13 Facts About Nathan Brownson

Nathan Brownson was an American physician and statesman.

Nathan Brownson served Georgia as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777 and as the Governor of Georgia in 1781.

Nathan Brownson was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of Georgia.

Nathan Brownson graduated from Yale in 1761 and practiced medicine in his hometown.

Nathan Brownson settled in Liberty County, Georgia in 1764 and began his medical practice.

Nathan Brownson's wife died in 1775, and the following year he married Elizabeth McLean, with whom he had two children.

At this critical moment Nathan Brownson, then acting as deputy purveyor of hospitals in the South, was dispatched to Georgia with a brigadier's commission from Congress.

Nathan Brownson initially served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, before a compromise was worked out whereby Brownson became governor and John Twiggs was promoted to brigadier general.

Nathan Brownson talked to the upper and lower Creek Nation and accused them of making an unsuccessful attack against American soldiers and of holding American traders, commissaries, and property.

Nathan Brownson told them that the Americans desire friendship, and threatened them with reprisal if they did not submit.

Nathan Brownson was appointed by Congress as deputy purveyor of hospitals and later to the charge of the southern hospitals.

Nathan Brownson was one of the trustees for the establishment of Franklin College, later called the University of Georgia.

Nathan Brownson died at his plantation in 1796 in Riceboro, Georgia and was buried in Midway Cemetery in Midway, Georgia.