Brownson, Nathan, 1742-1796

Nathan Brownson (May 14, 1742 – November 6, 1796) was an American physician and statesman. He served Georgia as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777 and as the Governor of Georgia in 1781. Nathan Brownson was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of Georgia.

Born in Woodbury in the Connecticut Colony, Brownson graduated from Yale College before studying medicine and practicing in Woodbury. He settled in Liberty County, Georgia in 1764, continuing the practice of medicine. In 1774, he moved to St. John Parish, Georgia; he was among the eleven delegates chosen to represent the parish at the provincial congress, which met in Savannah in July 1775. Brownson was then elected to represent Georgia in the Second Continental Congress, serving from January to May 1777 and again from late August to early October of the same year.

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