This is from the National Archives: ======= Few was born in 1748. His father's family had emigrated from England to Pennsylvania in the 1680s, but the father had subsequently moved to Maryland, where he married and settled on a farm near Baltimore. William was born there. He encountered much hardship and received minimal schooling. When he was 10 years of age, his father, seeking better opportunity, moved his family to North Carolina. In 1771 Few, his father, and a brother associated themselves with the "Regulators," a group of frontiersmen who opposed the royal governor. As a result, the brother was hanged, the Few family farm was destroyed, and the father was forced to move once again, this time to Georgia. William remained behind, helping to settle his father's affairs, until 1776 when he joined his family near Wrightsboro, Ga. About this time, he won admittance to the bar, based on earlier informal study, and set up practice in Augusta. When the War for Independence began, Few enthusiastically aligned himself with the Whig cause. Although largely self-educated, he soon proved his capacity for leadership and won a lieutenant-colonelcy in the dragoons. In addition, he entered politics. He was elected to the Georgia provincial congress of 1776 and during the war twice served in the assembly, in 1777 and 1779. During the same period, he also sat on the state executive council besides holding the positions of surveyor-general and Indian commissioner. He also served in the Continental Congress (1780-88), during which time he was reelected to the Georgia Assembly (1783). Four years later, Few was appointed as one of six state delegates to the Constitutional Convention, two of whom never attended and two others of whom did not stay for the duration. Few himself missed large segments of the proceedings, being absent during all of July and part of August because of congressional service, and never made a speech. Nonetheless, he contributed nationalist votes at critical times. Furthermore, as a delegate to the last sessions of the Continental Congress, he helped steer the Constitution past its first obstacle, approval by Congress. And he attended the state ratifying convention. Few became one of his state's first U.S. senators (1789-93). When his term ended, he headed back home and served again in the assembly. In 1796 he received an appointment as a federal judge for the Georgia circuit. For reasons unknown, he resigned his judgeship in 1799 at the age of 52 and moved to New York City. Few's career continued to blossom. He served 4 years in the legislature (1802-5) and then as inspector of prisons (1802-10), alderman (1813-14), and U.S. commissioner of loans (1804). From 1804 to 1814 he held a directorship at the Manhattan Bank and later the presidency of City Bank. A devout Methodist, he also donated generously to philanthropic causes. When Few died in 1828 at the age of 80 in Fishkill-on-the-Hudson (present Beacon), he was survived by his wife (born Catherine Nicholson) and three daughters. Originally buried in the yard of the local Reformed Dutch Church, his body was later reinterred at St. Paul's Church, Augusta, GA.
Abraham Baldwin William few William Houstoun and William Leigh pierce represented as Georgia's founding fathers.
They were the two Georgia Delegates who signed the US Constitution.
Rhode Island was actually the only colony not to be represented and it was at the behest of Patrick Henry who vehemently opposed the federalists and was actually a very active member of the anti-federalists. Georgia was represented at the Constitutional Convention by William Few, Abraham Baldwin,William Houston and William L. Pierce. William Houston and William L. Pierce however, did not actually sign the Constitution itself.
William Stephens was the president of colonial Georgia
Crawford represented Georgia in the US Senate.
Abraham Baldwin William few William Houstoun and William Leigh pierce represented as Georgia's founding fathers.
William Few and Abraham Baldwin were Georgia delegates to the writing of the US constitution.
no William few was for the Virginia plan and him and Abraham Baldwin were the only people from Georgia to sign the constitution
Abraham Baldwin, William Few, William Houstoun, William Leigh Pierce
They were the two Georgia Delegates who signed the US Constitution.
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Abraham Baldwin William Few
Yes, William Few did own slaves. He was a plantation owner in Georgia and was a slaveholder during his lifetime.
Abraham Baldwin, William Few, William Houstoun, William Leigh Pierce
William Few and Abraham Baldwin signed the US constitution from Georgia.
William Few, Abraham Baldwin, William Houston, William L. Pierce.http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates
Abraham Baldwin, William Few, William Houstoun, William Leigh Pierce