Lyman Hall
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Lyman Hall Net Worth

Lyman Hall was an influential American physician, statesman, and clergyman who was born in Wallingford, Connecticut on April 12, 1724. He was one of the three delegates from Georgia who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and later served as Governor of Georgia. Hall faced many hardships and struggles to achieve independence for his people, and was honored with having a county in Georgia named after him. He is remembered as a great revolutionary who always supported liberty and humanity.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Signer of United States Declaration of Independence
Birth Day April 12, 1724
Birth Place Wallingford, Connecticut, United States
Age 295 YEARS OLD
Died On October 19, 1790(1790-10-19) (aged 66)\nBurke County, Georgia
Birth Sign Taurus
Preceded by John Martin
Succeeded by John Houstoun
Political party Pro-Administration
Residence America
Profession Governor

💰 Net worth

Lyman Hall, the esteemed Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, is estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million by the year 2024. Hall's significant contribution to American history, along with his notable role as a physician, pastor, and politician, has likely contributed to his accumulation of wealth. As one of the original signatories of the Declaration of Independence, Hall played a crucial part in shaping the United States' foundation, leaving behind a lasting legacy of courage and commitment to the nation's principles.

Biography/Timeline

1747

Lyman Hall was the son of John and Mary (née Street) Hall and graduated from Yale College in 1747, a tradition his seven siblings would repeat. In 1749, he was called to the pulpit of Stratfield Parish (now Bridgeport, CT). His pastorate was a stormy one: an outspoken group of parishioners opposed his ordination; in 1751, he was dismissed after charges against his moral character which, according to one biography, "Were supported by proof and also by his own confession." He continued to preach for two more years, filling vacant pulpits, while he studied Medicine and taught school.

1752

In 1752, he married Abigail Burr of Fairfield, Connecticut, however, she died the following year. In 1757, he was married again to Mary Osborne. He migrated to South Carolina and established himself as a physician at Dorchester, South Carolina, near Charleston, a community settled by Congregationalist migrants from Dorchester, Massachusetts decades earlier. When these settlers moved to the Midway District – now Liberty County – in Georgia, Hall accompanied them. Hall soon became one of the leading citizens of the newly founded town, Sunbury.

1779

In January 1779, Sunbury was burned by the British. Hall's family fled to the North, where they remained until the British evacuation in 1782. Hall then returned to Georgia, settling in Savannah. In January 1783, he was elected an early governor of the state – a position that he held for one year. While governor, Hall advocated the chartering of a state university, believing that education, particularly religious education, would result in a more virtuous citizenry. His efforts led to the chartering of the University of Georgia in 1785. At the expiration of his term as governor, he resumed his medical practice.

1790

In 1790, Hall moved to a plantation in Burke County, Georgia, on the Carolina border, where he died on October 19 at the age of 66. Hall's widow, Mary Osborne, survived later dying in November 1793.

1848

Signers Monument, a granite obelisk in front of the courthouse in Augusta, Georgia, memorializes Hall and the other two Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence. His remains were re-interred there in 1848 after being exhumed from his original grave on his plantation in Burke County.

1969

Lyman Hall is portrayed in the 1969 Broadway musical 1776 and in the 1972 film of the same name by Jonathan Moore. As presented in the play and in the film, at a critical point in the struggle of John Adams to convince his fellow delegates to the Second Continental Congress to choose independence, Hall re-enters the chamber to change Georgia's vote. He says he has been thinking: "In trying to resolve my dilemma I remembered something I'd once read, 'that a representative owes the People not only his industry, but his judgment, and he betrays them if he sacrifices it to their opinion.' It was written by Edmund Burke, a member of the British Parliament." Hall then walks over to the tally board and changes Georgia's vote from "Nay" to "Yea."

2013

On the eve of the American Revolution, St. John's Parish, in which Sunbury was located, was a hotbed of radical sentiment in a predominantly loyalist colony. Though Georgia was not initially represented in the First Continental Congress, through Hall's influence, the parish was persuaded to send a delegate – Hall himself – to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Second Continental Congress. He was admitted to a seat in Congress in 1775. He was one of the three Georgians to sign the Declaration of Independence, and one of three doctors to sign the Declaration of Independence.

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