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George Walton
United States Senator from Georgia
In office November 16, 1795 – February 20, 1796
Preceded by	James Jackson
Succeeded by	Josiah Tattnall
Personal details
Born	1749 (1749) or 1750 Cumberland County, Virginia
Died	February 2, 1804 (aged 54–55) Augusta, Georgia
Political party	Whig
Relations	The Walton family of Atlanta, Georgia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Colorado; and Western North Carolina
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George Walton (1749 – February 2, 1804) signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.

Life and work[link]

George Walton was born in Virginia. His parents died when he was an infant, resulting in his adoption by an uncle with whom he entered apprenticeship as a carpenter. Walton was a studious young man, but his uncle actively discouraged all study, believing a studious boy to be an idle one. Walton continued studying and once his apprenticeship ended, he moved to Savannah, Georgia, in 1769 to study law under a Mr. Young, and was admitted to the bar in 1774. His brother was John Walton.

He became an advocate of the patriot cause and was elected Secretary of the Georgia provincial Congress, and became president of the Council of Safety. He was elected to the Continental Congress, a position he held until the end of 1778. He was commissioned a Colonel of the First Regiment of the Georgia Militia. He was put in the battalion of General Robert Howe. During the Battle of Savannah, Walton was involved in the defense of the city. However a slave showed the British, led by Colonel Campbell, a path to the rear of the city, by which they were able to take the city, attacking from the front and the rear. Walton was injured in the battle and taken prisoner. He was freed through a prisoner exchange in 1779.

Soon after this in October 1779, Walton was elected Governor of Georgia, a position he held for only two months. In January 1780, he was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Jackson. Walton only served in that position from November 16, 1795, to February 20, 1796, until a successor, Josiah Tattnall, was officially elected.

He was a political ally of Scotch-Irish General Lachlan McIntosh and a foe of Button Gwinnett. He and Gwinnett's political battles resulted in his expulsion from office and indictment for various criminal activities.

He was censured for his role in a duel which resulted in Button Gwinnett's death. He became Chief Justice of Georgia, 1783–89, Governor of Georgia in 1789, and U.S. Senator in 1795.

Walton also was colonel in the army and when he was riding his horse a cannonball was fired and it hit him in the leg. With a broken leg Walton was held captive for the British army for two years. He was exchanged for a British naval officer and released, despite his having been a signer of the Declaration, which, technically, made him a traitor to the British crown.

Offices held[link]

The offices he held were:

• Continental Congress (1776–78)
• Colonel of the First Georgia Militia (1778)
• Governor of Georgia (1779–80)
• U.S. Congress (1780–1781)
• Chief Justice of Georgia (1783–89)
• Governor of Georgia (1789–90)
• U.S. Senator (1795–96)

In addition, Walton served as a trustee of Academy of Richmond County and of the University of Georgia. He helped fight in the Battle of Kettle Creek. George Walton was also a Freemason and member of Solomon's Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M. at Savannah.^{[citation needed]} Solomon's Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M. was established by the renowned Freemason and General James Edward Oglethorpe on February 21, 1734. Solomon's Lodge is now the "Oldest Continuously Operating English Constituted Lodge of Freemasons in the Western Hemisphere".

Death[link]

He died in Augusta, Georgia on February 2, 1804, at his home, College Hill, near Augusta. He was initially buried at Rosney, home of his nephew Robert Watkins; however, he was reinterred in 1848 beneath the Signers Monument in front of the courthouse on Greene Street in Augusta. Walton County, east of Atlanta, is named for him. There are also at least two schools that bear his name. George Walton Comprehensive High School is a highly-regarded public school near Marietta, Georgia. George Walton Academy is a private school in Monroe, Georgia, the county seat of Walton County. His granddaughter, Octavia Walton Le Vert, was a noted socialite and author.^[1] Many of his descendants have worked in the banking and legal industries in Georgia.

