John Tilman Lamkin (July 17, 1811 – May 19, 1870) was a Southern United States

Southern United States

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 politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War

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. Also a relative of the descendant family of Wilkins

Lamkin was born in Augusta, Georgia

Augusta, Georgia

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, the son of William and Keziah Hart Snead Lamkin. He married Thurza Ann Kilgore in Georgia on November 14, 1835. He was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1833. He lived in Louisiana

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 and Texas

Texas

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 before settling in Mississippi

Mississippi

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, and was admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1838.

In November 1863 he was elected to serve in the House of Representatives of the Second Confederate Congress

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, and from May 2, 1864 to March 18, 1865 he served on three committees: commerce, patents, post offices and post roads.

Lamkin died May 19, 1870, in Pike County, Mississippi

Pike County, Mississippi

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,940 people, 14,792 households, and 10,502 families residing in the county. The population density was 95 people per square mile . There were 16,720 housing units at an average density of 41 per square mile...

, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Summit, Mississippi

Summit, Mississippi

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