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The Province of Georgia [1] (also Georgia Colony) was one of the Southern Colonies in colonial-era British America. In 1775 it was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to support the American Revolution. The original land grant of the Province of Georgia included a narrow strip of land that extended west to the Pacific Ocean. [2]
Georgia subsequently took part to the Second Continental Congress with the other colonies. In 1776 and 1778, Georgia served as the staging ground for several important raids into British-controlled Florida. The British army captured Savannah in 1778, and the American and French forces failed to recapture the city during the Siege of Savannah in ...
On February 5, 1777, the original eight counties of the state were created: Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Richmond, and Wilkes. Georgia has the second-largest number of counties of any state in the United States, only behind Texas, which has 254 counties. [1]
Georgia Archives – official Archives of the State of Georgia; Boston Public Library, Map Center. Maps of Georgia Archived May 29, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, various dates. Local History & Genealogy Reference Services, "Georgia", Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State, Bibliographies & Guides, Washington DC: Library of Congress
Wilkes County, named for British politician and supporter of American independence, John Wilkes, is considered Georgia's first county established by European Americans; it was the first of eight original counties created in the first state constitution on February 5, 1777. The other seven counties were organized from existing colonial parishes.
1777 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) (9 P) This page was last edited on 10 September 2020, at 23:52 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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]