United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Ouzts, Clay2005-09-09Encyclopedia 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.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Governors--GeorgiaStatesmen--GeorgiaPlantation owners--GeorgiaSoldiers--GeorgiaHeard, Stephen, 1740-1815United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783Stephen Heard (1740-1815)Text