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US Southern Colonies Project|US Southern Colonies Sources and Resources Directory|Province of Georgia History
See the table at US Southern Colonies Sources and Resources Directory for links to other US Southern Colonies pages relevant to Georgia, the other southern colonies (Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas), and project-wide pages, such as US Southern Colonies Reliable Sources.
- The purpose of this page is to provide background and resources relevant to colonial Georgia. It is managed by the Province of Georgia Team of the US Southern Colonies Project.
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Maps
- Hargrett Rare Map Collection, Colonial America
- A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King
- Map of the British Empire in America
- Transatlantic Slave Trade Map Database
- Maps of Africa and the Slave Trade
- Washington Post: 40 Maps that Help Explain the World colonial shipping routes map included
- “A Map of the County of Savannah.” Attributed to James Edward Oglethorpe. In Samuel Urlsperger, Der Ausführlicche Nachrichten . . . Halle, 1735.,” Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections, accessed August 19, 2020.
Colonial History
- Georgia was the last Colony before the American Revolution. It was founded 50 years after the other twelve. Politician James Oglethorpe envisioned Georgia as a refuge for released debtors and the poor. In 1732, King George II approved the colony's charter; the state is named in that king's honor.
- On February 12, 1733, Oglethorpe and more than 100 colonists unloaded their ship, the Anne, and settled in present day Savannah.
Government Structure
- Georgia was different than the other colonies because it received money from Parliament to get started. It also was the only Colony to prohibit slavery and the import of alcohol. the Settlers had no control over their Government and it was entirely ruled by the Trustees. James Oglethorpe was appointed Governor of the new Colony.
Original Structure
- King George II granted a charter for twenty-oneyears to a Board of Trustees for the land between Savannah and the Altamaha ricer and westward to the South Sea.
- Originally, there were twenty-one trustees named in the 1732 charter for establishing the Colony of Georgia. Fifty more Trustees were added between 1732 and 1755.
- The liberties of Englishmen were guaranteed to the colonies, and freedom in religion to all except Catholics.
Evolution of Government Structure
- The colonists were not happy with the restrictions placed on the colony. After 12 years as governor, Oglethorpe returned to England bearing their demands. They wanted to be able to have alcohol and slaves, to participate in their own government, and demanded land reform. They were granted their requests. Alcohol was allowed into the colony mostly because it was thought that the importation of alcohol would improve trade. There was strong opposition to slavery, particularly from the religious immigrants, such as the Salzburgers, but they were in the minority. In 1749, Georgia became a slave colony.
- In 1752, Georgia became a royal colony. The Trustees were unable to establish self-government and as such abandoned the idea before the twenty-one yeaar charter had expired.
- Freeman were given the right to vote (unless they were Catholic) which led to the people electing an Assembly. The Governor was still appointed by the King of England. [1]
Settlers
- After the original restrictions of no slavery or alcohol were released, Georgia began to grow. Although Georgia still remained the least populated of the twelve colonies because it was mostly wilderness, Savannah and surrounding areas saw tremendous growth.
- Georgia was a haven for those in the English Debtors Prisons, the presecuted Salzburgers, Scottish Highlanders and even John Wesley who started Methodism.
- A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia Coulter and Saye, editors. Athens, Georgia. The University of Georgia Press. 1949.
- Scottish Highlanders in Colonial Georgia by Anthony W. Parker
- Oglethorpe's Forty Irish "Convicts" by Rodney M. Baine
- The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740 by Adelaide Fries
- Georgia Salzburgers and allied families by Pearl Gnann
Migrating From the Northern Colonies
- Family Search: Georgia Immigration and Emigration
- FamilySearch Wiki - Lower Cherokee Traders' Path An ancient Indian path that connected Catawba Indian villages in the Waxhaws (Charlotte area) in North Carolina with Cherokee Indian "Lower Towns" in South Carolina and Georgia (Tugaloo) used by whites starting in the 1740s with background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.
- FamilySearch Wiki - King's Highway 1664 from Boston, Massachusetts to Savannah, Georgia, background history, route, and map
- FamilySearch Wiki - Occaneechi Path A key ancient Indian path and trunk trail that connected the Piedmont region including Chesapeake Bay (Petersburg, VA), Occaneechi Village (Clarksville, VA), the Waxhaws (Charlotte, NC), and Cherokee villages of the Carolinas and Georgia (Augusta, GA). Used by whites starting 1748. Includes background history, route, map, connecting trails, and finding settler records.
Ships
- Full List of Passenger of the Ann The first forty families comprised of 112 individuals to arrive in Georgia with General James Oglethorpe.
- Carolina
- Albemarle
- Port Royal
- Joseph and Ann
- Susannah
- Mary and Sarah
- South Carolina Ships' Lists
- Passsngers to Carolinas 1700s
- Georgia Pioneers searchable ship records by port
- Compass Ships' Lists Inward Slave Manifests for the Port of New Orleans Roll 3, January-March 1822
Ships List Sources
- The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations 1600-1700.
- "The First South Carolinians" by St. Julien R. Childs, ("The South Carolina Historical Magazine", Vol. 71 (1970), pp. 101-108; Edited by Joseph I. Waring.)
