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Warren Akin (Cass County, Georgia, attorney and politician (CSA))

b. 1811-10-09 d. 1877-12-17

Cass County, Georgia, attorney and politician. Georgia native. Married Eliza Harper Akin in c1835. Father of Eliza H. Akin, Elbert Akin, Thomas W. Akin, Henry C. Akin, and John Wesley Akin. Married to Mary F. Akin. Established law practice in Cassville, Georgia in 1836. Admitted to Cherokee County, Georgia Supreme Court in 1836. Attorney in Cass County in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Cass County in 1850. Unsuccessful Opposition Party candidate for governor of Georgia in 1859. Attorney in Cass County in 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Cass County in 1860. Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1861. Member of the Confederate States Congress in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Georgia, Cass County, Division 12, p. 345.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Georgia, Cass County, Division 12, p. 999.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Georgia, Cass County, Georgia Militia District, p. 852.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Georgia, Cass County, District 828, p. 359A.

Find A Grave, "Warren Akin Sr. (1811-1877)," Memorial #9302, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9302 (accessed January 28, 2020).

“Warren Akin, Sr.- Confederate Congressman,” Etowah Valley Historical Society, https://evhsonline.org/bartow-history/people/warren-akin-sr-confederate-congressman.

Citation

Akin, Warren. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214936 (November 12, 2026).

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