[1] In 1784, after graduating from Princeton, he moved to Savannah, Georgia where he practiced law.
[2] In 1789, he was named by George Washington[3] as the first United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia; he served until 1797 when he was replaced by Charles Jackson.
[4] He was linked to the Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795 and came under scathing criticism from the state's leading Republican, James Jackson which impacted his career.
[2] He later served in the Georgia Legislature[2] and as mayor of Savannah from 1798 to 1799 and again during the War of 1812 from 1814 to 1815.
[1] They had two children, Harriet, who died in infancy, and Judge Matthew Hall McAllister.