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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.
John Mullryne (died 6 January 1786) was a British Army colonel who established Bonaventure Plantation in Savannah, Province of Georgia, in 1761. [1] A supporter of the Crown, he later drew the ire of the colonists after aiding (with the help of his son-in-law Josiah Tattnall Sr.) the escape of James Wright, the British royal governor of the Province of Georgia, through his property during the ...
Martin was active during the American Revolution, serving as a delegate to the provincial congress in July 1775, as well as a member of the local Committee of Safety.In the War of Independence he was appointed lieutenant of the 7th company of the Georgia Regiment in the Continental Army in January 1776, and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1777.
January 7 – John Catron, lawyer and jurist (died 1865) January 8 – Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States (died 1844) January 24 – Walter Forward, lawyer and politician, 15th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1841 to 1843 (died 1852)
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Georgia state capital relocated from Savannah to Augusta. [2] 1779 Town Hall built. [2] Siege of Savannah. [2] 1782 British occupation ends. [4] Georgia state capital relocated to Savannah from Augusta. [4] 1786 Georgia state capital relocated again from Savannah to Augusta. [4] Chatham Artillery established. [2] 1788 Town becomes part of the U ...
A History of Georgia (1991). Survey by scholars. Coulter, E. Merton. A Short History of Georgia (1933) Grant, Donald L. The Way It Was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia 1993; London, Bonta Bullard. (1999) Georgia: The History of an American State Montgomery, Alabama: Clairmont Press ISBN 1-56733-994-8. A middle school textbook.
Schley was born on December 15 (some sources say December 10), 1786, in Frederick, Maryland, the original domicile of the Schley family in North America.With others of the family he migrated to Augusta, Georgia, in the early 19th century, where he was educated at the academies of Louisville and Augusta.