Chapter IX: Part 9

“Complaints have been made to the General that some of the Soldiers have injured the Buildings in the Town; and his own observation convinces him that these complaints are but too well founded. Actions like these disgrace an army, and render it hateful. Any Soldier who either offers Insult or does Injury to the Persons or Property of the Inhabitants will be punished in the severest manner. And officers of every degree are injoined to exert themselves to prevent such Enormities for the future if possible, or to detect those who may commit them, that they may receive that punishment which such Actions so richly deserve. Officers of Companies are to take particular care that their men are made acquainted with this Order.”

[211] If we may credit a contemporary writer, the population of the Midway settlement was considerably demoralized.

“Fields once her [Midway’s] glory and her pride,
Weeds, grass, and briars now do hide.
And worst of villains make their home
Where flames had happen’d not to come.

“Instead of preaching, prayers, and praises,
Now on the Gospel holy days
They race, and fight, and swear and game,
Without regard to law or shame.

“They arm’d, disguis’d, with faces blacked,
Do many villainies transact;
The few, few honest that are here,
Do often rob and put in fear.”

MS. DIARY OF BENJ’N BAKER.

[212] For this disobedience of orders Major Lane was subsequently tried by a Court Martial and dismissed the service. McCall’s Georgia, vol. II, p. 177. Savannah, 1816.

[213] This island lying in front of Sunbury, divides Midway river into two channels known respectively as the front and back rivers.

[214] McCall’s History of Georgia, vol. II, pp. 177, 179. Savannah, 1816.

General Moultrie, then at Purysburg, before the news of the surrender of Sunbury and its fort had reached him, wrote to Colonel Pinckney: “I fear we have lost Sunberry and the two gallies that took shelter under that battery, last Thursday or Friday, as we heard a very heavy cannonade from that quarter. The officer commanding had about 120 Continentals and some inhabitants within the fort,—refused to evacuate the post; notwithstanding his receiving positive orders for that purpose he, Don Quixote-like, thought he was strong enough to withstand the whole force the British had in Georgia, for which, I think, he deserved to be hanged.” Memoirs of the American Revolution, &c., vol. I, p. 259. New York, 1802.

[215] Memoirs of the American Revolution, &c., vol. I, p. 259. New York, 1802.

[216] McCall’s History of Georgia, vol. II, pp. 235, 237. Savannah, 1816.

[217] McCall’s Georgia, vol. II, pp. 270 and 271. Savannah, 1816. White’s Historical Collections of Georgia, pp. 533, 537. New York, 1855.

[218] History of Georgia, vol. II, p. 283, et seq. Savannah, 1816.

[219] See letter of Sir James Wright to Lord George Germain, under date Savannah, 20th August, 1780. Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, vol. III, p. 314. Savannah, 1873.

[220] General James Screven, who fell in the skirmish near Midway Meeting House.

[221] This monument has never been reared. The obligation is as binding now as when thus solemnly recognized.

[222] Quoted in White’s Historical Collections of Georgia, p. 530. New York, 1855.

[223] See Watkins’ Digest, pp. 298, 618.

[224] See White’s Historical Collections of Georgia, p. 528. New York, 1855.

[225] See Historical Address before the Liberty Independent Troop by the Rev. Dr. Charles Colcock Jones, pp. 10, 11. Savannah, 1856.

[226] See Watkins’ Digest, p. 431. Marbury and Crawford’s Digest, pp. 128, 129.

[227] Clayton’s Digest, p. 213.

[228] Clayton’s Digest, p. 243.

[229] “Notes and Observations on the Pine Lands of Georgia,” &c., p. 65. Augusta, 1801.

[230] Watkins’ Digest, p. 380.

[231] Clayton’s Digest, pp. 115, 246.

[232] See Watkins’ Digest, p. 618.

[233] Gazetteer of the State of Georgia. Philadelphia, 1829.

[234] Lamar’s Digest, p. 84.

