Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1789 <<Previous year Next year>>
January 7, 1789 |
George Walton begins term as governor
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George Walton
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Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800
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March 4, 1789 |
James Gunn and William Few begin service as Georgia's first U. S. Senators. Abraham Baldwin, James Jackson and George Mathews begin service in the U. S. House of Representatives.
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Abraham Baldwin |
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James Gunn |
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William Few |
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James Jackson |
April 3, 1789 |
George Washington is inaugurated as the first chief executive of the United States. Georgians Abraham Baldwin, James Jackson, and James Gunn are in attendance.
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Abraham Baldwin |
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James Gunn |
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George Washington |
April 11, 1789 |
Ignatius Alphohso Few, son of William Few and founder of Emory University, is born, Columbia County, Georgia |
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Columbia County, Georgia |
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William Few |
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Ignatius Few |
May 4, 1789 |
State convention approves a new constitution for the state and orders that it become law in October, 1790. |
September 24, 1789 |
The Judiciary Act of 1789 organizes the state of Georgia as a single judicial district.
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November 3, 1789 |
First General Assembly held in Georgia under the new state constitution
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November 9, 1789 |
Edward Telfair begins term as governor
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Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800
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November 20, 1789 |
The Virginia Yazoo Company (headed by Patrick Henry), the Tennesse Company and the Carolina Company apply for land grants from the state of Georgia
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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December 10, 1789 |
William Pierce, who represented the state of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention, dies bankrupt in Savannah, Georgia
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William Pierce |
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
December 21, 1789 |
First Yazoo Land Act becomes law granting 5,000,000 acres of vacant land to three companies
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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December 21, 1789 |
The Georgia Assembly, unsuccessful in dealing with the headright issue, agrees to sell land to the South Carolina Yazoo Company, The Virginia Yazoo Company and the Tennessee Yazoo Land Company. The deal, selling some 20 million acres falls through when the companies try to pay with near worthless specie
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Georgia headright grants |
December 21, 1789 |
Grants to speculative land companies (The South Carolina Yazoo Company, The Virginia Yazoo Company, and the Tennessee Company) are made by Governor Edward Telfair. These would later fall apart over disagreement of the currency to be used to pay for the land. Patrick Henry is a member of the Virginia Yazoo Company.
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December 23, 1789 |
Savannah incorporates
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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