Jonathan Norcross in his 80s

Jonathan Norcross (April 7, 1808 - 1898) was the fourth mayor of Atlanta and an important citizen in its history. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (652x812, 165 KB) Portrait of Jonathan Norcross scanned from an 1891 book. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (652x812, 165 KB) Portrait of Jonathan Norcross scanned from an 1891 book. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...

Millwright

Born the son of a clergyman in Orono, Maine where he was eventually taught the trade of millwright. He went to Cuba where he put up a mill for making sugar. He then attended lectures in mechanics at Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and taught school in North Carolina. In 1836 he took charge of lumber interests in Southern Georgia for Northern capitalists. While there in Putnam County, Georgia he filed U.S. Patent #3210 for a Reciprocating Mill-Saw Guide in August 1843 ↑ . A year later in August, 1844 he came to the future site of Atlanta (then called Marthasville) setting himself up as a successful dry goods merchant, sawmill operator and became a prominent citizen. His sawmill mainly produced crossties and string timbers for the construction of the Georgia Railroad. He invented a vertical saw with a circular wheel 40 feet in diameter which was adjusted in an almost horizontal position and could saw 1,000 feet of lumber a day. In 1847 he led the first effort to have the Georgia state capital moved there from Milledgeville (which finally did occur in 1868). Two years later, he co-founded the Daily Intelligencer. see also Holy Orders The following terms have traditional meanings for the Anglican Church, and possibly beyond: A churchman is in principle a member of a church congregation, in practice someone in holy orders. ... Orono is the name of some places in the United States of America: Orono, Maine Orono, Minnesota It is also the name of a place in Canada: Orono, Ontario This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Official language(s) None (English de facto) Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 39th  - Total 33,414 sq mi (86,542 km²)  - Width 210 miles (338 km)  - Length 320 miles (515 km)  - % water 13. ... Derived from the trade of carpentry, a millwright originally was a specialised carpenter who was trained as a carpenter and as well had working knowledge of gear ratios, driveshaft speeds, and other equations. ... The Franklin Institute is the memorial to Benjamin Franklin, that serves to perpetuate his legacy; the museum contains many of Franklins personal effects. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Cradle of Liberty, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... Putnam County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent and trademark protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions and corporate and product identification. ... A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards. ... The Georgia Railroad was originally chartered in 1833 starting in Augusta, Georgia it was completed into Atlanta by Chief Engineer J. Edgar Thomson in 1845 and Richard Peters was its first superintendent. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The state of Georgia has had five capital cities. ... Milledgeville is a city located in Baldwin County, Georgia (of which it is the county seat), northeast of Macon, Georgia between Eatonton, Georgia and Hardwick, Georgia along Highway 441 on the banks of the Oconee River. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Office of the Intelligencer shortly after the surrender of Atlanta The Daily Intelligencer was first published in 1849 as the young city of Atlantas first successful daily newspaper. ...

Public life

He won the election of 1850 as a candidate for the Moral Party against the surprisingly qualified candidate from the "Free and Rowdy Party", attorney Leonard C. Simpson. He presided over a town split between law-and-order and the almost war-like Rowdies; a town with 40 drinking establishments and a thriving red light district. He made life unconfortable enough that most of the Rowdies moved a mile south-west to Snake Nation or to Slabtown. 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A red-light district is a neighborhood where prostitution is a common part of everyday life. ... A tenderloin district established in Atlanta in the 1840s largely built with slabs from Jonathan Norcrosss sawmill. ...

Starting in 1856 he was the first president of the Georgia Air Line Railway which was to run through the Carolinas and Virginia facilitating traffic from New York to New Orleans. He failed to get funds from the Georgia General Assembly largely because of intense lobbying from competing Georgia Railroad and Central of Georgia Railway. After Norcross got a bond commitment from the city of Atlanta, Lemuel P. Grant joined the list of adversaries supporting a different route (Georgia Western Railway) and by 1860 both of those rail ventures were dead. 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Carolinas is a collective term used in the United States to refer to the states of North and South Carolina together. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ... NY redirects here. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. ... The Georgia Railroad was originally chartered in 1833 starting in Augusta, Georgia it was completed into Atlanta by Chief Engineer J. Edgar Thomson in 1845 and Richard Peters was its first superintendent. ... The Central of Georgia Railroad was contructed to join the Macon and Western Railroad at Macon, Georgia to the Atlantic coastal railroads at Savannah, Georgia. ... In finance, a bond is a debt security, in which the issuer owes the holders a debt and is obliged to repay the principal and interest (the coupon) at a later date, termed maturity. ... Lemuel Pratt Grant (1817–1893) was an American engineer and businessman. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...

