United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Schmidt, Jim2002-09-19Encyclopedia article about John Martin. John Martin was governor of Georgia from 1782 to 1783. It was during his term of office that Georgia retook Savannah from the British and the Revolutionary War in Georgia came to an end. An honored Revolutionary War soldier turned politician, Martin played a vital role leading the new state of Georgia, which, in its short life, had known only war and revolution, into its first period of peace.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Martin, John, ca. 1730-1786Georgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783Georgia--Politics and government--1775-1865Governors--GeorgiaJohn Martin (ca. 1730-1786)Text