 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1784, Lyman Hall, akapedza kudzidza paYale University uye mumwe wavanachiremba vatatu vezvokurapa kusaina Chirevo cheRusununguko, saGavhuna weGeorgia akanyengetedza dare remitemo reGeorgia kuti ripe 40 000 maeka 160 km2 sechipo nokuda kwedonzo rokutanga koreji kana kuti seminari yokudzidza. Kunze kwaHall, mbiri yokutanga yunivhesiti inoenda kuna Abraham Baldwin uyo akanyora gwaro rokutanga reYunivhesiti yeGeorgia. Pakutanga anobva kuConnecticut, Baldwin akapedza kudzidza uye gare gare akadzidzisa paYale asati atamira kuGeorgia. Musangano Mukuru weGeorgia wakabvumirana nechati yaBaldwin musi waJanuary 27, 1785, uye Yunivhesiti yeGeorgia yakava yunivhesiti yokutanga muUnited States kuwana chati yehurumende. Achionekwa somumwe weVavambi veUnited States, Baldwin aizomiririra Georgia muConstitutional Convention ya1786uyo akasika Bumbiro reMitemo reUnited States uye anoenderera mberi kuva Mutungamiriri pro tempore weUnited States Senate. Basa rokugadzira yunivhesiti rakapiwa Senatus Academicus, iro raiumbwa neBhodi reVashanyi rakaumbwa nagavhuna, maseneta ose ehurumende, vatongi vose vedare repamusoro navamwe vashumiri vehurumende vashomanene uye Bhodhi reVachengeti, sangano remitezo 14 yakagadzwa iyo nokukurumidza yakava inozviraramisa imene. Musangano wokutanga webhodhi revatarisiri veyunivhesiti wakaitwa muAugusta, Georgia, musi waFebruary 13, 1786. Musangano wacho wakaita kuti Baldwin ave purezidhendi wokutanga weyunivhesiti yacho. 