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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJoseph CLAY
(1741-1804)
CLAY, Joseph, (grandfather
of William Henry Stiles), a Delegate from Georgia; born in Beverly,
Yorkshire, England, October 16, 1741; immigrated to the United
States and in 1760 settled in Savannah, Ga., where he engaged in
the general commission business; elected a member of the council of
safety June 22, 1775; delegate to the Provisional Congress which
met in Savannah July 4, 1775; major in the Georgia Line of the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; appointed by the
Continental Congress deputy paymaster general in Georgia with the
rank of colonel August 6, 1777; elected to the Continental Congress
in 1778, but did not attend; original trustee of Franklin College,
Athens, Ga.; elected treasurer of Georgia in July 1782; judge of
the United States Court for the District of Georgia 1786-1801; died
in Savannah, Ga., November 15, 1804; interment in Colonial Park
Cemetery.
Bibliography
Clay, Joseph. Letters of Joseph Clay, Merchant of Savannah,
1776-1793. [Savannah, Ga.: The Morning News, Printers,
1913].
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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