Georgia. Governor

Robert Flournoy (1763-1825) was born in Virginia. He married Mary Willis Cobb in 1794. Flournoy was a Captain in the 1st Georgia regiment of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. A wealthy land owner, he also served in the Georgia Legislature.

From the description of Robert Flournoy land grant and plat, 1795. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 157010762

William Beale was a private in the Virginia Continental Line during the Revolutionary War.

From the description of William Beale land grant and plat, 1811. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 43887020

Lewis Days lived in Martins District, Jones County, Georgia, in 1843.

From the description of Lewis Day land grant and plat, 1843. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 46687169

Francis Tennille (1747-1812) was born in Prince William County, Virginia. He served in the Revolutionary War with the Second Georgia Battalion, first as a 1st Lieutenant in 1777, and later as a Captain in 1792. Tennille married Mary Elizabeth Bacon Dixon.

From the description of Francis Tennille land grants and plats, 1793. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 144570304

Samuel Beckcom (1760-1825) was born in Granville, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Houghton (1769-1805). Beckcom died in Milledgeville, Georgia.

From the description of Samuel Beckcom land grants and plats, 1793. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477595

Patrick G. Dickey lived in Burke County, Georgia.

From the description of Patrick G. Dickey land grant and plat, 1843. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 46764358

Charles Day lived in Bibb County, Georgia, in 1846.

From the description of Charles Day land grant and plat, 1846. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 46687126

Solomon Brannen (1791-1864) was the son of William Brannen (1751-1840) and Elizabeth Gross Brannen (1754-1851). He married Nancy Stanford on December 24, 1818. Brannen lived in Bulloch County, Georgia.

From the description of Solomon Brannen land grant and plat, 1837. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477631

Abraham Twiggs was a Major of Georgia Militia and an Aide de Camp to Major-General John Twiggs during the Creek Indian troubles in the early nineteenth century.

From the description of Abraham Twiggs land grants and plats, 1808. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 157010782

Fanny Hickman, along with her children John, Grove, Henry, William, Hetty, Eliza, and Frank, were granted freedom from slavery in 1840. Her emancipation paperwork mentions her intermarriage with Paschal Hickman.

From the description of Fanny Hickman emancipation act, 1834, 1840 (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 187303551

The Robert Middleton in this collection may be the Robert Middleton (b. 1770-1780, d. 1830-1840 in Mississippi) referred to in Beth Bland Engel's The Middleton Family (Jesup: Sentinel Press, 1972), p. 220.

From the description of Robert Middleton deed and plat, 1793. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 163567229