Norcross was in his 50s during the American Civil War and notable only for being on the committee of citizens (with William Markham) that surrendered the city to Union General Henry Slocum. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... William Markham (October 9, 1811 - November 9, 1890) was a prominent hotel owner in Atlanta and filled in as mayor following the illness of John Mims in October 1853. ... In this map:  Union states prohibiting slavery  Union territories  Border states on the Union side which allowed slavery  Kansas, which entered and fought with the Union as a free state after the Bleeding Kansas crisis  The Confederacy  Confederate claimed and sometimes held territories During the American Civil War, the Union... Portrait of General Henry W. Slocum by Mathew Brady, ca. ...

As the Republican nominee for Governor of Georgia in 1876, he was soundly defeated by Democrat Alfred H. Colquitt. He died at the age of 90, the last surviving ante-bellum mayor of Atlanta. He had been married twice (in 1845 and in 1877) and left one son, Rev. Virgil C. Norcross. For other uses, see Republican Party (disambiguation) or GOP (disambiguation). ... This is a list of Governors of the state of Georgia, including governors of the British colony of Georgia. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824–March 26, 1894) was a lawyer, preacher, soldier, Governor of Georgia and two term U.S. Senator from Georgia where he died in office. ... Antebellum is a Latin word meaning before the war. In United States history and historiography Antebellum is sometimes used instead of the term pre_Civil War, especially in the South. ...

The town of Norcross, Georgia (now a suburban Atlanta city) was named in his honor. Norcross is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Notes

• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1902 book, Atlanta And Its Builders by Thomas H. Martin
• ↑ http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT3210&id=srNBAAAAEBAJ

Mayors of Atlanta

Formwalt • Bomar • Buell • Norcross • Gibbs • Mims • Markham • Butt • Nelson • Glen • Ezzard • L. Glenn • Ezzard • Whitaker • Lowe • J. Calhoun • Williams • Hulsey • Ezzard • Hammond • James • Hammock • Spencer • Hammock • Angier • W.L. Calhoun • English • Goodwin • Hillyer • Cooper • J.T. Glenn • Hemphill • Goodwin • King • Collier • Woodward • Mims • Howell • Woodward • Joyner • Maddox • Winn • Woodward • Candler • Key • Sims • Ragsdale • Key • Hartsfield • LeCraw • Hartsfield • Allen • Massell • Jackson • Young • Jackson • Campbell • Franklin

