- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Stephen Heard (1740-1815)
- Creator:
- Ouzts, Clay
- Date of Original:
- 2005-09-09
- Subject:
- Governors--Georgia
Statesmen--Georgia
Plantation owners--Georgia
Soldiers--Georgia
Heard, Stephen, 1740-1815
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Stephen Heard. The American Revolution (1775-83) in Georgia was characterized by some of the conflict's most brutal and violent acts. On the colony's northeastern frontier, well beyond the boundaries of "civilization" in Augusta, a partisan, guerrilla-styled civil war raged between Tories, Whigs, and each group's Indian allies. One participant in this contest was Stephen Heard, a planter, patriot, soldier, and Georgia governor (1780-81). Heard County, created in west central Georgia in 1830, was named in his honor.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/stephen-heard-1740-1815/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
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- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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