Walton, George (1741-1804), a Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor and chief justice of Georgia several times. In 1775, he became secretary of Georgia’s provincial congress and president of the colony’s council of safety. Walton served in the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1781. He fought in the defense of Savannah in 1778 and was captured by the British. He was a United States senator in 1795 and 1796. He was born near Farmville, Virginia. He died on Feb. 2, 1804.
