United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Ebel, Carol2003-02-14Encyclopedia article about Benjamin Taliaferro. Benjamin Taliaferro served as a Continental soldier during the American Revolution. He moved in 1784 from Virginia to Wilkes County, Georgia, where he established himself as a planter and an upcountry political leader. Taliaferro served as a trustee for the University of Georgia, a state representative, a president of the Georgia senate, a member of the anti-Yazoo faction, a superior court judge, and a member of Congress. Taliaferro County, in east central Georgia, is named in his honor.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Legislators--GeorgiaPlantation owners--GeorgiaLegislators--United StatesStatesmen--GeorgiaJudges--GeorgiaTaliaferro, Benjamin, 1750-1821Benjamin Taliaferro (1750-1821)Text