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 William Few, Jr. - Augusta, Georgia Posted by:  DougK
N 33° 28.543 W 081° 57.690
17S E 410664 N 3704440
William Few, Jr. (June 8, 1748 – July 16, 1828) was an American politician, a farmer, a businessman and a Founding Father of the United States. William was one of Georgia's signers of the United State Constitution.
Waymark Code: WMKMRV
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2014
Views: 7
William Few died at the age of 80 in Fishkill-on-Hudson. He was buried in the yard of the Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Landing but was reinterred here at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Augusta, Georgia in 1973.
Patriot Name: William Few, Jr.
Type of Service Provided: one of Georgia's signers of the United State Constitution
Cemetery Name: St. Paul's Hurch
Text of the Grave Marker:
[Marker Front]:
COLONEL
WILLIAM FEW. JR.
One of Georgia's two signers of
the United States Constitution.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland
June 18, 1748. Lieutenant Colonel,
Georgia Militia during the
American Revolution, 1776-1779.
Representative, Georgia General
Assembly 1777, 1779, 1783, 1793.
Delegate, Continental Congress
1780-1788. Delegate, Constitutional
Convention and Signer of the
United States Constitition for
Georgia, 1787. Member, Georgia
Convention to ratify the United
States Constitution, January 2,
1788. One of the First Two
United States Senators from
Georgia, 1789 - 1793. Trustee,
University of Georgia, 1785.
Delegate, New York General
Assembly, 1802-1805. Inspector
of New York State Prisons,
1802-1810. Alderman, City of
New York, 1813-1814. Director
Manhattan Company, 1807-1813.
President, City Bank of New
York,1814-1816. President, New
York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
1820. Died in Beacon, New York,
July 16, 1828. Buried at the
Reformed Church of Beacon.
Remains Removed and
Reinterred in Augusta, Georgia,
October 10, 1973.
[Marker Reverse]:
COLONEL
WILLIAM FEW. JR.
1748 - 1828
Soldier
Patriot
Statesman
Banker
Humanitarian
To the loving memory of
CATHERINE NICHOLSON
FEW
1754 - 1844
Beloved wife of
COLONEL WILLIAM FEW
Grave Marker Type: Modern Granite Marker
Historical Background:
In 1776 he moved to Augusta, Georgia, and began to practice law. Among the positions he held during the next twenty years were the following:
• Lieutenant-Colonel of the Richmond County Militia during the Revolution
• member of the State House of Assembly from original Richmond County
• member of the Executive Council
• presiding Judge of the Richmond County Court
• surveyor general of Georgia
• member of the Continental Congress
• original trustee for establishing the University of Georgia
• delegate to the convention which drafted the Federal Constitution
• United States Senator
• Judge of the Superior Court of Georgia, Middle Judicial Circuit.
In 1799 Colonel Few moved to New York City, where he served
• as a member of the New York Assembly
• State prison inspector; city alderman
• United States Commissioner on loans
• director of the Manhattan Bank;
• president of the City Bank.
Colonel Few died at the home of his son-in-law, Major Albert Chrystie, in Fishkill, New York, July 15, 1828.
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