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Barbour County, Florida, was named in his honor. George Gilmer. His mother was a daughter of Gen. Hugh Mercer. John Cameron, a graduate of Aberdeen University, who came to America, c. 1770. His grandfathers, Captain John MacCorkle and Captain John McNutt, fell at the battle of Cowpens, 1781. Joseph Graham, a Revolutionary officer.
M.O. Dawson, Secretary of State; L.M. La Follette, Auditor; J.R. Trotter, Superintendent of Schools; E.W. Wilson, ex-Governor; W.A. MacCorkle, ex-Governor; John Q. Dickinson, President Kanawha Valley Bank; L. Prichard, President Charleston National Bank; Geo. S. Couch, President Kanawha National Bank; Ed. Reid, Cashier Kanawha National Bank; Geo.
I accepted the invitation, and at the appointed day was met at the railway station at Charleston by a committee headed by ex-Governor W.A. MacCorkle, and composed of men of both races. The public reception was held in the Opera-House at Charleston. The Governor of the state, the Hon. George W. Atkinson, presided, and an address of welcome was made by ex-Governor MacCorkle.
"Half the boys that were at Eagle Camp are in it, and two of Malcolm's neighbors from Kentucky the regular old Scotch breed like himself; for you know that MacCorkle County was settled by them old Scotch Covenanters, and the folks are Scotch Presbyterians to this day.
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