Stephen Heard

Stephen Heard (1740 - 1815) was briefly Chairman of the Executive Council of Georgia (a position later known as Governor) from when he was appointed on February 18, 1780 until Nathan Brownson was elected to replace him on August 18, 1781. Heard was a member of the United States Whig Party. He had fought in the French and Indian War and was a hero of the American Revolutionary War. Heard was also a friend of George Washington. Before being elected Governor, he served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1794 to 1795. Heard was born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1740, and died in Elbert County, Georgia, in 1815, at the age of 75.