FIRST -- Mayor of Savannah, Perry GA
N 32° 27.475 W 083° 44.057
17S E 242982 N 3594487
The namesake of Houston County GA also served as the first mayor of Savanna GA
Waymark Code: WMWKQM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2017
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This historci marker at the Houston County Courthouse on downtown Perry GA relates the hisgtory for the sounty's namesake, Gov. John Houston. The marker reads as follows:
"GOVERNOR JOHN HOUSTON
Born near Waynesboro in 1744, Houston was the son of Sir Patrick Houston and Priscilla Dunbar. He was elected in 1775 to represent Georgia at the Continental Congress and served on Georgia´s Council of Safety, which in January 1776 issued the arrest warrant for Royal Governor James Wright. Georgians elected Houston governor in January 1778. Following the Revolution, Houston was elected governor a second time in 1784 and in that year was appointed one of seven "Trustees for a College," making him one of the founders of the University of Georgia . Houston served as Savannah´s first mayor in 1790, and in 1791 helped to host George Washington´s Savannah visit. He died in 1796. Named in his honor, Houston County was created in 1821.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and the National Society of the Confederate Dames of Georgia"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1790
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