John Walton (delegate)

John Walton (delegate)

John Walton (1738 - 1783) was a Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress. Though born in Virginia, Walton later became a planter near Augusta, Georgia. He was elected as a delegate from St. Paul Parish to the Provincial Congress at Savannah in 1775, and then elected to the Continental Congress in 1778. He signed the Articles of Confederation on behalf of Georgia on July 24 1778. He held the office of surveyor of Richmond County for several years before his death in New Savannah, Georgia in 1783.

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