[235] To Mr. G. W. J. DeRenne are we indebted for the following memoranda from H. M. Public Record Office, Georgia, Vol. 35, B. T., touching the primal settlement, and naming of _Hardwick_:

“May 13, 1754.—The Neck of Land called the Elbow on Great
Ogeechee River—which (on the 10th Day of this Month) they had
named George-Town.”

“4 Feb., 1755.—His Excellency was pleased (with the approbation
of the Board) to name the Town lately laid out at a Place
commonly called the Elbow on Great Ogeechee River, Hardwick.”

“_Minutes of the Proceedings of the Governor in Council._”

[236] Board of Trade. V. 167. Stevens’ History of Georgia, vol. I, pp. 405, 406. New York, 1847. White’s Historical Collections of Georgia, p. 183. New York, 1855.

[237] This river was then called the GREAT HOGOHECHIE, which responds more nearly to its original Indian name than the appellation subsequently adopted.

[238] See Plans and Elevations of the Forts necessary in Georgia, forwarded with Governor Reynolds’ letter of the 5th of January, 1756, and now on file in the Public Record Office, London; Maps B. T., vol. XIII, No. 14.

[239] The design of transferring the Capital of the Colony from Savannah to Hardwick, conceived by Governor Reynolds, was adhered to by his successor, Governor Ellis. “The depth of water in the river, its more central position, its greater distance from Charleston—the proximity to which, he argued, restricted the commerce of Savannah—the convenience of its harbour as a naval station, and the fertility of its adjacent lands, were the principal motives which operated with him to enforce the plan suggested by his predecessor. As a consequence of clinging to this scheme of removal, Governor Reynolds had neglected repairing the public buildings of Savannah, and its inhabitants had ceased enlarging and beautifying a town so soon to be deserted. The Filature was out of repair, the Church was so decayed that it was only kept from falling down by surrounding it with props, and the prison ‘was shocking to humanity.’

“The removal of the Seat of Government to Hardwicke, which had received the favorable notice of former Governors, was discouraged by Sir James Wright, who argued that if the object of a removal was to obtain a more central position, Hardwicke was too near; while, on the other hand, a removal there would be very disadvantageous to the present capital which was conveniently settled for intercourse with the Indians and for trade with South Carolina. The project was therefore abandoned, and the attention of the Assembly was directed to enlarging and strengthening the City which Oglethorpe had founded.”

Stevens’ History of Georgia, vol. I, p. 433. Vol. ii, p. 19.

[240] History of the Province of Georgia, &c., p. 25. Wormsloe, 1849.

[241] Marbury and Crawford’s Digest, p. 151.

[242] Watkin’s Digest, p. 339.

[243] Marbury and Crawford’s Digest, p. 167.

[244] Jonathan Bryan.

[245] Careful search fails to disclose a map of this survey either among the records of Bryan County, or in the State Archives.

[246] Marbury and Crawford’s Digest, pp. 544, 546.

[247] Idem., p. 160.

[248] Marbury and Crawford’s Digest, p. 174.

[249] Lamar’s Digest, p. 211.

[250] Page 65. Augusta, 1801.

[251] Page 116.

[252] Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, &c., pp. 321, 322. London, 1792.

[253] Watkins’ Digest, p. 325.

[254] See Watkins’ Digest, p. 444.

[255] Watkins’ Digest, p. 658.

[256] Clayton’s Digest, p. 58.

[257] Clayton’s Digest, p. 92.

[258] Clayton’s Digest, p. 182.

[259] “Notes and Observations on the Pine Lands of Georgia,” &c., pp. 62, 63. Augusta, 1801.

[260] The original name of this village was the _Town of Lincoln_. See Sibbald’s “Notes and Observations on the Pine Lands of Georgia,” &c., p. 63. Augusta, 1801.

[261] Marbury and Crawford’s Digest, p. 177.

[262] Dawson’s Digest, p. 450.

[263] Dawson’s Digest, p. 109.

[264] Clayton’s Digest, p. 606.

[265] Pamphlet Laws of 1836, p. 103.

[266] Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, vol. III, part I. Savannah, 1848.

[267] Miscellanies of Georgia, part I, p. 67. Columbus, 1874.

