The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-09-22

DEATH OF A Prominent GEoRGIAN.-A
special telegram from Milledgeville conveys
intelligence of the death of Gen. John w. A.
Sanford, long and favorably known to the peo-
pie of Georgia as leading citizen and patriot
ic gentleman. The following sketch of his
life is from the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel: !:
For more than third of O century, Gen.
Sanford has been prominently before the pub
lie as tried and trusted public servant. When
quite Young man he commanded the Georgia
troops in the Indian wars in which the State
was engaged with the savage tribes on our
southern and western borders. During the
Seminole and Creek wars he acted with con-
spicuous gallantry, and received honorable re-
cognition for his valuable services. In the
latter campaigns he won the esteem and favor
of General Scott who very early discovered his
strong and marked abilities, and on different
occasions entrusted to him the direction of i'm
portant movements.
When the late war between the States broke
out General Sanford, then more than sixty
years of age, volunteered as private in the
4th Georgia regiment, and strapping his KNAPP
sack upon his back, shouldered his musket and
marched to the defence of Virginia upon the
first call for troops for the defence of that State
His regiment was stationed near Norfolk for
the protection of that place and the navy yard,
and for many months he performed the duties,
and bore the fatigue of constant camp and
guard duty, so trying to the health and spirits
of Southern soldier. In the election which
was held for Colonel of the regiment he refused
to permit his name to be run, esteeming prl-
vate station the post of honor. The long
months of heavy guard duty, and the inactive
campaign which followed, broke down his
health, and, at the earnest solicitations of his
friends, he reluctantly consented to retire from
service in which it was impossible for him to
perform active duty. Returning to the State
he did not, like many others, lose his interest,
or diminish his zeal in the good cause, but de-
voted his time and influence in strengthening
the arms of the brave men whom he had left
| in the field.
General Sanford was for many years a lead
ing member of the Democratic party, and in
| 1850 was the President of the Union Conven-
tion which nominated General Cobb for Gov
ernor He was frequently in the Legislature
of the State, and, we believe, was member of
the State Convention of 1861. He was ap-
pointed q commissioner to Texas from the
State of Georgia to inform that State of the
secession of Georgia and ask her to unite her
destiny with the young republic.
| Since the war he has been steady and un-
compromising opponent of Radical reconstruc-
ton, and on memorable occasion refused, in
a large assembly, to take the hand of Governor
Brown, Just after the latter had joined the Radi-
Gals.
General Sanford, We suppose, was upwards of
seventy years of age. He was good neigh
Dor, devoted friend, an afectionate husband
and father, and leaves many relatives and
friends to mourn his loss We esteemed as a
patriot and loved him friend, and sincerely
sympathize with his family in their sad bereave-
| ment