John Walton (Continental Congress)

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John Walton (1738–1783), a Founding Father of the United States, was a Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress. Though born in Virginia, Walton later became a planter near Augusta, Georgia. He was elected as a delegate from St. Paul Parish to the Provincial Congress at Savannah in 1775, and then elected to the Continental Congress in 1778. He signed the Articles of Confederation on behalf of Georgia on July 24, 1778. He held the office of surveyor of Richmond County for several years before his death in New Savannah, Georgia in 1783.

Walton's brother was George Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence for Georgia and one of the first governors of Georgia.

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Signatories

Primary drafter	John Dickinson
New Hampshire	Josiah Bartlett John Wentworth Jr.
Massachusetts	John Hancock Samuel Adams Elbridge Gerry Francis Dana James Lovell Samuel Holten
Rhode Island	William Ellery Henry Marchant John Collins
Connecticut	Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington Oliver Wolcott Titus Hosmer Andrew Adams
New York	James Duane Francis Lewis William Duer Gouverneur Morris
New Jersey	John Witherspoon Nathaniel Scudder
Pennsylvania	Robert Morris Daniel Roberdeau Jonathan Bayard Smith William Clingan Joseph Reed
Delaware	Thomas McKean John Dickinson Nicholas Van Dyke
Maryland	John Hanson Daniel Carroll
Virginia	Richard Henry Lee John Banister Thomas Adams John Harvie Francis Lightfoot Lee
North Carolina	John Penn Cornelius Harnett John Williams
South Carolina	Henry Laurens William Henry Drayton John Mathews Richard Hutson Thomas Heyward Jr.
Georgia	John Walton Edward Telfair Edward Langworthy

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