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Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in North Guilford, Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
22, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1785; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-99; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1799-1807; died in office 1807.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
One of the founders,
and first president,
of Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 4,
1807 (age 52 years, 102
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph at Greenfield
Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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John Habersham (1754-1799) —
of Georgia.
Born near Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
23, 1754.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1789-99; died in office 1799.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Died near Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
17, 1799 (age 44 years, 359
days).
Interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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John Milton (c.1740-1817) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., about 1740.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; secretary
of state of Georgia, 1777-99; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Georgia; received 2 electoral votes, 1789;
mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1792.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Died in 1817
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Leigh Pierce (1740-1789) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in 1740.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1786; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
10, 1789 (age about 49
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) —
also known as "Mad Anthony" —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., January
1, 1745.
Surveyor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1774-80, 1784; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1791-92.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fort Presque Isle (now Erie), Erie
County, Pa., December
15, 1796 (age 51 years, 349
days).
Original interment at Garrison
Hill, Erie, Pa.; reinterment in 1809 at Old
St. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Wayne (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Eddings) Wayne; married 1766 to Mary
Penrose; father of Isaac
Wayne (1772-1852). |
| | | Wayne counties in Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa. and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | Fort
Wayne (1794), and the subsequent city
of Fort
Wayne, Indiana, were named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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