References[link]

• George Walton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Biography by Rev. Charles A. Goodrich, 1856

Notes[link]

v t e Signers of the United States Declaration of Independence J. Adams S. Adams Bartlett Braxton Carroll Chase Clark Clymer Ellery Floyd Franklin Gerry Gwinnett Hall Hancock Harrison Hart Hewes Heyward Hooper Hopkins Hopkinson Huntington Jefferson F. Lee R. Lee Lewis Livingston Lynch McKean Middleton L. Morris R. Morris Morton Nelson Paca Paine Penn Read Rodney Ross Rush Rutledge Sherman Smith Stockton Stone Taylor Thornton Walton Whipple Williams Wilson Witherspoon Wolcott Wythe

v t e Governors of Georgia Council Presidents (1775–1776) Ewen Walton Ewen Presidents (1776–1777) Bulloch Gwinnett Governors (since 1777) Treutlen Houstoun Glascock Cuthbert Wereat Walton Howly Wells Heard Davies Brownson Martin Hall Houstoun Elbert Telfair Mathews Handley Walton Telfair Mathews Irwin Jackson Emanuel Tattnall Milledge Irwin Mitchell Early Mitchell Rabun Talbot Clark Troup Forsyth Gilmer Lumpkin Schley Gilmer McDonald Crawford Towns Cobb H. Johnson J.E. Brown J. Johnson Jenkins Ruger Bullock Conley J. Smith Colquitt Stephens Boynton McDaniel Gordon Northen Atkinson Candler Terrell H. Smith J.M. Brown H. Smith Slaton J.M. Brown Slaton N. Harris Dorsey Hardwick Walker Hardman Russell E. Talmadge Rivers E. Talmadge Arnall Thompson H. Talmadge Griffin Vandiver Sanders Maddox Carter Busbee J.F. Harris Miller Barnes Perdue Deal

v t e United States Senators from Georgia Class 2 Few Jackson Walton Tattnall Baldwin Jones Crawford Bulloch Bibb Troup Forsyth Walker Ware Cobb Prince Troup King Lumpkin Berrien Charlton Toombs H. Miller Norwood B. Hill Barrow A. Colquitt Walsh Bacon West Hardwick Harris Cohen Russell Gambrell Nunn Cleland Chambliss Class 3 Gunn Jackson Milledge Tait Elliott Berrien Forsyth Cuthbert W. Colquitt Johnson Dawson Iverson J. Hill Gordon Brown Gordon Clay Terrell Smith Watson Felton George Talmadge Mattingly Fowler Coverdell Z. Miller Isakson

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Daniel "Danny" Jacobs (born 25 June 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon and Hawthorn Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Essendon career[link]

Jacobs played for Essendon from 1999 to 2003, including the 2001 AFL Grand Final loss to Brisbane. After playing 81 games for Essendon, he was traded to Hawthorn at the end of the 2003 season as part of the Veale Deal that resulted in Jade Rawlings being traded to the Western Bulldogs.

Hawthorn career[link]

After missing only two matches in his last three seasons at Essendon, Jacobs' time at Hawthorn was plagued by injuries to his leg, hand, back, jaw and hip. In March 2008, after playing only 45 games over four years, Jacobs announced his retirement from AFL football because of a degenerative hip problem.^[1]

In 2010, Jacobs has joined the St Kilda City Football Club (Southern Football League), having crossed over from Port Colts (WRFL).

References[link]

External links[link]

• Danny Jacobs's statistics from AFL Tables

Jerson Ravelo (born July 30, 1977 in San Cristobal) is a boxer from the Dominican Republic, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the Men's 75 kg Division.^[1]

Personal[link]

Jerson Ravelo currently resides in Newark, N.J. with his son Jerson Jr. While many fighters pressure their children, particularly their namesakes, into following their fistic footsteps, Ravelo doesn't want that for his son.

"I'm doing this for my son and my family. As of right now, he doesn't even show no interest in boxing, which is good."

Ravelo's favorite fighter is Roy Jones Jr. "The way he fights, the things that he's done are incredible" says Ravelo. "A lot of people don't give him credit. They talk about he never fought anybody, but like he said in his song, he just made them look like nobodies."

