Lyman Hall - GHM 069-2 - Hall Co., GA - Georgia Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Lyman Hall

Lyman Hall (1725-90), one of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born in Connecticut but moved to Georgia when young. Member of the Savannah Conventions, 1774-75, and very influential in Georgia's joining in American Revolution; served in Colonial Congress from Parish of St. John, 1755-80. When British seized Georgia and confiscated his property, he and his family refugeed in the north until 1782, when he returned to Georgia and served one term as Governor of the State.

He is buried under the Signers Monument in Augusta. Hall County (1818) was named for him. GHM 069-2 Georgia Historical Commission 1953

Type of Marker: Park Marker #: GHM 069-2 Date: 1953 Sponsor: Not listed

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