[268] Wormsloe, 1849, pp. 25, 26.

[269] p. 235. A. La Haye, 1755.

[270] DeBrahm’s History of the Province of Georgia, p. 30. Wormsloe, 1849. Stevens’ History of Georgia, vol. I, pp. 406, 407. New York, 1847.

[271] Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, &c., pp. 35, 36. London, 1792.

[272] For further notices of these villages see “Moore’s Voyage to Georgia,” p. 32. London, 1744. “An Account Shewing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia,” &c., p. 35. London, 1741. “A State of the Province of Georgia, attested upon Oath,” &c., p. 10. London, 1742. “Extract of the Rev’d Mr. John Wesley’s Journal,” &c., p. 61. Bristol, n. d. “A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia,” &c., p. 109. Charles-Town, 1741. “An Impartial Enquiry into the State and Utility of the Province of Georgia,” &c., p. 51. London, 1741.

[273] “A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia,” &c., vol. II, pp. 166, 318, 319. London, 1742.

[274] London Magazine for 1745, p. 552.

[275] Idem, p. 604.

[276] Stephens’ Journal of Proceedings, vol. II, pp. 472, 492, 497. Idem, vol. III, pp. 13, 16, 17, 124, 206. London, 1742.

INDEX.

Abercorn, 14.
Its location and settlement, 137.
Saltzburgers refreshed at, 138.
Mr. Stephens’ visit to, 138-139.
Occupied by Col. Campbell, 140.
Feeble life of, 139-140.

Abbott, John, 240.

African slaves, 171.

Alexander, Dr., 222.

Allen, Rev. Moses, 222.

Alligators, 58.

Amelia island, 59, 77, 97.

Anastasia island, 85.

Andrew, Benjamin, Sr., 206.

Antrobus, Isaac, 157.

Argyle, the Duke of, 91.

Augspourguer, Samuel, 26.

Bachelor’s redoubt, 96.

Bacon, Francis, 244.

Baillie, Kenneth, 145, 146.

Baker, Benjamin, 194, 222.

Baker, John, 188.

Baker, Captain John, 178.
Colonel, 185, 222.

Baker, Major William, 186, 200, 222.

Barba, Captain Antonio, 108, 109.

Barker, Joseph, 19.

Barrimacké, village of, 97, 249.

Bartram, William, visits Frederica, 128-129.
His visit to, and description of Sunbury, 169, 170.
His description of Fort James, 233, 247.

Belfast, Captain Spencer’s exploit at, 199.

Bergman, Rev. John Ernest, 40.

Bermuda, emigrants from in Sunbury, 156.

Bermuda-grass, 217.

Bermuda island, 157, 169, 171.

Bethany, 30.

Bewlie, 250, 251.

Black-Sloop, the privateer, 99.

Blandford, the man of war, 67.

Bloody-marsh, affair of, 108, 109.

Bolzius, Rev. John Martin, 11, 14, 18, 25, 27, 31.

Bosomworth, Thomas, 155.

Bosomworth, Mary, 155.

Bowen, Commodore Oliver, 202.

Braddock, Captain, affair with the Dunmore, 202.

Brandon, village of, 245, 247.

Brewery on Jekyll island, 96.

British exactions, 197-199.

Brooks, Francis, 78.

Brownson, Governor Nathan, 222.

Bryan, Jonathan, 178, 183.

Bull, Lieutenant-Governor, 102.

Bulloch, Archibald, 174.

Bull-Town Swamp, affair at, 185.

Cadogan, Lieutenant, 110.

Call, Richard, 205.

Campbell, Colonel, 140, 192, 194, 197.

Canal, through General’s island, 96.
To connect Midway and North-Newport rivers, 158.

Carney, Captain Arthur, 130.

Carolina, refuses to aid Georgia, 102.

Caroline, Queen, 26.

Carr, Mark, cession of lands to, 143, 144.
A marked man in the Colony, 143.
Conveys land to Trustees for Town of Sunbury, 145.

Carr, Thomas, 155.

Cathcart, Ensign, 88.

Chappell, A. H., 242, 243.

