A native of Athens, Georgia, Brian Kemp started his first small business over 35 years ago with a pickup truck and a shovel. His experience as a small business owner…

ARCHIBALD BULLOCH, president (the equivalent of governor) of Georgia, was born in Charleston, South Carolina in about 1730. His early education was attained in the common schools of his native…

BUTTON GWINNETT, president (the equivalent of governor) of Georgia, was born in Down Hatherley, Gloucestershire, England in about 1735. His education was attained at the King’s School in Gloucester. Around…

JOHN A. TREUTLEN was born in Kurnbach, Wurttenburg, Germany, on January 16, 1734. He and his family were indentured for their debt of passage to America from Salzburg, where German,…

JOHN HOUSTOUN, a two-term governor of Georgia, was born in Waynesboro, Georgia on August 31, 1744. His early education was attained in the common schools of his native state. He…

JOHN WEREAT, a Revolutionary War politician and president of the Supreme Executive Council (the equivalent of governor) of Georgia, was born in Road, Somerset, England circa 1733. After immigrating to…

GEORGE WALTON, the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born near Farmville, Virginia, in late 1749 or early 1750. His parents passed away when he was a young…

RICHARD HOWLEY, governor of Georgia, was born near Savannah, Georgia in St. John's Parish in about 1740. His early education was attained in the common schools of his native state.…

STEPHEN HEARD, a Revolutionary War soldier and president of the Executive Council (the equivalent of governor) of Georgia, was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in November 1740. He received a…

NATHAN BROWNSON, a physician and governor of Georgia, was born in Woodbury, Connecticut on May 14, 1742. His education was attained at Yale College, where he graduated in 1761. He…