Myrick Davies ( ? – 1781) was an American

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. He served as the

Governor of Georgia The governor of Georgia is the head of government of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and the commander-in-chief of the state's Georgia National Guard, National Guard, when not in federal service, and Georgia State Defense Force, State Defense Fo ...

from 1780 to 1781 after Stephen Heard moved to

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. Following his death in 1781,

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

became governor. Davies was killed by Loyalists.

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*Northern, William J. and John Temple Graves. ''Men of mark in Georgia: a complete and elaborate history of the state from its settlement to the present time, chiefly told in biographies and autobiographies of the most eminent men of each period of Georgia's progress and development''. (A. B. Caldwell, 1906) p. 53. Year of birth missing 1781 deaths Governors of Georgia (U.S. state) Independent state governors of the United States Georgia (U.S. state) independents {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub