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 (?) | |
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 | |
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 | |
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.