- The Shaftsbury Papers", edited by Langdon Cheves.The settlers/passengers of the three ships wrote letters to Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper, the Earl of Shaftsbury, in England. He was one of the eight Lords Proprietors. John Locke, the Earl's secretary, organized and compiled papers for the Earl which are known as the "Shaftsbury Papers." The original Shaftsbury Papers are in England but copies may be found in many libraries.
- Bermuda Historical Quarterly. Lefroy. Memorials of the Bermudas.
American Indians
- Description: How to use the Dawes Rolls
- The Dawes Rolls, (Final Rolls of the Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory) 1898-1914
- National Indian Law Library Tracing your Genealogy National Indian Law Library, Tracing Your Roots
- First Nation Genealogy, Tracing Roots of American Indian and First. Nation Genealogy
- Dawes Index: Cherokee
- Cherokee Rolls
- Indian Tribes in Georgia
- Creek Nation, North Georgia
- History of Georgia Native Americans
- Yamasee Indians, Manataka American Indian Council
- Guale Indians of North Georgia
- FreePages:Creek Indian Census Records
- Tomochichi - Gave his Lands to Oglethorpe for Savannah
Indentured Servants
- Slavery and Indentured Servants, Law Library of American Memory
- Indentured Servant Links
- PriceGen: Links for Indentured Servants
Slaves
- When the Georgia Trustees first envisioned their colonial experiment in the early 1730s, they sought to avoid the slave-based plantation economy that had developed in other colonies in the American South. The allure of profits from slavery, however, proved to be too powerful for white Georgia settlers to resist. By the era of the American Revolution (1775-83), African slaves constituted nearly half of Georgia's population[2]
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- Slave Family
- Without Indenture: Index to White Slave Children
- Aquila: Documenting Runaway Slaves Project
- Mulatto Diaries
- The Gullah, Rice Slaves
- Sierra Leonean American
- NPS: Sullivan's Island, the African American Ellis Island
- Slaves Named in Marion County Wills, 1798-1855
- Compass Ships' Lists Inward Slave Manifests for the Port of New Orleans Roll 3, January-March 1822
Political Prisoners
Penal Transportation
Economic Resources and Information
- Economic Aspect of Tobacco during the Colonial Period, 1612-1776
- South Carolina Rice Plantations
- Bioarchaeological Studies of Life in the Age of Agriculture, edited by Patricia M. Lambert
Conflicts Within The Colony
- Battle of Sullivan's Island
- (1715-1717) Yamesee War
- (1739) 40 blacks, 21 whites died in Stono Rebellion
- (1748) Battle of Bloody Marsh
- (1758 - 1761) Anglo Cherokee Wars
Research Resources
Free
- A Key to Southern Pedigrees, being a comprehensive guide to the colonial ancestry of families in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Alabama - Crozier, William Armstrong, 1864-1913. On label on t.p.: Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, distributors
- Daughters of the American Revolution Research System
- Sons of the American Revolution Patriot and Graves Index
- Library of Congress, Colonial and Early America
- National Archives Records of British Colonies and Dependencies
- National Archives, Pre-Federal Records
- National Archives, Pictures of the Revolutionary War
- Full text of "A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825; being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America"
- National Archives, Passenger Lists for the Middle Colonies
- Encyclopedia of. North Ametican Immigration ebook
Paid Research Sites
- Genealogy.com Colonial Land Records
- Fold3 Revolutionary War Pensions
- Fold3 Lowcountry African American Slave Records
Cemeteries
- Colonial Park Cemetery, Entrance
- Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, GA dates from 1750
- Midway Cemetery, GA from 1742
- Chatham County Tombstone Transcription Project Georgia
- Colonial Park Cemetery, East Wall
Slave Cemeteries
- Note: Slave and free African Americans are typically both buried in the cemeteries listed below as freed men continued to work in the same area.
- Find A Grave, Slave Cemeteries
- Laurel Grove Cemetery South slave burials
- Slave Burial Ground at Calhoun Square Savannah, Ga
- Christ Church Slave Cemetery St. Simon's, GA
- Sullivan Island Cemetery Coastal Georgia
WikiTree Resources
Existing Categories
Related Free Space Pages
- Georgia Salzburgers including History, Passengers Lists, DNA Group Information, and Salzburger Stickers
- Georgia Scottish Highlanders including History, Passengers Lists, DNA Group Information, and Stickers
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Sources for this Page
- ↑ The Failure of the Colony of Georgia Under the Trustees by Randall M. Miller
- ↑ Georgia Encyclopedia Slavery in Antebellum Georgia
- Men of Mark in Georgia, Volume I (Northen, Georgia, 1907)
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Here is a great map of 1735: https://digitalarchives.columbusstate.edu/files/original/4cc606647c1b37470af3d3f074d93751.png citation: ““A Map of the County of Savannah.” Attributed to James Edward Oglethorpe. In Samuel Urlsperger, Der Ausführlicche Nachrichten . . . Halle, 1735.,” Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections , accessed August 19, 2020, http://digitalarchives.columbusstate.edu/items/show/19.
This page should be "managed" by the Georgia Colony team.
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December 8, 2014