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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Newnan, Daniel 1780-1851 (search)
Newnan, Daniel 1780-1851 Military officer; born in North Carolina about 1780; was appointed a second lieutenant in the 4th United States Infantry in March, 1799; led the Georgia Volunteers against the east Florida Indians in 1812; served with distinction against the Creek Indians in 1813; and was promoted lieutenant-colonel in December of the latter year. He held a seat in Congress in 1831-33 as a State's Rights Democrat. He died in Walker county, Ga., Jan. 16, 1851.