John Milton (Georgia politician)

John Milton (c. 1740/1757–1817) was a Revolutionary War officer from a family of settlers in North Carolina who became a Colonial-era political figure that played a prominent role in the establishment and growth of the state of Georgia.

English laws passed that "touched off a boom in North Carolina that lasted from 1730 to the American Revolution.

William Caldwell, on the surrender of that place, held as a hostage and imprisoned in the castle at St. Augustine, Florida, until November 1777.

His adopted home state showed its gratitude to Milton's service with two electoral votes in the historic first presidential election.

His grandson, also named John Milton, served as the governor of Florida during the Civil War.

[18] John Milton's legacy as a Georgia founding father led to the naming of a county after him.