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Montgomery
County, GA Obituaries
Old Isaac Jackson, probably the last one of the General George Washington's old servants, died in Montgomery county
recently at the extraordinary age of one hundred and twenty two years. Mr. Daniel McMillan, an old and esteemed
citizen of Montgomery, informs us that he knew old Isaac for thirty two years, when he was set free. He was then
the property of Georgia's old and honored governor, Troupe. Governor Troupe, when he made old Isaac free, gave
him a good horse, saddle and bridle, and before the governor died, which occurred some years afterward, he
made provision in his will for the support of old Isaac until his death. Gov. Troup was buried at "Valdosta,"
the name of his plantation in Montgomery county, on the east side of the Oconee river, and old Isaac's bones rest
also in the same county. - Hawkinsville Dispatch
[The Daily Constitution, Atlanta Georgia Oct. 24, 1876 - submitted by
Shauna Williams]
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