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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1754;_Virginia_Resolves
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| December 0, 1754 |
Henry Yonge and William Gerard De Brahm are appointed surveyors-general
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| March 5, 1754 |
Plan submitted by the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations for a royal government of Georgia
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| May 9, 1754 |
Franklin's "Join or die" rattlesnake, encouraging the colonies to unite to fight the common enemy (at that time it was France) is first published. Georgia does not appear on the snake because it was more closely tied to Great Britain |
| June 7, 1754 |
Puritans hold the first church service at a log cabin on Midway Neck.
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Liberty County, Georgia |
| June 21, 1754 |
King George II approves a seal for Georgia |
| August 15, 1754 |
Benjamin Hawkins born, Granville (now Warren) County
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Benjamin Hawkins |
| August 28, 1754 |
Midway and Newport Society organized by the Puritans who inhabited Midway Neck. |
| September 8, 1754 |
Puritans at Midway celebrate the first "Lord's Supper." They also begin work on a larger church to replace the small log meeting house completed earlier in the year. |
| October 31, 1754 |
John Reynolds takes his oath of office, becoming the first royal governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800
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| November 22, 1754 |
Abraham Baldwin born, North Guilford, Connecticut
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Abraham Baldwin |
| November 30, 1754 |
First election of an assembly in Georgia, |
| December 12, 1754 |
William Clifton, a barrister from England who had been appointed Attorney General by the king, presents a plan for creating a system of courts in the colony of Georgia. This was the genesis of the system still in use in today. |
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