Peter Taarling documents, 1776.

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Peter Taarling documents, 1776.

This collection contains two resolutions of Georgia In Convention, the first regarding pay for men who enlist after November 28, 1776, the second regarding the election of field officers for the 1st Battalion, December 21, 1776. These are marked "A true copy from the Minutes, Edward Langworthy, Secy."

1 folder (.05 cubic feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8184981

Georgia Historical Society

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Langworthy, Edward, 1738-1802

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Edward Langworthy (1738 – November 2, 1802) was an American Founding Father and teacher who was a delegate to the Continental Congress from Georgia. He signed the Articles of Confederation. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was raised in the Bethesda Orphan House at Savannah and was educated in the school there. He later taught in that same school. Langworthy began working with Georgia's Committee of Safety and was their secretary when they became a revolutionary Council of Safety on December 11,...

Georgia. Provincial Congress

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The first Provincial Congress of Georgia convened January 17, 1775 and recessed January 25, 1775. It was limited in power because it represented only five parishes and some of its delegates were under restrictions as to the type of association it could adopt. The second Provincial Congress assembled on July 4, 1775 in Savannah at Tondee's long room with 102 delegates representing every parish but two. Archibald Bulloch was elected President and George Walton was elected Secretary. Fr...

Taarling, Peter, fl. 1775-1794

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Peter Taarling was a member of the Georgia Provincial Congress and was appointed Deputy Quartermaster General of the Georgia Militia with the rank of Colonel in 1777. He died before 1799, as various marriage records list the remarriage of his widow in that year. His surname sometimes appears as "Tarling" or "Tarlan." From the description of Peter Taarling documents, 1776. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 77006965 ...