Gwinnett abandoned his mercantile pursuits, selling off all his merchandise to buy a rights until 1775, when St. John's Parish, which encompassed his lands, threatened to secede from Georgia due to the colony's rather conservative response to the events of the times.
Gwinnett abandoned his mercantile pursuits. St. John's Parish threatened to secede from Georgia due to the colony's rather conservative response to the events of the times. Gwinnett was selling off all his merchandise. This was to buy a rights until 1775. St. John's Parish threatened to secede from Georgia due to the colony's rather conservative response to the events of the times. St. John's Parish encompassed his lands.