Edward Telfair

1735 -1807

Career: active participant in the Revolutionary movement as a member of the Council of Safety; delegate to the Continental Congress on four separate occasions; signed the Articles of Confederation; after independence served three terms as governor of Georgia.. Telfair County created and named in his honor in 1807.

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Biography from U.S. Congress

Biography from New Georgia Encyclopedia

Biography from ColonialHall.com

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