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The American Revolution in Georgia, 1763-1789: Appendices

The American Revolution in Georgia, 1763-1789

Appendices

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A.   GEORGIA’S CHIEF EXECUTIVES, 1763-1789

COLONIAL PERIOD

James Wright, appointed Lieutenant Governor, May 30, 1760; assumed duties in Georgia, October 31, 1760.

James Wright, appointed Governor, May 4, 1761; assumed duties in Georgia, January 28, 1762.

James Habersham, President of Council and Acting Governor, July 13, 1771, through February, 1773.

James Wright, resumed duties as Governor, February, 1773; arrested by order of the Provincial Congress, January 18, 1776; fled Georgia, February 11, 1776.

EARLY REVOLUTIONARY

William Ewen, President of the Council of Safety, June 22, 1775.

George Walton, President of the Council of Safety, December 11, 1775.1

William Ewen, President of the Council of Safety, February 20, 1776.

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF 1776

Archibald Bulloch, President and Commander-in-Chief, late April, 1776.

Button Gwinnett, President and Commander-in-Chief, March 4, 1777.

CONSTITUTION OF 1777

John Adam Treutlen, Governor, early May, 1777.

John Houstoun, Governor, January 10, 1778.

William Glascock, President of the Executive Council, January 21, 1779.

Seth John Cuthbert, President pro tempore of the Supreme Executive Council, July 24, 1779.

John Wereat, President of the Supreme Executive Council, August 6, 1779.

George Walton, Governor by self-styled assembly, November, 1779.2

Richard Howley, Governor, January 4, 1780.

Stephen Heard, President of the Executive Council, May 24, 1780.

John Wereat, President of the Supreme Council, August 6, 1779.

Myrick Davies, President of the Executive Council, August, 1780.

Nathan Brownson, Governor, August 17, 1781.

John Martin, Governor, January 2, 1782.

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT DURING THE REVOLUTION

Lieutenant Colonel James Mark Prevost, Lieutenant Governor appointed by the British military commanders, March 4, 1779.

Sir James Wright, Governor, July, 1779, through July, 1782.

CONSTITUTION OF 1777

Lyman Hall, Governor, January 7, 1783.

John Houstoun, Governor, January 8, 1784.

Samuel Elbert, Governor, January 6, 1785.

Edward Telfair, Governor, January 9, 1786.

George Mathews, Governor, January 5, 1787.

James Jackson, Governor, January 7, 1788. Declined to serve.

George Handley, President of the Executive Council, January 16, 1788.

George Handley, Governor, January 24, 1788.

George Walton, Governor, January 6, 1789, through November 4, 1789.

APPENDIX B.   ASSEMBLY SESSIONS, 1763-1789

ROYAL ASSEMBLY IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD

PROVINCIAL CONGRESSES

Number1

Date Elected

Dates in Session

1st.

Dec., 1774

Jan. 8-25, 1775.

2nd.

June, 1775

July 4-17, 1775. Expired Aug. 20, 1775.

3rd.

Aug.-Sept., 1775

Nov. 16-Dec. 9, 1775. Expired Dec. 31, 1775.

4th.

Jan., 1776

Jan. 20-April 15, 1776.2

June 4-? Expired Aug. 31, 1776.

5th.3

Sept. 1-10, 1776

First Tuesday in Oct.-?Nov. 18, 1776-Feb. 24 (?), 1777.4

ASSEMBLIES UNDER CONSTITUTION OF 1777

Date met

Date session ended

1777

May 7 (?)

June 7

Aug. 19

Sept. 16

1778

Jan. 10, or earlier

March 1

April 27 or later

May 4 (Adjourned until first Tuesday in Oct.)

June 26

Oct. 8, or earlier

Nov. 15 (?)

1779

Jan. 7, or earlier

Jan. 23 still in session, no indication of how long session lasted.

July 4 & 24

(Indications that representatives of some of the counties met as an Assembly in Augusta but did not secure a quorum.)

Nov. 28, or earlier

Walton faction Assembly met. Apparently met no longer than two weeks.

1780

Jan. 4, or earlier

In session Jan. 23. No date of adjournment discovered. Apparently a short session.

1781

Aug. 17

Aug. 22

1782

Jan. 1

Jan. 12

April 17 (Quorum April 20)

May 4

July 3 (Quorum July 13)

Aug. 5

Oct. 21 (Quorum failed to meet.)

COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES, 1779-1782

1780

May 8 or 9

June 12, adjourned

June 25

July 10, prorogued

Sept. 25

Oct. 7, adjourned

Oct. 17

Oct. 30, adjourned

Nov. 15

Nov. 15, adjourned

Dec. 11

Dec. 19, adjourned

From this date no complete journals are extant. The following dates when the assembly was actually known to have been in session are from the Royal Georgia Gazette. Apparently in 1781 and 1782 there were many short sessions and frequent adjournments.

1781

Jan. 15 met.

Feb. 28 bills approved.

