Washington County (Ga.) land grant and plat, 1793.

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Washington County (Ga.) land grant and plat, 1793.

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The collection consists of a land grant for Francis Tennille signed by Governor Edward Telfair for property in Washington County, Georgia. Also included is a plat for the land in Washington County, Georgia.

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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...

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....

Tennille, Francis, 1747-1812

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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. He was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. From the description of Francis Tennille land grants and letters, 1790-1793. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 502270796 ...