William McCree land grant, 1793, copy, 1859.

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William McCree land grant, 1793, copy, 1859.

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The collection consists of a copy of a land grant made to William McCree, October 30, 1793, by Governor Edward Telfair; 285 acres in Wilkes County. Copy made March 29, 1859.

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Telfair, Edward, 1735-1807

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Edward Telfair (1735 – September 17, 1807) was a Scottish-born American Founding Father and politician who served as the Governor of the state of Georgia between 1786 and 1787, and again from 1790 through 1793. He was a member of the Continental Congress, and one of the signers of the Articles of Confederation. Born on his family's ancestral estate in western Scotland, Telfair graduated from the Kirkcudbright Grammar School before acquiring commercial training. He immigrated to America in 175...

McCree, William

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Georgia. Governor (1789-1793 : Telfair)

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One of Georgia's most prominent citizens, Edward Telfair served three terms as Georgia's governor in the late 1700s. He was the first governor to serve under the Georgia Constitution of 1789. Edward Telfair was one of the many Scotsmen who settled in Georgia during the mid-eighteenth century. He was born in 1735 on his family's ancestral estate in southwestern Scotland near the village of Kirkcudbright. He received only an elementary school education before taking a job with a firm of merchants....