Warren Akin, Sr.

Minister, Lawyer, Politician

Born: 10-9-1811, Elbert Co., VA Died: 12-17-1877, Cartersville, GA Buried: Cassville Cemetery, Cassville Married: Mary F. deVerdery; Eliza Hooper An ordained Methodist Minister and Trustee of Emory College, Akin distinguished himself as a lawyer by arguing the first five cases heard by the Georgia Supreme Court. He served as Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives and as a Confederate Congressman. Continued by his descendants, Akin's law practice, established in Bartow County in 1836, is today one of the oldest law practices in the state of Georgia.

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