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 | | When Georgia's Second Provincial Congress convened July 4, 1775, St. John's Parish was represnted by Midway men: James Screven, Nathan Brownson, Daniel Roberts, John Baker, Jr., John Bacon, Sr., James Maxwell, Edward Ball, William Baker, Sr., William Bacon, Jr., John Stevens, and John Winn, Sr. |
 | | This congress elected delegates, Dr. Lyman Hall among them to the Continental Congress which was to meet in September. |
 | | A year later, two St. John's Parish men, Lyman Hall (a Midway Church member) and Button Gwinnett, along with George Walton of Augusta signed the Declaration of Independence, Nathan Brownson, another Midway figure, served in the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1778, but was absent at the Signing. |
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