Editing Columbia County, Georgia (section)

===American Revolutionary War===
Two small battles occurred in what would become the county during the Revolutionary War between [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] Militia and [[Black Robe Brigade|Tories]]; the area was then primarily [[frontier]] and loyalties were badly divided. Legend has it that a small band of Patriots sought refuge from marauding Tories at the county's most dramatic geological feature, [[Heggie's Rock]]. One of these fights occurred on September 11, 1781, between the forces of [[Elijah Clarke]] and a band of Tories and British Regular soldiers.

[[George Walton]], the Virginia-born statesman who signed the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], resided in what would become Columbia County, as did [[William Few]] and [[Abraham Baldwin]]. They were delegates to the [[Philadelphia Convention|Federal Convention]] that framed the [[United States Constitution]].