Person:Button Gwinnett (1)
Button Gwinnett
chr.10 Apr 1735 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
d.19 May 1777 Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  • F.  Samuel Gwinnett (add)
  • M.  Anne Button (add)
  1. Button Gwinnett1735 - 1777
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  • H.  Button Gwinnett1735 - 1777
  • W.  Ann Bourne (add)
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Facts and Events
Name Button Gwinnett
Gender Male
Christening[1] 10 Apr 1735 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, EnglandSt. Catherine's
Marriage to Ann Bourne (add)
Death[1] 19 May 1777 Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United StatesKilled in a duel
Reference Number Q887136 (Wikidata)


References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Button Gwinnett, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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    Button Gwinnett (March 3, 1735 – May 19, 1777) was an English-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence. He was also, briefly, the provisional president of Georgia in 1777, and Gwinnett County (now a major suburb of metropolitan Atlanta) was named for him. He was named in honor of his mother’s cousin, Barbara Button, who became his godmother. Gwinnett was killed in a duel by rival Lachlan McIntosh following a dispute after a failed invasion of East Florida.

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Signers of U.S. Declaration of Independence
John Adams • Samuel Adams • Josiah Bartlett • Carter Braxton • Charles Carroll • Samuel Chase • Abraham Clark • George Clymer • William Ellery • William Floyd • Ben Franklin • Elbridge Gerry • Button Gwinnett • Lyman Hall • John Hancock • Benjamin Harrison • John Hart • Joseph Hewes • Thomas Heyward • William Hooper • Stephen Hopkins • Francis Hopkinson • Samuel Huntington • Thomas Jefferson • Francis Lightfoot Lee • Richard Henry Lee • Francis Lewis • Philip Livingston • Thomas Lynch • Thomas McKean • Arthur Middleton • Lewis Morris • Robert Morris • John Morton • Thomas Nelson, Jr. • William Paca • Robert Treat Paine • John Penn • George Read • Caesar Rodney • George Ross • Benjamin Rush • Edward Rutledge • Roger Sherman • James Smith • Richard Stockton • Thomas Stone • George Taylor • Matthew Thornton • George Walton • William Whipple • William Williams • James Wilson • John Witherspoon • Oliver Wolcott • George Wythe

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How did the British react after he signed the Declaration of Independence?

Vandals or soldiers looted his properties.

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