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Robert Milner Echols (1798–1847) was an Americanpolitician andsoldier.
Born nearWashington, Georgia, March 18, 1798, Echols was raised inWalton County nearWalnut Grove. He was a member of theGeorgia General Assembly from 1824 to 1829, and theGeorgia State Senate from 1830 to 1844, including six (non-consecutive) years as that body's president. In a race for theUnited States House of Representatives, Echols lost to his opponent, Gen.Howell Cobb, by only two votes. He was a major general in theGeorgia Militia, 11th Division, in 1833.[1]
Echols served as abrigadier general in theU.S. Army during theMexican–American War, and was fatally injured in a fall from his horse while on dress parade atNational Bridge,Mexico, December 3, 1847. Several years after his death, theGeneral Assembly passed an appropriation to have his remains relocated to his home in Walton County, where he was interred with fullmilitary honors.
Echols County, Georgia, is named in his honor.[2]