Christ Church, Parish of, 35.

Cochrane, Lieut. Col. James, 66.

Colonel’s island, Fuser lands upon, 189.

Commissioners for the port of Sunbury, 208.

Commissioners of Frederica, 132, 133.

Cook, Lieut. Col., 104.

Cooper, Colonel, 178.

Couper, John, 190.

Cornish, Captain, 50, 52.

Cotton, 24.

Counties in Georgia in 1777, 172.

Coweta-Town, 75.

Craemer, Christopher, 36.

Cruger, Col., 199, 200.

Cumberland island, 59, 97.

Cuthbert, Hon. Alfred, 222.

Cuthbert, Hon. John A., 219, 222.

Darien, 55.
Description of, in 1743, 116.

Dartmouth, Earl of, 127, 176.

Dartmouth, town of, 233, 234.

Dasher, Martin, 37.

DeBrahm, John Gerar, William, 21, 30, 34, 225, 226, 245.

D’Estaing, Count, 40, 200.

Defatt, Captain, 183.

Delegal, Ensign, 63.

Delegal, Lieutenant, 63.

Delegal’s fort, 63.

Demeré, Captain Raymond, 94, 109, 110.

DeRenne, Mr. G. W. J., 253.

Desbrisay, Captain, 88.

Destrade, 99.

Dollar, Captain, 195.

Dorchester settlement, 150.

Dorchester Society, 149.
Removal to Midway district, 150-154.

Dunbar, Captain, 51, 104, 106, 108.

Dunbar, Lieutenant George, 56, 81.

Dunwody, Dr., 223.

Ebenezer, Old. Location of, 13.
Settlement of, 14-15.
Accession to population of, 17.
Sickness at, 17.
Inhabitants of, dissatisfied with situation, 18.
Removal to New Ebenezer, 19.

Ebenezer, New. Location of, 19, 20.
Plan of the town of, 21.
Condition of in 1738-9, 21, 24.
Silk-culture at, 25-30.
Mill-establishment at, 32.
Church property, 33.
Library at, 34.
Period of greatest prosperity of, 35.
Division of sentiment at commencement of Revolutionary War, 36.
Occupied by Lieut. Col. Maitland, 36.
Fortified, 36.
Sufferings of inhabitants of, during the war, 37 et seq.
Decay of, 40.
Revival of the prosperity of, 40.
Its decline, 41, 42.
Made the County-town of Effingham County, 41.
Removal of public buildings to Springfield, 41, 42.
Glebe lands of, sold, 42.
Present appearance of, 43, 44.

Edinborough, 239.

Effingham County, 35.

Elbert, Col. S., 129.
Reports capture of the Hinchinbrooke, 130-131, 183, 187.

Elberton, 41.

Elfenstein, Jacob, 37.

Elfenstein, Joshua, 37.

Elliott, Grey, 145, 146.

Elliott, John, 145, 146, 222.

Ellis, Governor, 149, 179.

Embarcation, the great, 15, 16.

English language introduced into the Saltzburger Churches, 42.

Eyre, Ensign, 104.

Falcon, the sloop, 99.

Federal Town, 239.

Few, Col., 199.

Filature in Savannah, 27-29.

Flöerl, John, 36.

Floyd, Gen. Charles, 219.

Forces, estimate of Spanish and English, during the attack upon St.
Simon’s island, 115.

Fort Argyle, 47, 48, 142, 181, 249.

Fort Augusta, 181.

Fort Barrington, 181, 241.

Fort Bartow, 183.

Fort Defence, 220.

Fort Diego, 81.

Fort Francis de Papa, 81.

Fort Frederick, 127, 128, 181.

Fort George, 180.

Fort Halifax, 180.

Fort Howe, 185.

Fort James, 233.

Fort Morris, 180-183.

Fort Picolata, 78.

Fort St. Andrews, 59, 61, 73, 97.

Fort St. Francis, 78.

Fort St. George, 61, 180.

Fort St. Simons, 60, 61.

Fort William, 61, 97, 104, 105, 113, 181.

