John Wereat [SEP] place of death
legacy.
John Wereat died at his Bryan County, Georgia plantation on January 25, 1799.
See also.
- List of U.S. state governors born outside the United States
References.
- New Georgia Encyclopedia entry for John Wereat
Yazoo land fraud left a stain on Georgia politics for years, finally being resolved under the governorship of James Jackson.
Wereat spent a year as a prisoner of the British in Charleston, South Carolina after initially being taken captive in Augusta in 1780.
After his gubernatorial term, Wereat served as state auditor from 1782 until 1793. In December 1787 he presided over the state convention that unanimously ratified the new Federal Constitution.
John Wereat was in the Whig party along with John Martin and Lyman Hall.
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