March 6 bills approved

April 9 bills approved

April 26 bills approved

May 18 bills approved

May 19 adjourned until June 6

June 6 bill approved. Adjourned until June 26

June 26 met

Aug. 2 bills approved. Adjourned until Jan. 15, 1782

Oct. 2 met

Nov. 29 bill approved

STATE ASSEMBLIES UNDER CONSTITUTION OF 1777, 1783-1789

Date met

Session ended

1782

Feb. 23 in session

May 31 in session

June 16 in session

1783

Jan. 7

May 1-6 No quorum

May 15-26 No quorum

Feb. 18 adjourned

July 1 (Quorum July 8)

Aug. 1

1784

Jan. 8

July 5-13. No. quorum

Oct. 6-14. No quorum

Feb. 26

1785

Jan. 4 (Quorum Jan. 6)

Feb. 22

1786

Jan. 3 (Quorum Jan. 9)

Feb. 14

July 17 (Quorum July 22)

Aug. 15

1787

Jan. 2 (Quorum Jan. 4)

July 3-11. No quorum

Feb. 11

Sept. 20 (Quorum Oct. 18)

Oct. 31

1788

Jan. 1 (Quorum Jan. 7)

July 22-Aug. 6. No quorum

Nov. 4-13. No quorum

Feb. 1

1789

Jan. 6

Feb. 4

APPENDIX C.   GEORGIA’S DELEGATES IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1775-1788

Delegate

Dates of Attendance

1775

Lyman Hall

May 13-Aug. 2

Archibald Bulloch

Sept. 5-Nov. 26 (?)

John Houstoun

Sept. 5-Dec. 14 (?)

John Joachim Zubly

Sept. 5-?

Noble Wimberly Jones

Did not attend

1776

Button Gwinnett

May 20-Aug. 2 (?)

Lyman Hall

May 20-Nov. 2, Dec. 20-31

George Walton1

June 29-Nov. 2, Dec. 12

Archibald Bulloch

Did not attend

John Houstoun

Did not attend

1777

Nathan Brownson

Jan. 3 (or earlier)-May 1 Aug. 23-Oct. 9

Lyman Hall

Jan. 1-Feb. 11 (or later)

George Walton1

April 18 (or earlier)-Oct. 9

1777

Edward Langworthy

Nov. 17-Dec. 31

Joseph Wood

Nov. 17-Dec. 31

Button Gwinnett

Did not attend

John Houstoun

Did not attend

1778

Edward Langworthy

Jan. 1-June 27 (?), Aug. 15-Dec. 26

Joseph Wood

Jan. 1-Feb. 27 (or later)

Edward Telfair

July 13-Nov. 16 (?)

John Walton

July 23-Aug. 4 (or later)

Aug. 31 (or later)- Nov. 16 (?)

Joseph Clay

Did not attend

Lyman Hall

Did not attend

George Walton

Did not attend

1779

Edward Langworthy

Jan. 1-April 12 (?)

John Houstoun

Did not attend

Edward Telfair

Did not attend

1780

William Few

May 15-Dec. 31

Edward Telfair

May 15-Sept. 12 (or later)

George Walton

May 15-Sept. 21 (or later)

Oct. 20 (or earlier)-Dec. 31

Richard Howley

July 6 to Aug. 24 (or later)

Sept. 25 (or earlier)-Dec. 31

Benjamin Andrew

Did not attend

Lyman Hall

Did not attend

1781

William Few

Jan. 1-July 18

Richard Howley

Jan. 1-June 18 (or later)

July 7 (or earlier)-Sept. 21

George Walton

Jan. 1-Sept. 27

Edward Telfair

Sept. 17-Dec. 31

Noble Wimberly Jones

Sept. 27-Dec. 31

Samuel Stirk

Did not attend

1782

Noble Wimberly Jones

Jan. 1-Nov. 2

Edward Telfair

Jan. 1-Sept. 10 (or later)

William Few

May 1-Oct. 3 (or later)

1783

Joseph Habersham

Did not attend

William Houston

Did not attend

William Few

Did not attend

Joseph Clay

Did not attend

Nathan Brownson

Did not attend

1784

William Houstoun

June 30-Aug. 13, Nov. 1-Dec. 24

William Gibbons

Nov. 1-Dec. 24

Samuel Elbert

Declined to serve

1784

William Few

Did not attend

Joseph Habersham

Did not attend

Lachlan McIntosh

Did not attend

Edward Telfair

Did not attend

1785

William Houstoun

Jan. 19-Dec. 30

John Habersham

May 30-Oct. 27

Abraham Baldwin

May 30-Oct. 13, Nov. 23-Dec. 2

William Few

Did not attend

William Gibbons

Did not attend

Edward Telfair

Did not attend

1786

William Houstoun

Jan. 26-Nov. 3

William Few

May 8-Dec. 4

Henry Osborne

Did not attend

1787

William Few

Jan. 17-May 12, July 5-Aug. 3

Sept. 20-Nov. 7

William Pierce

Jan. 17-May 24, July 6-Aug. 1, Aug. 27-Oct. 1

Abraham Baldwin

Nov. 5-10

George Walton

Did not attend

1788

Abraham Baldwin

Jan. 21-Feb. 9, March 31-Sept. 18

William Few

May 26-Sept. 18

Edward Telfair

Did not attend

James Gunn

Did not attend

George Walton

Did not attend

1789

Abraham Baldwin

May have attended Jan.-March2

Edward Telfair

Did not attend

James Gunn

Did not attend

Nathaniel Pendleton

Did not attend

William O’Bryen

Did not attend

1. It is not certain whether Ewen served until Walton was elected in December.

2. Presumably both Wereat and Walton claimed to be the chief executive from November, 1779, until January 4, 1780.

1. A new number is assigned after each new election.

2. There were probably adjournments in this period, but insufficient records exist to determine positively.

3. This Congress was usually called a Convention. It carried on the same type of legislative business that other Congresses had done and also wrote the Constitution of 1777.

4. There were probably adjournments in this period, but no proof is available. The date of expiration is unknown, but it was February 24 or a few days earlier.

1. Walton was a member of the committee of three in Philadelphia for the period of Dec. 21, 1776 through March, 1777. This was Congressional business though attendance at Congress is not recorded for this period.

2. Baldwin was in New York, but there is doubt if he presented his credentials or attended Congress in this period.

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