WALTON, John, (brother of George Walton
and cousin of Matthew Walton), a Delegate from Georgia; born in Virginia in
1738; became a planter near Augusta, Ga.; delegate from St. Paul Parish to the
Provincial Congress at Savannah, Ga., in 1775; elected to the Continental
Congress February 26, 1778; signed the Articles of Confederation on behalf of
Georgia on July 24, 1778; held office of surveyor of Richmond County for several
years; died at New Savannah, Ga., in 1783. - -Biographical
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