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Birth
William Few Jr. was born on June 8th, 1748 in Baltimore Maryland -
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William Few
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Moved to Orange County North Carolina
Because of bad droughts and farming issues back in Baltimore, William's father moved the family to Orange county North Carolina. -
Began educating himself
Wiilliam Few began to read and loved to do it. So he provided himself with most of his education. -
Regulators
William Few, Jr., his father, and his brother James joined the regulators, a group of frontiersmen who opposed the royal governor. -
Brothers Death
Local politicians, and lawyers did not like the "Regulators" so William's brother James was hung without a trial and the family farm was destroyed. -
Revolutionary War
Few fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail to defend his new town, Georgia. -
Georgia Congress
William Few, Jr., was elected to the Georgia provincial congress. -
Continental Congress
Served in the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1788 and reelected to the Georgia Assembly in 1783 -
Converted to a Methodist
Having settled near the Quaker community of Wrightsboro on a plantation named Fruit Hill, the whole family converted to Methodists. -
Senate
William Few, Jr., was one of his states first U. S. Senators from 1789-1793 -
Constitutional Convention
Appointed as one of the six state delegates to the Constitutional Convention. -
Legislature
In New York he served four years in the legislature 1802-05 and then as Inspector of Prisons 1802-10 -
Death
Died at age 80 and was burried at a Reformed Dutch Church -
Federal judge
Appointed as a federal judge for the Georgia circuit and then he resigned his judgeship in 1799 at the age of 52 and moved to New York City.
