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GOVERNORS. 



The following are the names of the Governors of Georgia 

 from its first settlement to the year 1849: — 



James Edward Oglethorpe, elected 1732 ; William Stephens 

 act. Gov., 1743; Henry Parker, act. Gov., 1751; John Rey- 

 nolds, 1754; Henry Ellis, 1757; James Wright, 1760; James 

 Habersham, act. Gov., 1771 ; William Erwin, 1775; Archibald 

 Bulloch, 1776; Button Gwinnett, 1777; John A. Treuitlen, 

 1777 ; John Houstoun, 1778 ; John Werriat, 1778 ; George 

 Walton, 1779; Richard Howley, 1780; Stephen Heard, 1781 ; 

 Nathan Brownson, 1781; John Martin, 1782; Lyman Hall, 

 1783 ; John Houstoun, 1784 ■; Samuel M. Elbert, 1785 ; 

 Edward Telfair, 1786; George Matthews, 1787; George 

 Handly, 1788; George Walton, 1789; Edward Telfair, 1790; 

 George Matthews, 1793; Jared Irwin, 1796; James Jackson, 

 1798 ; David Emanuel, 1801 ; Josiah Tattnall, 1801 ; John 

 Milledge, 1802; Jared Irwin, 1806; David B. Mitchell, 1809; 

 Peter Early, 1813; David B. Mitchell, 1815; William Rabun, 

 1817; Matthew Talbot, 1819; John Clark, 1819; George M. 

 Troup, 1823; John Forsyth, 1827; George R. Gilmer, 1829; 

 Wilson Lumpkin, 1831 ; William Schley, 1835 ; George R. 

 Gilmer, 1837; Charles J. McDonald, 1839; George W. 

 Crawford, 1843; George W. Towns, 1847; Do., 1849. 



JUDICIARY. 



The first judicial tribunal in Georgia, was the Town Court 

 of Record, held in Savannah in 1733. This court had cogni- 

 zance of all manner of crimes, causes, and things whatever, aris- 

 ing or happening within the province of Georgia, or between 

 persons inhabiting or residing there, whether the same be crimi- 

 nal or civil, or whether the said crime be capital or not capi- 

 tal, and whether the pleas be real, personal, or mixed. It 

 was composed of the three Bailiffs, Recorder acting as Clerk, 

 and twelve freeholders. The following persons composed the 

 first jury in Georgia : 



