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GEORGIA
LYMAN HALL
Born: 1735
Birthplace: Gloucester, England
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 41
Occupation: Merchant
Public Service: Georgia Commons House of Assembly, 1769; Georgia Provincial Congress, 1776; Continental Congress, 1776; Georgia Constitutional Convention, 1777; Acting President and Commander-in-Chief of Georgia, 1777.
Died: May 19, 1777
Born: April 12, 1724
Birthplace: Wallingford, Connecticut
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 52
Occupation: Physician
Public Service: Continental Congress, 1775-1777; Governor of Georgia, 1783.
Died: October 19, 1790
GEORGE WALTON
Born: 1741
Birthplace: Prince Edward County, Virginia
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 35
Occupation: Lawyer, Judge
Public Service: Secretary of Georgia Provincial Congress, 1775; Georgia Council of Safety, 1775; Continental Congress, 1776-1777 and 1780-1781; fought in Revolutionary War; Governor of Georgia, 1779 and 1789; commissioner to negotiate treaty with Cherokee Indians, 1783; Chief Justice, Georgia Supreme Court, 1783-1789; represented Georgia in settlement of boundary line between South Carolina and Georgia, 1786; Judge, Superior Court, 1790 and 1799- 1804; U.S. Senate, 1795-1796.
Died: February 2, 1804
SOURCES:
1. Biographical Directory of the Unites States Congress, bioguide.congress.gov 2. Engraver: Ole Erekson; Library of Congress, loc.gov
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