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Thomas Peter Saffold was a lawyer and judge in Madison, Georgia. He was a delegate to Georgia's secession convention and despite early opposition eventually voted for secession. He served in the Home Guards during the American Civil War. After the war he became a Republican. He supported voting rights for African Americans and voted for Ulysses S. Grant for president in 1868.[1]
Seaborn J. Safford was his father. Isom H. Safford was his brother.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Madison-Morgan Cultural Center Receives Portrait of Early Madisonian Thomas P. Saffold". Madison-Morgan Cultural Center.
- ^ Knight, Lucian Lamar (December 16, 1917). "A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians". Lewis publishing Company – via Google Books.
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