James Oglethorpe - ANSWER Founding Trustee and Governor of the Georgia colony
1733
Opposed slavery and respected GA Indian customs
Mary Musgrove - ANSWER Served as an interpreter between Oglethorpe and
Tomochichi (she was part Native American and part British)
Tomochichi - ANSWER Chief of the Yamacraw who gave James Oglethorpe land for the
Savannah settlement - Yamacraw Bluff
William Stephens - ANSWER Secretary of the Trustee 1737 - supported Trustee
policies, wrote "A State of the Province of GA"
Appointed President 1741-1751 - authority to grant land
John Reynolds - ANSWER First man to hold the title of Royal Governor in GA 1754
Was removed by the British Board of Trade in 1757 because of his dictatorial and spendthrift
ways
Henry Ellis - ANSWER Second Royal Governor of GA - replaced John Reynolds in 1757
Resigned in 1760 due to health reasons
He wore a thermometer
James Wright - ANSWER Third Royal Governor of GA 1760-1782 - fled when the
American Revolution started
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,Played an instrumental role in two large land cessions for the state from Georgia's Native
American neighbors
Noble Wimberly Jones - ANSWER "Morning Star of Liberty"
Speaker of Commons, Whig (patriot) against British taxation
Member of convention that created the States Constitution in 1777
George Walton - ANSWER One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence
Elected Governor in 1779
Lyman Hall - ANSWER One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence
GA Governor 1783-1784
Button Gwinnet - ANSWER One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence
Was killed in a pistol duel with Lachlan McIntosh over the command of GA forces
Lachlan McIntosh - ANSWER Whig (patriot) In charge of defense during the Battle of
Rice Boats in the Savannah harbor in an effort to defend the city from British
Killed Button Gwinnett in a pistol duel over the command of GA forces
Elijah Clarke - ANSWER Led troops at Battle of Kettle Creek
Whig (patriot) leader for the Georgia militia during the Revolution
Commissioner for treaties with Native Americans
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, Thomas Brown - ANSWER Torie (loyalist) who was defeated (against Elijah Clarke) in
the Battle of Kettle Creek Feb 1779 and victory pursuing Americans in the Battle of Briar
Creek March 1779 restoring the royal government.
Opposed Sons of Liberty
Nancy Hart - ANSWER Whig (patriot) supporter that killed one and wounded a second
loyalists that came into her house to steal from her. The remaining loyalist were hung by her
husband, Benjamin Hart
Archibald Campbell - ANSWER Torie (loyalist) lieutenant colonel who captured
Savannah in December 1778 and Augusta in January 1779 during the American Revolution
Count Charles Henri d'Estaing - ANSWER French ally to General Benjamin Lincoln
(Continental Commander) that tried unsuccessfully to recapture Savannah in "the Seige of
Savannah" the second deadliest battle during the Revolutionary war in 1779
James Jackson - ANSWER Overturned the Yazoo land fraud of 1795 Served in the
Georgia militia in the American Revolutionary War; served at the defense of Savannah, the
Battle of Cowpens, and the recapture of Augusta and Savannah An early GA politician of the
Democrat-Republican Party
Anthony Wayne - ANSWER General "Mad" sent by General Nathanael Greene to push
the British out of Savannah 1782
Defeated James Jackson for reelection to Congress in 1791, but voting irregularities on the
part of his supporters found that he did not win fairly
Negotiated peace treaties with both the Creek and the Cherokee
Nathanael Greene - ANSWER General of the Revolutionary War, his leadership freed
Georgia from British forces
Henry Light-horse Harry Lee - ANSWER Colonel sent by General Nathanael Greene to
support the revolutionaries as they pushed the British out of Augusta 1781
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1733
Opposed slavery and respected GA Indian customs
Mary Musgrove - ANSWER Served as an interpreter between Oglethorpe and
Tomochichi (she was part Native American and part British)
Tomochichi - ANSWER Chief of the Yamacraw who gave James Oglethorpe land for the
Savannah settlement - Yamacraw Bluff
William Stephens - ANSWER Secretary of the Trustee 1737 - supported Trustee
policies, wrote "A State of the Province of GA"
Appointed President 1741-1751 - authority to grant land
John Reynolds - ANSWER First man to hold the title of Royal Governor in GA 1754
Was removed by the British Board of Trade in 1757 because of his dictatorial and spendthrift
ways
Henry Ellis - ANSWER Second Royal Governor of GA - replaced John Reynolds in 1757
Resigned in 1760 due to health reasons
He wore a thermometer
James Wright - ANSWER Third Royal Governor of GA 1760-1782 - fled when the
American Revolution started
1
,Played an instrumental role in two large land cessions for the state from Georgia's Native
American neighbors
Noble Wimberly Jones - ANSWER "Morning Star of Liberty"
Speaker of Commons, Whig (patriot) against British taxation
Member of convention that created the States Constitution in 1777
George Walton - ANSWER One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence
Elected Governor in 1779
Lyman Hall - ANSWER One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence
GA Governor 1783-1784
Button Gwinnet - ANSWER One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence
Was killed in a pistol duel with Lachlan McIntosh over the command of GA forces
Lachlan McIntosh - ANSWER Whig (patriot) In charge of defense during the Battle of
Rice Boats in the Savannah harbor in an effort to defend the city from British
Killed Button Gwinnett in a pistol duel over the command of GA forces
Elijah Clarke - ANSWER Led troops at Battle of Kettle Creek
Whig (patriot) leader for the Georgia militia during the Revolution
Commissioner for treaties with Native Americans
2
, Thomas Brown - ANSWER Torie (loyalist) who was defeated (against Elijah Clarke) in
the Battle of Kettle Creek Feb 1779 and victory pursuing Americans in the Battle of Briar
Creek March 1779 restoring the royal government.
Opposed Sons of Liberty
Nancy Hart - ANSWER Whig (patriot) supporter that killed one and wounded a second
loyalists that came into her house to steal from her. The remaining loyalist were hung by her
husband, Benjamin Hart
Archibald Campbell - ANSWER Torie (loyalist) lieutenant colonel who captured
Savannah in December 1778 and Augusta in January 1779 during the American Revolution
Count Charles Henri d'Estaing - ANSWER French ally to General Benjamin Lincoln
(Continental Commander) that tried unsuccessfully to recapture Savannah in "the Seige of
Savannah" the second deadliest battle during the Revolutionary war in 1779
James Jackson - ANSWER Overturned the Yazoo land fraud of 1795 Served in the
Georgia militia in the American Revolutionary War; served at the defense of Savannah, the
Battle of Cowpens, and the recapture of Augusta and Savannah An early GA politician of the
Democrat-Republican Party
Anthony Wayne - ANSWER General "Mad" sent by General Nathanael Greene to push
the British out of Savannah 1782
Defeated James Jackson for reelection to Congress in 1791, but voting irregularities on the
part of his supporters found that he did not win fairly
Negotiated peace treaties with both the Creek and the Cherokee
Nathanael Greene - ANSWER General of the Revolutionary War, his leadership freed
Georgia from British forces
Henry Light-horse Harry Lee - ANSWER Colonel sent by General Nathanael Greene to
support the revolutionaries as they pushed the British out of Augusta 1781
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