of a suspected slave revolt in 1810. Twiggs participated in the commission that selected the site for the University of Georgia in Athens, served as a trustee to that institution, and contributed money for the building of the initial UGA Chapel on its campus. He was also appointed Justice of the Peace for Burke County, Georgia in 1782 and served as a state Senator from Richmond County in 1791. Through a series of land purchases and partly comprised confiscated Tory land that was awarded to him, Twiggs built Good Hope Plantation, which stretched over 1,500 acres throughout Richmond County and into Aiken County, South Carolina. A tobacco farmer, no records survive regarding the number of slaves Twiggs owned over his lifetime, though he left seven slaves to his wife when he died. He died at his plantation in 1816 and was buried there. His great-granddaughter, Sarah Lowe Twiggs, was a poet. References Georgia Sons of the American Revolution grave registry and bio for John Twiggs External links 1750 births 1816 deaths Georgia (U.S. state) militiamen in the American Revolution Militia generals in the American Revolution Georgia (U.S. state) state senators Twiggs County, Georgia People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Revolution