Amateur career[link]

Ravelo was the 1998 National Golden Gloves Middleweight champion. Ravelo also represented the Dominican Republic as a Middleweight at the 2000 Sydney Olympic games, he was eliminated in the opening round by Paul Miller of Australia, on an 8-7 decision.^[2]

Professional career[link]

Upon turning professional, Ravelo signed a promotional deal with Lou Dibella's Dibella Entertainment. He made his debut as a professional on January 27, 2001 in Madison Square Garden in New York, where he defeated America's Miguel Gutierrez. He became the first 2000 Olympian to reach double digit wins as a pro. In 2004 Ravelo was upset by David Alfonso Lopez by TKO.

Ravelo says, "Before that fight I didn't want to fight anymore. I didn't have no confidence because that was prior to me getting the surgeries and that was when I was coming back. It helped me come back to get my confidence back up and come back to reality. Before that fight, I was walking on a cloud."

Numerous injuries to his back and right hand hampered his career, and he didn't see any action in the year 2005 as a result. In that time period, things soured with Jerson's promotional situation. The contract contained a clause stating that if Jerson was injured for over a year, Dibella Entertainment could terminate the contract. Ravelo was subsequentally released by Dibella.

"Once a fighter has back problems", says Ravelo, "he's always going to have back problems. I can go 6 months, a year without feeling my back at all. But I can wake up one day and for a week my back will be hurting me."

In 2006, Jerson signed a promotional contract with The Contender Group.^[3][4] "They care about their fighters," Ravelo said. "They're not trying to make a quick buck out of a fighter, they're looking long term." Returning from substantial layoffs, Ravelo reeled off three consecutive first round knockouts.

The next order of business was a showdown with then-undefeated Allan Green of Tulsa, Oklahoma on October 14, 2006. Jerson was stopped in the eighth round. In that fight, Ravelo suffered another injury to his right hand.^[5]

Ravelo rebounded in 2007 with a unanimous decision over England's Paul Buchannan, whom he knocked down in the third round. That fight was a part of The Contender's USA versus UK special.^[6]

Ravelo has gone through a who's who of trainers in his career, including Mark Breland, Tommy Brooks, Tommy Parks, Charles Murray, Anthony Ham, Bouie Fischer and Oscar Suarez. He is currently trained by Nettles Nasser, who also guides Henry Crawford and Omar Sheika.^[7]

Of Nasser, Ravelo says, "He's a good trainer. He teaches the right things. He tells you what to do. He motivates his fighters. I know he don't get a lot of credit because he's young. I think he's one of the better coaches out there."

Ravelo's current record stands at 18-2 (12 KO).

References[link]

1. ^ Ware, Michael (2000-09-18). "A Fighter at the Finish". Time. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2047646,00.html. Retrieved 2012-05-21. 
2. ^ "Kamsing's boxing lesson". BBC Sport. 2000-09-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/boxing/930540.stm. Retrieved 2012-05-21. 
3. ^ "The Contender Special: Jerson Ravelo - Allan Green co-feature". Time. 2006-10-12. http://www.saddoboxing.com/4052-contender-jerson-ravelo-allan-green.html. Retrieved 2012-05-21. 
4. ^ Mladinich, Robert. "Jerson Ravelo "Never Give Up On Your Dreams"". Time. http://www.fightbeat.com/article_detail.php?AT=407. Retrieved 2012-05-21. 
5. ^ "Jerson Ravelo Interview". eastsideboxing.com. 2006-10-24. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=8638&more=1. Retrieved 2012-05-21. 
6. ^ Phillips, Craig. "Team USA wins Contender". SecondsOut.com. http://www.secondsout.com/uk-boxing-news/leading-uk-news/team-usa-wins-contender. Retrieved 2012-05-21. 
7. ^ "Henry Crawford, The Total Package". The Sweet Science. http://www.thesweetscience.com/columnists/joe-rein/4958-henry-crawford-the-total-package. Retrieved 2012-05-21. 

External links[link]

• Professional boxing record for Jerson Ravelo from BoxRec
• Official Jerson Ravelo Myspace Page
• Interview