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Formwalt (1820 - May,1852) was the first mayor of the city of Atlanta then in DeKalb County, Georgia. ... Benjamin Franklin Bomar (August 9, 1816 - February 1, 1868) was the second mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. ... Willis Buell (1790 - November,1851) native of Connecticut and third mayor of Atlanta. ... Thomas Fortson Gibbs (1798 - unknown) left Atlanta fairly soon after finishing his term as its fifth mayor. ... John F. Mims (November 10, 1815–April 30, 1856) sixth mayor of Atlanta and agent of the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company. ... William Markham (October 9, 1811 - November 9, 1890) was a prominent hotel owner in Atlanta and filled in as mayor following the illness of John Mims in October 1853. ... William M. Butt ( ? - 1864) arrived in Atlanta in 1851 from Campbell County, Georgia and served as a councilman in 1853. ... Allison Nelson (March 11, 1822 - 1862) was the ninth mayor of Atlanta. ... John Glen (1809–1895) was born in Laurens, South Carolina and moved to Decatur, Georgia in 1826 where he worked as a clerk in the Superior Court of DeKalb County. ... William Ezzard (1799 – March 24, 1887) was born in Georgia and settled in Decatur in 1822. ... Luther J. Glenn (November 26, 1818 – June 9, 1886) was a prominent Georgia lawyer, politician, Confederate officer during the American Civil War, and antebellum Mayor of Atlanta. ... William Ezzard (1799 – March 24, 1887) was born in Georgia and settled in Decatur in 1822. ... Jared Irwin Whitaker (May 4, 1818 – May 3, 1884) was the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia after a contentious election defeating William Ezzard, he didnt finish his term as mayor being appointed Commissary-General of Georgias Civil War troops. ... Thomas F. Lowe (1812 – November, 1875) took over as Atlantas mayor after Jared Whitaker was brought in for the Confederate cause at the start of the American Civil War. ... James M. Calhoun (February 12, 1811–October 1, 1875) was mayor of Atlanta, Georgia during the Civil War. ... James Etheldred Williams (January 16, 1826 – April 10, 1900) was an American politician. ... William Hulsey (October 1, 1838 – 1909) was born in DeKalb County, Georgia and passed the Georgia bar in 1859 but didnt practice much until after the American Civil War. ... William Ezzard (1799 – March 24, 1887) was born in Georgia and settled in Decatur in 1822. ... Dennis Hammond (December 15, 1819 – October 31, 1891) was born in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cicero C. Hammock (1823 - 1890) born in Walton County was a mayor of Atlanta. ... gravesite at Oakland Cemetery Samuel B. Spencer (December 26, 1827 – October 16, 1901) was the last Atlanta mayor to serve a one year term. ... Cicero C. Hammock (1823 - 1890) born in Walton County was a mayor of Atlanta. ... gravesite at Oakland Cemetery Nedom L. Angier (November 10, 1814 – February 3, 1882) was mayor of Atlanta during the Rutherford B. Hayes visit of 22 September 1877. ... William Lowndes Calhoun Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ... James Warren English (October 28, 1837 – February, 1925) was an American politician born in Orleans Parish,Louisiana. ... John Benjamin Goodwin (1850 – 1921) was born in Cobb County, Georgia and attended school in Powder Springs. ... George Hillyer (March 17, 1835 – October 2, 1927) was an American politician born in Athens, Georgia. ... John Tyler Cooper (March 26, 1844 – 1912) was an American politician. ... John Thomas Glenn (1844 – 1899) was the mayor of Atlanta from 1889 to 1891, and the son of another Atlanta mayor, Luther Glenn. ... William Arnold Hemphill (March 5, 1842–August 17, 1902) was an American businessman and politician. ... John Benjamin Goodwin (1850 – 1921) was born in Cobb County, Georgia and attended school in Powder Springs. ... Porter King (November 24, 1857 – October 24, 1901) was born in Marion County, Alabama and came to Atlanta as a lawyer in 1882. ... Charles A. Collier Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ... James G. Woodward ( – August, 1923) four time mayor of Atlanta, he last ran (and lost) in September, 1922 a year before his death. ... Livingston Mims (January,1830 – March 5, 1906) was an American politician who served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia during the early 20th century. ... Evan P. Howell Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ... James G. Woodward ( – August, 1923) four time mayor of Atlanta, he last ran (and lost) in September, 1922 a year before his death. ... Walthall Robertson Cap Joyner (June 30, 1854 – 1925) was a mayor of Atlanta. ... Robert Foster Maddox (April 4, 1870 – 1965) was a mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. ... Portrait of Winn from 1913 Courtland S. Winn (1863–1940) was an American polititian. ... James G. Woodward ( – August, 1923) four time mayor of Atlanta, he last ran (and lost) in September, 1922 a year before his death. ... Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 - March 12, 1929) was a business tycoon who made most of his money selling Coca-Cola. ... James L. Key (1866–1939) lawyer who served two terms as mayor of Atlanta. ... Walter A. Sims was an American politician. ... Isaac Newton Ragsdale (1859–1937) came to Atlanta in 1880 from Dallas, Georgia. ... James L. Key (1866–1939) lawyer who served two terms as mayor of Atlanta. ... William Berry Hartsfield Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ... Roy LeCraw (1895–1985) served part of one term as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia before resigning to join the U.S. Army at the beginning of World War II. He was a self-confident insurance man and an officer in the National Guard. ... William Berry Hartsfield Categories: American politician stubs | Mayors of Atlanta ... Ivan Jr. ... Sam Massell (born August 26, 1927) served eight years as Atlantas vice mayor under Ivan Allen until being elected as that citys first Jewish mayor in the October,1969 election. ... Maynard Jackson, Jr. ... Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. ... Maynard Jackson, Jr. ... Bill Campbell (born 1953 in Raleigh, North Carolina), served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 1994 to 2002. ... Shirley Clarke Franklin (born May 10, 1945) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the current mayor of Atlanta, Georgia since January 7, 2002. ...

References

History of Atlanta