In the backwoods. So far that there was no courthouse, no church and no record of his birth. This is important because he was a very young man when he signed the declaration. We dont know if he was the youngest because we do not know his exact birthday. There was a signer rutledge, and they know, but they cannot claim he was the youngest because we do not know when george was born. He was born in a period between 1749 and 1750. His father had made provisions for his education. His father died very close to his birth and his mother died when he was seven years old. He was taken in to the family of his aunt and uncle. When he turned of age, he was apprenticed to a carpenter. Either he wasnt a good carpenter or he wanted to use his mind. But he left that apprenticeship in his late teens and came to study law. He came to study with a prominent lawyer and savannah named henry young junior. He was an excellent clerk. He did very well and passed the bar. When you pass the bar you have to swear loyalty to the king and his mentor was also a loyalist. He had many cases before the bar and he became a prominent lawyer. He was courting a young lady by the name of dorothy and her father was a prominent loyalist. That meant they were very strong supporters of the king. There was beginning to be satisfaction dissatisfaction with the king and this is important for him because he was hanging out with the liberty boys. They were not happy with the king, they were upset about the taxation. Those liberty boys became more formerly the council of safety. When they organized to send representatives to the Second Continental Congress george was able to go to that group read the interesting thing is that it is two houses put together. There is an 1800 structure which was a late 1700 structure. We are certain that this part to my right was george waltons home. At some point, one house had to be moved. For many years