Thomas Petters Carnes (1762 in Bladensburg, Maryland – May 5, 1822 in Milledgeville, Georgia) was an American lawyer and politician from Franklin County, Georgia. He served as a colonel in the Maryland Line during the American Revolution and received bounty land in Franklin County for his service.
He served in the Georgia House of Representatives at Milledgeville as a state court judge, and represented Georgia in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 until 1795. Carnesville, Georgia, is his namesake.[1] Although he considered his home to be Athens in Clarke County (created from Franklin County), he died in Milledgeville and is buried there at Memory Hill Cemetery.
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- United States Congress. "Thomas P. Carnes (id: C000163)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Thomas P. Carnes at Find a Grave
- Georgia.gov history of Carnesville, Georgia
- Georgia Journal (May 7, 1822) obituary.
- Will of Thomas Petters Carnes written 1816, probated Clarke County, GA.