James Jackson was a lawyer, patriot, hero of the American Revolution, general of the Georgia militia, congressman, twice governor, twice U.S. senator, author of the 1798 state constitution, designer of the state seal, and "Prince of Duelist," who declared, "If you cut my heart out, you will find Georgia engraved on it." Born on Sept. 21, 1757, in Moreton-Hampstead, Devonshire, England, he died on March 19, 1806, in Washington, D.C. John Randolph of Virginia called him "The determined for of foreign tyranny, the scourge and terror of corruption at home," and Abraham Baldwin of Georgia said, "In sterling integrity and honest devotion to public duty, I have never found his superior." Jackson County, Georgia, created February 11, 1796, as Georgia's 22nd county, originally included part or all of Clarke, Madison, Gwinnett, Hall, Walton, Banks, Oconee and Barrow counties. It was blessed with abundant waters, rolling hills and fertile land, and was settled by bounty grants and headright grants, primarily by Southerners. The county was the home of the University of Georgia, whose first classes were held there in 1801. Doctor Crawford W. Long pioneered the first use of ether anesthesia there on March 30, 1842. Other notable people connected with the county included Doctor Lamartine G. Hardman, governor of Georgia from 1927 to 1931, Richard Russell, Jr., William D. Martin, Admiral David L. McDonald, Olive Ann Burns, and Mattie Lou O'Kelly.