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John Milton's legacy as a Georgia founding father led to the naming of a county after him. Milton County, Georgia was formed in 1857, with a population of 6,730 in 1930, merged with Fulton County on January 1, 1932, through an act of the state legislature. [11] In 2010 there was an effort to revive Milton County by separating portions of Fulton ...
John E. Coffee was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia in 1782. He was a grandson of Peter Coffee, Sr. (1716 – November 1771) and Susannah Mathews (1701–1796). He is sometimes confused by researchers with his first cousin John Coffee, who served as a general in the Tennessee militia.
Button Gwinnett (/ ɡ w ɪ ˈ n ɛ t / gwin-ET; March 3, 1735 – May 19, 1777) was a British-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signers (first signature on the left) of the United States Declaration of Independence. [1]
Tributes are pouring in for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100.His life and legacy will be celebrated in Washington, D.C., Atlanta and in Carter’s hometown of ...
Lyman Hall (April 12, 1724 – October 19, 1790) was an American Founding Father, physician, clergyman, and statesman who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. [1]
James Jackson (September 21, 1757 – March 19, 1806) was an early British-born Georgia politician of the Democratic-Republican Party.He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 until 1791.
George Rockingham Gilmer (April 11, 1790 – November 16, 1859) was an American politician. He served two non-consecutive terms as the 34th governor of Georgia, the first from 1829 to 1831 and the second from 1837 to 1839.
In the election of 1798, Georgia used a statewide at-large method to elect two members to serve in the 6th Congress of the United States. [2] Jones received 4,264 votes (37.3%), ahead of the second-place finisher, Benjamin Taliaferro , who received 3,823 votes (33.4%). [ 2 ]