1776 in Georgia (U.S. state)
This is a list of events in the year 1776 in the U.S. state of Georgia.
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Incumbents
- Governor: Archibald Bulloch (Starting April 15)
Events
- March 2–3 - American Revolution: Battle of the Rice Boats: Following the British seizure of rice from merchant ships on the Savannah River, militia from Georgia and South Carolina attack the British squadron on the river using fire ships.
- April 15 – Archibald Bulloch is sworn in as the first governor.[1]
- July 4 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence, in which the United States officially declares independence from the British Empire, is approved by the Continental Congress and signed by its president, John Hancock, together with representatives from Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia.
- August 2 – American Revolution: A parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence is signed by 56 members of Congress (not all of whom had been present on July 4).[2]
Births
- January 20 – Charles Pinckney Sumner, attorney, abolitionist, and politician (d. 1839)[3][4]
- February 16 – Nicholas Ware, lawyer, slave owner and politician (d. 1824)[5]
- February 18 – William Scarbrough, sea merchant (d. 1838)[6][7]
- March 17 – Joel Abbot, physician and politician (d. 1826)[8]
- May 13 – Jett Thomas, military officer, politician, and builder (d. 1817)
- September 17 – Langdon Cheves, politician, lawyer and businessman (d. 1857)[9]
- October 10 – Henry Shultz, entrepreneur (d. 1851)
- October 18 – Cowles Mead, politician (d. 1844)[10]
See also
- 1776 in the United States
- List of years in Georgia
References
- "Bulloch, Archibald, Appointment as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Georgia". Commissions, State Officers Appointments, Assembly, Colony of Georgia, RG 49-1-10. Georgia Archives. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- U.S. State Department (1911). The Declaration of Independence, 1776. pp. 10–11.
- Donald, David Herbert (2009). Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks. pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-1-4022-2719-6.
- "Elias Nason, the Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career., Chapter 1".
- "WARE, Nicholas 1776 – 1824". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- "William Scarbrough: Promoter of the First Transoceanic Steamship". Georgia Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- "William Scarbrough collection". ghs.galileo.usg.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- "ABBOT, Joel 1776 – 1826". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- "CHEVES, Langdon 1776 – 1857". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- "MEAD, Cowles 1776 – 1844". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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