Dawson, James, fl. 1793.

This tract of land on Tyger and Pendleton Creek off the Ohoopee opened up one of the largest single tracts to settlement in the 1790s.

"Clement Biddle (1740-1814) was the second son of John and Sarah Biddle... He was born in Philadelphia and entered his father's shipping and importing business at an early age. Business was interrupted by the onset of the Revolutionary War, when in 1765, Clement and his brother, Owen, signed the non-importation agreement and pursued patriotic activities in Philadelphia. In 1775, Clement Biddle helped to organize a Philadelphia volunteer regiment, the "Quaker Blues." In July 1776, he was appointed deputy quartermaster-general by Congress, holding the rank of colonel. Clement participated in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and he served under both Washington and General Greene. He retired from the military in 1780, and resumed his business as a merchant. In retirement, he was appointed to several military and governmental posts, including Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1788, and United States Marshal of Pennsylvania in 1789, a position to which he was appointed by George Washington." -- "Biddle Family Papers." University of Delaware Library, Special Collections Department. http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/biddle.htm (Retrieved March 26, 2010)

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