The Life and Times of Judge Junius Hillyer; (From His Memoirs)
Tignall, GA: Boyd Publishing Company, 1989. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Stated as a Limited Edition. Trade paperback. [14]m 176, [6] pages. Maps. Illustrations. Preface by Bernard Wolff. Junius Hillyer (April 23, 1807 – June 21, 1886) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served two terms in the United States Congress. In 1834, at age 27, Hillyer was elected as the Solicitor General of the Western Judicial Circuit of Georgia. In 1836 and again in 1838 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress. In 1841 he became Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia's Western Circuit. From 1841 to 1845, he presided as a circuit judge. Initially elected to U.S. House of Representatives in 1850 as a Unionist, Hillyer was re-elected in 1852 as a Democrat, and he served from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1855. In his second term Hillyer was chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims. More