Results for: "Signers of Declaration of Independence"

American Christianity, Christian Calendar, Christian History, February Articles, Signers of Declaration of Independence

February 2, 1804 Signer George Walton passed away George Walton (1749 – February 2, 1804) signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian Calendar, Christian History, January Articles, Signers of Declaration of Independence

Lewis Morris (April 8, 1726 – January 22, 1798) was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress from New York. The brief biographical sketch of his life presented below is taken from the nineteenth-century work, Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by Rev. Charles...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian Calendar, Christian History, January Articles, Signers of Declaration of Independence

January 24, 1813 Signer George Clymer passes away George Clymer (March 16, 1739 – January 24, 1813) was an American politician and founding father. He was one of the last Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain. As a Pennsylvania representative, Clymer was, along with five others, a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Points of...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian Calendar, Christian History, January Articles, Signers of Declaration of Independence

January 23, 1800 Death of Signer, Edward Rutledge Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800) was an American politician and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina. The brief biographical sketch of his life presented below is taken from the nineteenth-century work, Lives of the Signers of the...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian Calendar, Christian History, January Articles, Signers of Declaration of Independence

January 11, 1797 Signer Francis Lightfoot Lee passes away Francis Lightfoot Lee (October 14, 1734 – January 11, 1797) was a member of the House of Burgesses in the Colony of Virginia. As an active protester of issues such as the Stamp Act, Lee helped move the colony in the direction of independence from Britain. Lee was a delegate to the Virginia Conventions and the Continental...Read more... Read more...

American Christianity, Christian Calendar, Christian History, January Articles, Signers of Declaration of Independence

January 5, 1796 Samuel Huntington, signer of the Declaration of Independence, passed away Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731 – January 5, 1796) was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...Read more... Read more...