George Gilmer (1700 – January 15, 1757) served as

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, from 1746 to 1747.

Biography

Gilmer was born near

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, in 1700. He studied medicine at the

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. In 1731, Gilmer emigrated to Virginia, settling in Williamsburg. In the mid-1730s, Gilmer owned and ran an apothecary in Williamsburg and owned several lots. He married three times. He first married a Miss Ridgeway and secondly Mary Peachy Walker. His third wife, Harrison Blair, was the daughter of Archibald Blair. Gilmer died in Virginia on January 15, 1757. Dr George Gilmer was the great-grandfather of both

George Rockingham Gilmer George Rockingham Gilmer (April 11, 1790 – November 16, 1859) was an American politician. He served two non-consecutive terms as the 34th Governor of Georgia, the first from 1829 to 1831 and the second from 1837 to 1839. He also served multipl ...

of Georgia and

Thomas Walker Gilmer Thomas Walker Gilmer (April 6, 1802 – February 28, 1844) was an American statesman. He served in a number of political positions in Virginia, including election as the 28th Governor of Virginia. Gilmer's final political office was as the 15th S ...

of Virginia.''The William and Mary Quarterly'' "Letters to Thomas Walker Gilmer", https://www.jstor.org/stable/1915559?seq=2

References

1700 births 1757 deaths College of William & Mary faculty Mayors of Williamsburg, Virginia Politicians from Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies {{Virginia-mayor-stub