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James Gunn
| March 13, 1753 |
James Gunn, U. S. Senator from Georgia is born, Virginia |
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James Gunn |
| May 6, 1786 |
A group of runaway slaves, reportedly trained by the British, is discovered by Lieutenant Colonel Howell at Bear Creek near Zubley's Ferry. James Gunn had been ordered to break up the group. Gunn ordered 14 cavalrymen to advance on a weak breastworks constructed by the runaways. When the slaves saw the soldiers advancing they ran, Troops advanced, following them into the woods and killing almost all 150 men.
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James Gunn |
| July 14, 1787 |
James Gunn, Abraham Baldwin and James Jackson visit William Bartram's home in Philadelphia
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William Bartram |
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James Jackson |
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Abraham Baldwin |
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James Gunn |
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James Jackson |
| March 4, 1789 |
James Gunn and William Few begin service as Georgia's first U. S. Senators. Abraham Baldwin, James Jackson and George Mathews begin service in the U. S. House of Representatives.
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Abraham Baldwin |
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James Gunn |
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William Few |
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James Jackson |
| April 3, 1789 |
George Washington is inaugurated as the first chief executive of the United States. Georgians Abraham Baldwin, James Jackson, and James Gunn are in attendance.
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Abraham Baldwin |
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James Gunn |
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George Washington |
| January 7, 1795 |
Governor George Mathews signs into law a bill that agrees to sell almost 40 million acres to speculators at the starting the Yazoo Land Fraud. This corrupt deal led to the downfall of many popular politicians of the day.
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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Georgia headright grants |
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James Gunn |
| August 22, 1795 |
During the Yazoo Land Fraud, James Gunn, Mathew M'Allister, George Walker, Zachariah Cox, Jacob Walburger, William Longstreet and Wade Hampton, by deed, convey a portion of the Georgia Company's land to James Greenleaf. Greenleaf's later sale of the land results in the landmark U. S. Supreme Court ruling, Fletcher v. Peck. |
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James Gunn |
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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Fletcher v. Peck |
| July 30, 1801 |
James Gunn dies, Louisville, Georgia |
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