1879-81, 1883-85. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/index.html">1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">about 59 years</a>). Interment at Blackshear Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/calhoun.html#210.17.82">John C. Calhoun</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000087">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408172">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Gordon Brantley (1860-1934)</b> — also known as <b>William G. Brantley</b> — of Brunswick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-lived.html">Glynn County</a>, Ga. Born in Blackshear, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PR-born.html">Pierce County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/09-18.html">September 18, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1884-85; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1886-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 11th District, 1897-1913; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/GA.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/09-11.html">September 11, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at Blackshear Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brant-braxton.html#868.88.50">Benjamin Daniel Brantley</a> and Janet (McRae) Brantley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/06-06.html">June 6, 1883</a>, to Jessie Kate Westbrook; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/01-08.html">January 8, 1901</a>, to Mary George Linn.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000770">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401729">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin Daniel Brantley (c.1830-1891)</b> — of Georgia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/LA-born.html">Laurens County</a>, Ga., about 1830. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1870. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/index.html">1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Interment at Blackshear Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brant-braxton.html#413.15.83">William Gordon Brantley</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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