WALTON, GEORGE
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(1740-1804), was prominent in the pre-Revolutionary movements in Georgia. He represented Georgia in the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1781, and signed the Declaration of Independence. He commanded a battalion at Savannah in 1778. He was Governor of Georgia in 1779 and 1789. He represented Georgia in the U. S. Senate from 1795 to 1796.
By John Franklin Jameson
