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List of events
This is a list of events in the year 1776 in the U.S. state of Georgia .
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] 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]
^ "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 .[permanent dead link ] ^ 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 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 .
