Two years later, he returned to South Carolina, still carrying on with his practice in medicine. Lyman Hall became actively involved in the American cause early in the Revolutionary movement. In , he was elected to be a representative of Georgia in the Second Continental Congress. Hall is most remembered for being one of the three Georgia Representatives to sign the Declaration of Independence.
His influence and leadership skills through the early Revolutionary movement were crowned with this defining moment in his life. As governor, Hall took in interest in creating good educational opportunities. Share this Article. Facebook Twitter Email. Share this Snippet. Star Featured Content. Trending Trending. Max Cleland Political Figures. Clock Updated Recently. Hoke Smith 1 day ago. Max Cleland 20 hours ago. Citizens Trust Bank 1 week ago. Textile Industry 2 weeks ago.
Listen Now. They settled on the Ashley River near Charleston and called their new community Dorchester. These enterprising colonists multiplied in numbers and in wealth, exerting a strong moral and political influence. The good tidings of their success spread back to other Puritans in New England and attracted the interest of Dr. Hall — himself in full sympathy with the religious tenets of these Congregationalists. About , he and a group of fellow adventurers moved their families and possessions and joined the Dorchester Puritan dwellers.
He was cordially welcomed, and appears at once to have secured the confidence of the community, a happy move and professionally successful. It was also about the time that certain leaders of the Dorchester settlers, worried about land sufficiency for their longer term future there after 50 plus years of growth and development, cast an eye south to the lands in Georgia, the youngest Colony, largely unsettled until James Ogelthorpe arrived in with settlers in Savannah.
There were still problems with the Indians, and the Spanish were a menace in nearby Florida, but the growth potential was exciting and undeveloped land was available.
A grant was obtained for 22, acres of rich land and swamps in the Midway District of St. Hall, following the fortunes of his newly formed friends, accompanied them to the Midway settlement. He became the owner of a small plantation north of the Midway Meeting House on the Savannah-Darien highway. The region where the Dorchester congregation settled was densely wooded, marshy and filled with game. The waters were alive with fish, alligators, terrapins and snakes.
In either ignorance or disregard of the health dimensions, the immigrants located their plantation dwellings and plantation quarters on the edges of the swamps, ripe with malarial exposure. While vegetables were planted on the upland, attention was centered in the cultivation of the big money crop, rice, and to that end great labor was spent clearing, ditching, and draining the swamps.
The noxious, polluted soil was thus exposed to the action of the searing sun, bringing much sickness and considerable mortality.
With malaria in the summer and fall, and pleurisy in the winter and spring, Dr. Hall found ample employment for his best professional skill, and endeared himself to the community. The town of Sunbury was laid out on high, beautiful land facing the Midway River.
Hall bought two of the nicest lots and built a summer residence there, as did many members of the Midway congregation. He enjoyed visiting his patients. His reputation as a successful practitioner, and a bedside manner of sympathizing friend, was most enviable; he soon became the leading physician of the town and adjacent country.
His public spirit and thoughtful views rendered him popular among the inhabitants of St. In Georgia, more so than in sister colonies, there was great division in sentiment on the political questions within the community. He was able to delay Georgia representation in the Continental Congress, so there were no Georgia delegates appointed to the session in Philadelphia. This chafed particularly the Puritan citizens of St. When the colonial assembly voted for more delays and negotiations with the King and failed to get Georgia moving toward joining the other colonies, Hall and others from St.
This was rejected by the Carolinians, and the people of St. Hall as their independent delegate to the Continental Congress. On May 13, , Dr. Hall arrived in Philadelphia and presented his credentials on behalf of the Parish of St.
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