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Early Settlers of Georgia, Sources

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Date: 1733 [unknown]
Location: Georgiamap
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Contents

Colonial Records

  • Allen D. Candler, The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Vol. III, The General Account of All Monies and Effects Received and Expended by the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America (Atlanta, Georgia: The Franklin Printing and Publishing Company, 1905); digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/colonialrecords04assegoog/page/n7/mode/1up).
  • Allen D. Candler (compiler), Lucian Lamar Knight (editor), The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Vol. 24, Original Papers, Correspondence, Trustees, General Oglethorpe and Others. 1742–1745 (Atlanta, Georgia: Chas. P. Byrd, 1915); digital images, HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002023974091).

History

  • Louis De Vorsey, "The Origin and Appreciation of Savannah, Georgia’s Historic City Squares," Southeastern Geographer, Vol. 52, No. 1 (Spring 2012), pp90-99; digital images, JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26228997).
  • Charles C. Jones Jr., O. F. Vedder, Frank Weldon, History of Savannah, GA. : From Its Settlement to the Close of the Eighteenth Century : From the Close of the Eighteenth Century (Syracuse, New York: D. Mason & Co., 1890); digital images, Digital Library of Georgia (https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/georgiabooks/pdfs/gb0161.pdf).
  • Patrick Tailfer, Hugh Anderson, David Douglas, A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia, in America, From the First Settlement thereof until this present Period : Containing the most authentick Facts, Matters, and Transactions therein : Together with His Majesty's Charter, Representations of the People, Letters, &c. and a Dedication to His Excellency General Oglethorpe. (Charles Town, South Carolina: P. Timothy, 1741); digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/truehistoricalna00tailf/page/n2/mode/1up).
  • Rev. George White, Historical Collections of Georgia : Containing the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc. Relating to Its History and Antiquities, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. Compiled from Original Records and Official Documents, (New York, New York: Pudney & Russell, Publishers, 1855); digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historicalcollec00whit/page/n6/mode/1up).

Land

  • Frances Howell Beckemeyer, Abstracts of Georgia Colonial Conveyance Book C-1, 1750-1761 (Atlanta, Georgia: R. J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation, 1975).

Law

Lists of Settlers

Maps

  • Sir Archibald Campbell, "Roads and country that Col. Campbell marched thro'--Ebenezer to Augusta in Georgia." (?, 1779); digital image of map, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71005475/).
  • John De Brahm, William Gerar, "A map of Savannah River beginning at Stone-Bluff, or Nexttobethell, which continueth to the sea; also, the four sounds Savañah, Warsaw, Hossabaw, and St. Katharines, with their islands; likewise Neuport, or Serpent River, from its mouth to Benjehova Bluff." (?, 1752); digital image of map, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000634/).
  • John De Brahm, William Gerar, A map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia : Containing the whole sea-coast; all the islands, inlets, rivers, creeks, parishes, townships, boroughs, roads, and bridges: As also, several plantations, with their proper boundary-lines, their names, and the names of their proprietors / Composed from surveys taken by the Hon. William Bull Esq, Lieutenant Governor, Captain Gascoign, Hugh Bryan, Esq; and William DeBrahm, Esq; Surveyor General of the Southn. district of North America. Rupublished with considerable additions, from the surveys made & collected by John Stuart Esqr. His Majesty's Superintendant [sic] of Indian Affairs. By William Faden, successor to the late T. Jefferys, geographer to the King. Charing Cross, 1780.; digital images, Digital Library of Georgia (https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_hmap_hmap1780d4#item).
Note: Page 3, Image 6, incorrectly shows the numbering of Lots within the Wards (40 Lots per Ward, instead of the 10 shown, for the original Wards). The table of Grantees at the bottom of that map appears to be correct (40 Lots per Ward). Use Page 2, Image 5, instead for a correct map of the Lots within the Wards.
  • Plan of subdivision of Sections B and C, Farm Lot No. 9, Holland Tything, Percival Ward, City of Savannah, as subdivided for C. H. Dorsett, Esq., Record Series 3121-020, Engineering Department – Major Subdivision Maps, 1871-1972, no date, City of Savannah Municipal Archives; digital image, Digital Library of Georgia (https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gsg_edmsm_edmsm-008-a).

