Background
Chastain, Elijah Webb was born on September 25, 1813 in near Pickens, South Carolina, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Chastain, Elijah Webb was born on September 25, 1813 in near Pickens, South Carolina, United States.
Studied law.
His family moved to Habersham, Georgia, in 1821. During the Seminole Wars, he served as a captain and a colonel. After receiving admission to the state bar in 1849, Chastain began practice in Blairsville, Georgia.
In 1811, Chastain moved to Milledgeville, Georgia.
Chastain was delegate to the Georgia secession convention in Milledgeville in 1861 which passed the Ordinance of Secession. He served as lieutenant colonel in the Confederate States Army as part of the First Georgia Regiment during the American Civil War.
During that time he was also Georgia"s attorney for the Western and Atlantic Railroad in 1860 and 1861. Chastain died near Dalton, Georgia, on April 9, 1874, and was buried in his family cemetery near Morganton, Georgia.
Member Georgia; member United States House