January 6, 1785: Samuel Elbert Elected Governor Learn More Suggested Readings James F. Cook, The Governors of Georgia, 1754-2004, 3d ed. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2005). Charles C. Jones, The Life and Services of the Honorable Maj. Gen. Samuel Elbert of Georgia (Cambridge, Mass.: Riverside Press, 1887). William J. Northen, Men of Mark in Georgia, 7 vols. (1907-12; reprint, Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Co., 1974). Gordon Burns Smith, History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861, 4 vols. (Milledgeville, Ga.: Boyd, 2000). Samuel Elbert Marker: http://georgiahistory.com/markers/3073 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000101 Order book of Samuel Elbert, Colonel and Brigadier General in the Continental Army, October 1776, to November, 1778 ; Letter book of Governor Samuel Elbert, from January, 1785, to November, 1785 (1902): http://www.archive.org/details/orderbookofsamue52elbe Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Elbert: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page004.db&recNum=862 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org January 06, 1785: Samuel Elbert Elected Governor Learn More Image Credits Brier Creek Battle Historical Marker Courtesy of David Seibert, Hmdb.org Accessed on http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=11212 Brier Creek Plaque Courtesy of Mike Stroud, Hmdb.org Accessed on http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=11212 Continental Congress 1776 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-26670 Samuel Elbert Georgia Historical Society Collection of Photographs, 1361PH 24 6 6464 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society www.todayingeorgiahistory.org Savannah 1778 Georgia Historical Society Print Collection, 1361PR box 3 folder 10A Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society Savannah 1790 Georgia Historical Society Print Collection, 1361PR box 3 folder 10A Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society Soldiers fighting in Georgia Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=532940&jScript=true Surrender of General Burgoyne Architect of the Capitol Surrender of Lord Cornwallis Architect of the Capitol Philadelphia State House 1776 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-17704 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org The taking of Yorktown Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-8233 Tondee’s Tavern Marker Foltz Photography Studio (Savannah, Ga.), photographs, 1899-1960, MS 1360 17 18 07 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society Washington before Yorktown Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ds-00123 Washington salute Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-8272 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org .