Political Boundaries

Settler Groups

Societies

Vital Statistics

Notes

Abercorn
A historical marker placed at the site of the village of Abercorn, now in Effingham County, Georgia, has the following text "Near here the Village of Abercorn was laid out, in 1733, and ten families assigned to it. In 1734, when the Salzburgers arrived in Georgia, many of them were stationed in Abercorn to wait for their homes to be built in Ebenezer and a road cut through to that place. Their pastor, the Rev. John Martin Bolzius, remained with them during the months of waiting. The location of the Village proved unsuitable for permanent settlement, and in a few years Abercorn was abandoned, to take its place among the Dead Towns of Georgia – only the Creek that runs beside the site still bears the name." [1][2][3]

Battle of Bloody Marsh
This battle between the British and Spanish took place on 7 July 1742. [4][5][6][7]

Highgate (established 1733)
"Oglethorpe and the first shipload of immigrants reached America in January 1733...French families settled at Highgate, about five miles southwest of Savannah". [8] "Twelve Families were settled here in 1733, mostly French,". [9][10][11][12][13] Highgate was a "short distance east of Hampstead". [14] Further research has identified that Highgate was located on what is now the "northeastern portion of present day HAAF" (Hunter Army Airfield) in Savannah, Georgia. [15]

July 1733 Epidemic
In July 1733, an epidemic erupted in Savannah. The febrile illness was described as "appeared chiefly in burning feavers or else bloody fluexes attended by convulsions and other terrible symptoms." and "the kill rate of the epidemic was extraordinarily high (13%)." [16] It is not known if settlers from Highgate died in the epidemic, however Highgate was only 4 to 5 miles from Savannah. Overall the death rate due to the epidemic was high in the settlements around Savannah. An example of the deaths in one of the settlements is "Of the 114 colonists who sailed in November, 1732, on the Ann, 29, or 25.4%, died within the first year. Within the first ten years, 47 of the first 114 colonists died, and 20 others left the Colony either to return to England or to go to Carolina." [17] Settlers also had to endure deaths due to Smallpox, influenza, yellow fever and other causes of death. "Highgate was similar in size to Hampstead but by 1740, the community was only occupied by two families." [15]

Oglethorpe, James [18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Pipemakers Creek
Pipemakers creek "In 2006, Chatham County began efforts to improve Pipemakers Canal; a historic canal which was gradually built between the 19th and 20th centuries. The canal is located north of Downtown Savannah, originating from the Savannah River. The canal, originally derived from Pipemakers Creek, was built to provide drainage for rice cultivation and was later expanded to provide better drainage as urbanization spread throughout Chatham County." Pipemakers Canal is located in Bloomingdale, Garden City and Pooler, Georgia. [25][26][27][28][29]

Slave Code [30][31]

Switzerland [32][33][34][35]

Trustee’s Charge
The best explanation found was from Our State and Our Nation Georgia studies by gpb.org. "Georgia's Charter of 1732 named James Oglethorpe and 20 other British gentlemen interested in charity as trustees." "The first task facing the trustees was to raise money to send colonists to Georgia and to pay for the food and tools they would need once there. Throughout the summer and fall of 1732, sermons, pamphlets, speeches, and newspapers carried appeals for contributions. Soon enough money had been donated to send Georgia’s first shipload of colonists. Deciding who would go was the trustees' next problem. Newspaper announcements about the chance to go to Georgia brought many applications. From these, the trustees had to decide which to send "on charity." They looked for hardworking people who were down on their luck and who had the skills to make the colony a success. Eventually, 35 families were selected. Not a single debtor released from prison was among them. Instead, the list included farmers, carpenters, tailors, bakers, merchants, and those with other skills and trades. Families going on charity received more than free passage to Georgia. Once there, they would receive land [36][37] on which to live and work. They would be given weapons, tools for building and farming, seed, and food to support them until the first harvest came in. In return, the colonists had to clear lands, raise crops, build houses and public structures, and follow the trustees' rules." [38]

Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America [39][40][41]

Tythingmen
These men helped to "regulate town guard duties and militia duties" and "occasionally filled in for constables". [42]

