William Ezzard

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William Ezzard (1799 – March 24, 1887) was born in Georgia and settled in Decatur in 1822. He served as Solicitor General of the Cherokee Circuit from December 8, 1832 to December,1835. Then he was Brigadier General of the First Brigade, 11th Division. He resigned in November 1840 and was Judge of the Coweta Circuit from November 6, 1840 to November,1844.

He moved to Atlanta in 1850 where he operated a dry goods store and served three one-year terms as mayor in 1856, 1857, 1860. In 1861 he was a delegate to the Southern Congress and he was state senator from Atlanta in the Georgia General Assembly from 1863 to 1865 where he offered a bill to raise soldiers pay to $25 per month which was passed. After the war he served as mayor for his fourth and last time in 1870. He was buried at Oakland Cemetery but the grave was not marked. He is remembered by Ezzard Street in the southern section of the Old Fourth Ward.

Preceded by: John Glen (acting)	Mayor of Atlanta 1856 – 1858	Succeeded by: Luther J. Glenn
Preceded by: Luther J. Glenn	Mayor of Atlanta 1860 – 1861	Succeeded by: Jared Whitaker
Preceded by: William Hulsey	Mayor of Atlanta 1870 – 1871	Succeeded by: Dennis F. Hammond