Background
George Galphin was an Irish immigrant and an Indian trader. He was very successful and respected for his work. He had a large land claim in what became the territory of Georgia, but after his death and the Revolutionary War that was taken from his family. The government claimed the Galphin estate as its own and that is where the dispute over the land starts. The Galphin family fought for over 70 years, but it wasn’t until the 1840’s that they had any hope of getting compensated for their land.
Read more about this topic: Galphin Affair
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