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William Leigh Pierce (1753 – December 10, 1789) was a Founding Father of the United States, military officer during the Revolutionary War, member of the Continental Congress, merchant, and planter and slave owner. As a delegate representing Georgia at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, he left before he could sign the U.S. Constitution.
Edward Telfair (1735 – September 17, 1807) was a Scottish-born American Founding Father, politician and slave trader who served as the governor of Georgia from 1786 to 1787 and again from 1790 to 1793.
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The Georgia legislature unanimously passed a resolution in 1842 declaring that free blacks were not U.S. citizens. [33] However, national citizenship is defined by federal statute. While an indication of sentiment, this state resolution did not have the power of law.
January 10 – The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the United States of America and the Chickasaw Nation. January 31 – The Treaty of Fort Finney, is signed on January 31, 1786, between the United States and certain leaders of the Shawnee. March 26 – Columbia, South Carolina is chartered as the first planned city in the United States.
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Owens was elected as a Jacksonian Representative from Georgia to the 24th United States Congress and won reelection as a Democrat to the 25th Congress, serving from March 4, 1835, until March 3, 1839. After his congressional service, Owens returned to practicing law and died in Savannah on March 2, 1856.