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==Notable people== * [[James Seagrove]]: appointed Creek Indian Agent by the federal government and Superintendent of [[Creek Indian]] Affairs in 1789. Also a local trader associated with Trader's Hill and founder of St. Marys.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gasocietysar.org/gravesregistry/getperson.php?personID=I261&tree=graves|title=James Seagrove b. 1747 Colerain, Londonderry, Ireland d. 16 Jul 1812 St. Marys, Camden, GA: Georgia Society SAR Graves Registry|website=gasocietysar.org|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-10-02-0353|title=Founders Online: To George Washington from James Seagrove, 5 July 1792|access-date=August 6, 2018|language=en}}</ref> * [[Duncan Lamont Clinch]]: After serving in the [[Seminole Wars]], partially in Camden County, Clinch retired to planting near Jefferson on the Satilla River, and later began his political career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/clinch.htm|title=A Guide to the General Duncan Lamont Clinch Family Papers|website=www.library.ufl.edu|others=Clinch, Duncan Lamont Jr., Clinch, John Houstoun McIntosh.|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> * [[Thomas Buckingham Smith]]: Born on Cumberland Island in 1810, Smith was a diplomat, antiquarian, and scholar. Notable Spanish translator and author of works on southern Native Americans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/smithbuckingham/bioghist.html|title=Guide to the Buckingham Smith papers and collected materials, 1529-1941, n.d.|website=dlib.nyu.edu|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> * [[John Floyd (Georgia politician)|John Floyd]] (October 3, 1769 β June 24, 1839): was an American politician and [[brigadier general]] in the [[1st Brigade Georgia Militia|First Brigade of Georgia Militia]]. He was a member of the [[Georgia House of Representatives]], as well as the [[United States House of Representatives|US House of Representatives]]. * [[Charles Rinaldo Floyd]] (1797β1845): led the first U.S. campaign into the [[Okefenoke swamp|Okefenoke Swamp]] during the Seminole Wars. The Floyds were the largest planting family in Camden County.<ref>Charles Floyd. New Georgia Encyclopedia.</ref> * [[Catherine Littlefield Greene]]: Wife of [[General Nathaniel Greene]]. Lived on Cumberland Island and built the county's largest [[Antebellum era|antebellum]] home, Dungeness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/catharine-greene-1755-1814|title=Catharine Greene (1755-1814)|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|language=en|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2009/03/catherine-littlefield-greene.html|title=Catherine Greene {{!}} History of American Women|date=March 22, 2009|work=History of American Women|access-date=August 6, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Travis Taylor (American football)|Travis Taylor]]: American former college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football league (NFL) for eight seasons during the 2000s. Taylor played college football for the [[University of Florida]]. A first-round pick in the [[2000 NFL draft]], he played professionally for the [[Baltimore Ravens]], [[Minnesota Vikings]], [[Oakland Raiders]] and [[St. Louis Rams]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Travis Taylor Past Stats|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TAYLOTRA01|website=Database Football|access-date=July 15, 2016|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412021653/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TAYLOTRA01|archive-date=April 12, 2016}}</ref> * [[Stump Mitchell]]: American football coach and former professional player. He served as head football coach at [[Morgan State University]] from 1996 to 1998 and [[Southern University]] from 2010 to 2012, compiling an overall college football record of 14β42. Mitchell played collegiately at [[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina|The Citadel]] and thereafter was drafted by the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] of the National Football League (NFL). He was a running back and return specialist for the Cardinals from 1981 to 1989. * [[Ryan Seymour]]: American football offensive guard for the [[New York Giants]] of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the [[Seattle Seahawks]] in the seventh round of the [[2013 NFL draft]], and has also played for the [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[Cleveland Browns]]. He played college football for [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ryan_seymour_360234.html|title=Vanderbilt Football: Ryan Seymour|website=vucommodores.com|access-date=March 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319214416/http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ryan_seymour_360234.html|archive-date=March 19, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Alicia Patterson]]: Founder and editor of ''[[Newsday]]''. While not from Camden County by birth, her remains are interred at her private hunting lodge in Kingsland.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robert |first1=Keeler |date=1990 |title=Newsday: A Candid History of the Respectable Tabloid |isbn=978-1-55710-053-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newsdaycandidhis00keel_0/page/314 314] |publisher=Morrow |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newsdaycandidhis00keel_0/page/314 }}</ref> * [[Jarrad Davis]]: Former linebacker for the Camden County Wildcats, the University of Florida, and current linebacker for the [[Detroit Lions]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/jarraddavis/2557855/profile|title=Jarrad Davis|website=NFL.com|language=en|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> * [[Jason Spencer]]: former State Representative for district 180 in the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] from 2011 to 2018, is a longtime resident of the center of the district, Woodbine. *[[William J. Hardee]], Confederate general
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