Charles Dougherty (1801 – November 26, 1853) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician.
Born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia to Charles and Rebecca Carlton Puryear Dougherty, the younger Dougherty studied law and began its practice in Athens, Georgia.
He became a leader in the Whig party as well as a judge in the Western Circuit of the state.
He married Elizabeth T. Moore on December 7, 1823, in Clarke County, Georgia.
See page 189, Oconee Hill Cemetery of Athens, Georgia, vol.