Meadow Garden is the former home of George Walton, one of the youngest men to sign the Declaration of Independence. Born around 1749-1750, Walton was a native Virginian wo relocated to Savannah, GA at age 19 to study law. As his legal practice grew, so did his interest in colonial politics. Appointed to the Continental Congress in 1776, and because of his state militia position, Walton was delayed leaving Georgia for Philadelphia, arriving only a few days before the formal approval of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. Between 1779 and 1796, Walton served as a Governor, US Congressman, Chief Justice and a US Senator among other public service positions. In 1791 he obtained two adjacent lots of fifty acres each in Augusta Township, and by 1793 he began identifying himself by the name of his new home, “George Walton of Meadow Garden”. Devastated by the death of one of his sons in December 1803, his own death occurred two months later. Initially his body was carried from Meadow Garden to a family cemetery, his remains were later disinterred and buried at the Signers Monument in downtown Augusta.