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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn HABERSHAM
(1754-1799)
HABERSHAM, John, (brother
of Joseph Habersham and uncle of Richard Wylly Habersham), a
Delegate from Georgia; born at “Beverly,” near
Savannah, Ga., December 23, 1754; completed preparatory studies and
later attended Princeton College; engaged in mercantile pursuits;
served in the Revolutionary War as first lieutenant and brigade
major of the First Georgia Continental Regiment; twice a prisoner
of war; Member of the Continental Congress in 1785; appointed
Indian agent by General Washington; appointed commissioner to the
Beaufort convention to adjust the Georgia-South Carolina boundary;
member of the first board of trustees to establish the University
of Georgia; secretary of the Georgia branch of the Society of the
Cincinnati upon its organization; collector of customs at Savannah
from 1789 until his death near Savannah, Ga., December 17, 1799;
interment in Colonial Park Cemetery.
Bibliography
Jones, Charles Colcock. A Biographical Sketch of the Honorable
Major John Habersham of Georgia. 1886. Reprint, New York: W.
Abbatt, 1909.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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