Nathan Brownson

Historical marker in Midway

Nathan Brownson (May 14, 1742 – November 6, 1796) was an American physician and statesman from Riceboro, Georgia. He served Georgia as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777 and as the 14th Governor of Georgia in 1781.

Nathan was the sixth of ten children born to Timothy (1701–1766) and Abgail Jenner (1707–1784) Brownson and was born in Woodbury, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale in 1761 and studied medicine before moving to Georgia. He settled in Liberty County, Georgia in 1764 and began his medical practice.

Brownson was married twice: first, in 1769, to Elizabeth Lewis, who died in 1775; then to Elizabeth McLean in 1776. There were two children from the second marriage. He died in 1796 in Riceboro, Georgia and was buried in Midway Cemetery in Midway, Georgia.

Further reading

• Cook, James; The Governors Of Georgia: 1754–2004; 1995, Mercer University Press; (2004 paperback edition, ISBN 0-86554-954-0)
• Jackson, Harvey; Lachlan McIntosh and the Politics of Revolutionary Georgia; 1979, Univ of Georgia Press, ISBN 0-8203-0459-X; (2003 paperback edition, ISBN 0-8203-2542-2).

External links

• Brownson's Congressional biography
• Nathan Brownson at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Myrick Davies	Governor of Georgia 1781–1782	Succeeded by John Martin

Persondata
Name	Brownson, Nathan
Alternative names
Short description	American continental congressman and governor
Date of birth	May 14, 1742
Place of birth	Woodbury, Connecticut
Date of death	November 6, 1796
Place of death	Riceboro, Georgia