Sources

  1. Georgia Historical Society, The Village of Abercorn, POSTED ON JUNE 16, 2014.
  2. Swiss American Historical Society Review Volume 39 Number 1 Article 2, 2-2003, Swiss Migration to America in the 1730s: A Representative Family, the Pfifister family of Hori, Canton Zurich and the Feaster family in America, Hans Ulrich Pfister.
  3. "Letters from Georgia, v. 14200, 1732–1735 June," Transcripts of the Earl of Egmount papers, p53(126); digital images, Digital Library of Georgia (https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/guan/ms1786/pdfs/ms1786-14200.pdf), image 53.
  4. Wikipedia:Battle_of_Bloody_Marsh.
  5. Georgia Archives, Account of the Battle of Bloody Marsh, Lieutenant Patrick Sutherland, 1742.
  6. Golden Isles Georgia, BLOODY MARSH BATTLE SITE.
  7. Wikipedia:Georgia_Experiment.
  8. Colonial Georgia, A Study in British Imperial Policy in the Eighteenth Century By Trevor R. Reese, University of Georgia Press, 2010.
  9. Patrick Tailfer, Hugh Anderson, David Douglas, A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia, in America, From the First Settlement thereof until this present Period : Containing the most authentick Facts, Matters, and Transactions therein : Together with His Majesty's Charter, Representations of the People, Letters, &c. and a Dedication to His Excellency General Oglethorpe. (Charles Town, South Carolina: P. Timothy, 1741); digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/truehistoricalna00tailf/page/n2/mode/1up).
  10. Oglethorpe and Colonial Georgia: A History, 1733-1783, By David Lee Russell, 1947.
  11. Highgate, Georgia.
  12. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Vernonburg Historic District, 2000.
  13. George F. Jones, "Colonial Georgia's Second Language", The Georgia Review, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Spring 1967), pp87–100; digital images, JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org/stable/41396333).
  14. Lynn Scott, "Pierre Rodolf Morel; Colonial GA," Genealogy.com (https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/morel/169/).
  15. 15.0 15.1 HISTORIC OVERVIEW OF FORT STEWART AND HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD COMMUNITIES AND ASSOCIATED CEMETERIES, United States Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Prepared by DPW Environmental Branch, March 2006.
  16. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, What was the cause of the epidemic in Savannah in 1733? Eric L Altschuler and Aesha Jobanputra, December 2014.
  17. E. Merton Coulter, Albert B. Saye, A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia (Decatur, Georgia: Bowen Press, 1949); digital images, The University of Georgia Press (https://ugapress.manifoldapp.org/system/actioncallout/942870e2-a50c-411f-9667-389b519cc9ce/attachment/original-91386f8bd1d21dfdccbdcdd88ad0c7c5.pdf).
  18. New Georgia Encyclopedia, James Oglethorpe 1696-1785, Original entry by Edwin L. Jackson, University of Georgia, 12/02/2003 Last edited by NGE Staff on 07/20/2020.
  19. JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia.
  20. Britannica, James Edward Oglethorpe British military officer.
  21. Wikipedia:James_Oglethorpe.
  22. Georgia Historical Society, James Edward Oglethorpe, 2008, Updated July 2016.
  23. Schoolwires Chapter 9 Georgia in the Trustee Period.
  24. Georgia Historical Society, James Oglethorpe, Oglethorpe and Savannah’s City Plan.
  25. EMC Engineering Services, Inc., Pipemakers Canal Improvements.
  26. Savannah Morning News, Pipemakers Canal raises flooding, drainage concerns, By Kelly Quimby, Posted Aug 11, 2017 at 4:58 PM.
  27. Mitigation Case Study: Pipemaker’s Canal.
  28. National Water Quality Monitoring Council, PIPEMAKERS CANAL AT US 17, AT SAVANNAH, GA (USGS-02198971) site data in the Water Quality Portal.
  29. Soil Survey of Chatham County, Georgia, by W. J. Latimer and Floyd S. Bucher, 1911.
  30. New Georgia Encyclopedia, Slavery in Colonial Georgia, Original entry by Betty Wood, Girton College, Cambridge, England, 09/19/2002, Last edited by NGE Staff on 09/29/2020.
  31. Karen Bell, "Atlantic Slave Trade to Savannah," New Georgia Encyclopedia (https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlantic-slave-trade-savannah).
  32. Wikipedia:Switzerland.
  33. Britannica, Switzerland, Written by Thomas Maissen.
  34. Nationsonline, Switzerland.
  35. From the Narrow Passage Vol. 1, 1880-1913, By David T. Gochenour II, 2009, (page 21, languages spoken in Switzerland).
  36. Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons, LSU Doctoral Dissertations, 2002, Liberty and authority in Colonial Georgia, 1717-1776, Andrew C. Lannen.
  37. American History From Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium, 5d. Debtors in Georgia.
  38. Our State and Our Nation, Unit 3, Georgia as a Trustee Colony Chapter 6.
  39. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Trustees for establishing the colony of Georgia in America, act. 1732–1752), A. A. Hanham, Published online: 28 September 2006.
  40. Wikipedia:Trustees_for_the_Establishment_of_the_Colony_of_Georgia_in_America.
  41. Library of Congress, Establishing the Georgia Colony, 1732-1750.
  42. Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons, LSU Doctoral Dissertations, Liberty and authority in Colonial Georgia, 1717-1776, Andrew C. Lannen, 2002, pages 51 and 133.




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