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 1739 - 1798 (59 years)
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| Name |
John W. Talbot |
| Birth |
13-15 July 1739 |
Bedford Co/VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
15-25 Aug 1798 |
Wilkes Co/GA |
| Person ID |
I313 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
2 Feb 2022 |
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| Notes |
- P-301524
- He was sometimes addressed as Sir John Talbot.
- He was the child of Mathew (1699-1758) and Mary Williston Talbot (1697-1736) and a descendant of the Earl of Shrewsbury.
- He first married Sarah Anthony who died between 1765 and 1768. Later he married Phoebe Talbott (1739-1806) and they were the parents of Thomas Talbot (unknown-1853), Matthew Talbott (1767-1827) and Phoebe Talbot Cresswell (1768-1806). It should be noted that this son, Matthew, served for a short time as Governor of Georgia in the Democratic-Republican Party led by Thomas Jefferson.
- John served in the Virginia House of Burgesses (1761-1775) and in the House of Delegates (1776-1782) and in the Virginia Convention of 1774 that advocated a trade boycott with Britain.
- During the war he was a Colonel in the Bedford County militia.
- After the war, in 1783, he moved to Wilkes County where he received a land grant and worked as a surveyor. He served as a state senator, as a justice of the peace, and as an Elder of the Smyrna Presbyterian Church before the building was transferred to the Methodists.
- Grave was marked 30 Oct 2021 by Washington Wilkes Chapter GA SAR.
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