Lyman Hall

Lyman Hall (1725-90), one of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born in Connecticut but moved to Georgia when young. A member of the Savannah Conventions in 1774-75, he was very influential in Georgia’s joining in the American Revolution and served in Colonial Congress from Parish of St. John, 1775-80. When the British seized Georgia and confiscated his property, he and his family refugeed in the north until 1782, when he returned to Georgia and served one term as Governor of the State. He is buried under the Signers Monument in Augusta, and Hall County (1818) was named for him.

Gainesville, Georgia · United States