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As we do more and more research we think this house was built and George Waltons home was later moved to join it. The defining point of the houses is that there are two different levels. From this wall back is the newer structure. As i step down into the room, we are in the older structure of the house. This would have been the primary room for entertaining. I should point out that none of the furniture is original to the house or the walton family. Everything is period appropriate. He stayed in philadelphia for a year and he worked on much of their wallwork. He stayed in philadelphia when a lot of people fled. He had to leave to come back to georgia because he was also a kernel in the militia. He came back in time to defend savannah from the british but unfortunately he was not successful and in fact he was wounded. He was captured by the british. This is why he was fortunate because the physicians were able to take care and heal ....
He is it her young man when he signed the declaration, 26. We do not know if he was the youngest. There was a signer from South Carolina born in november, we do not know when george was born. He was born in a time between 1749 and 1750. His father had made provisions for education. His father died very close to birth. His mother died when he was seven years old. He was taken into the family of his economical. His aunt and uncle. When he turned of age, about 13, he was apprenticed to a carpenter. Either he was not a very good carpenter, or more likely he wanted he left that apprenticeship in his late teens and came to georgia to study law. He came to study with a prominent lawyer. He was clerk and did very well. He passed the bar. When you pass the bar, you have to swear loyalty to the king. His mentor was also a loyalist. He had many cases before the bar. He became a very prominent lawyer. He also accorded a young lady by the name ....