Francisville, 241-244.

Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, 146.

Frederica, 17, 45, 48.
Arrival of Colonists at, 51.
Town and fort laid out, 51-53.
Plan of the town, 53-54.
Labors of the early settlers of, 54-55.
Location of the town of, 55.
Harbor of, 55-56.
Attractions and health of the place, 56, 57.
Indian dance at, 60.
Fort strengthened and water battery constructed, 61, 62.
Supplied with water and bread, 62.
Powder magazine and store-house built, 64.
Courageous spirit of the inhabitants of, 64.
Garrison reinforced by Oglethorpe’s regiment, 67, 68.
Military road connecting with Soldiers’ fort, 68, 69.
Depressing condition of affairs at, 70, 71.
Enclosed by a fortification, 72.
Population of, in 1740, 94, 95.
Defensive works and general appearance of, 96.
Spanish demonstration against, 107-114.
Strengthened by Oglethorpe, 117, 148.
Magazine blown up, 119.
Condition and appearance of in 1743, 119-126.
Description of in 1747, 125, 126.
Troops withdrawn from, 126, 129.
Visited by Governor Reynolds, 127.
New defensive works suggested, 127.
Visited by Bartram, 128, 129.
Col. Elbert’s description of, in 1777, 129.
State legislation in regard to, 132, 134.
Capture of the Hinchinbrooke near, 130, 131.
Military works of, ordered to be repaired, 132.
Town burnt, 132.
Commissioners of, appointed, 132, 133.
Sibbald’s description of, 134.
Ceases to exist, 135.
Kemble’s description of its ruins, 136.

French deserter, 111, 112.

Fuser, Lieut. Col., 132, 158, 185.
Threatens Sunbury, 189, 192.
Summons Fort Morris to surrender, 189.
Raises the siege of Sunbury, 192.

Galatea, escape of the, 132.

General’s island, canal cut through, 96.

Georgia, original cession of lands to the Trustees of the Colony of,
47.

Georgia’s losses, 205.

German village on St. Simon’s island, 122, 249.

Germain, Lord George, 185.

Gibbon, Ensign, 109, 110.

Gibraltar, troops from, 66.

Goldsmith, Captain, 200.

Goshen, 30, 249.

Gray, Lieutenant, 200.

Greene, Gen. Nathaniel, 204.

Grey, Edmund, 247.

Gronau, Rev. Israel Christian, 11, 18, 25.

Gwinnett, Button, 129, 156, 174, 222.

Habersham, Mr., 29.

Hall, Dr. Lyman, 173, 175, 177, 205, 222.

Hampstead, village of, 248.

Hardy, Captain, 114, 202.

Hardwick, named in 1755, 224.
Suggested as the Capital of Georgia, 224, 225.
Fortifications for, planned by DeBrahm, 225.
Grant of lands for settlers of, 225.
State legislation in regard to, 227, 228, 231, 232.
Ceases to be the County site of Bryan Co., 228, 229.
Sibbald’s description of, 229.
Population of, 229.
Inhabitants of, 229.
Its commerce, 230.
Its decadence, 229.
Its location, 229, 230.
Attempted revival of, 231.

Harrington Hall, 94.

Harris, Dr., 70.

Harrisburgh, 239.

Hartford, 240.

Hawkins, Col. Benjamin, 241-243.

Heathcote, Alderman, 70.

Hector, the man of war, 67.

Hermsdorf, Captain, 15, 17, 51.

Heron, Major, 88, 99, 106.

High-Gate, 248.

Highlanders, settlement of at New Inverness, 48, 49.
Bravery of, 49.
Two, butchered on Amelia island, 77, 78.
Killed at Fort Moosa, 87.
Plantation of, on Amelia island, 97.

Hinchinbrooke, capture of the, 130-131.

Holsendorf, William, 37.

Homer, Captain, 104.

Horcasilas, General, 103.

Horton, Mr., 50, 65, 71, 96.

Horton, Captain, 105, 108, 113, 119.

Houstoun, John, 174.

Howe, Gen’l Robert, 130, 184, 185, 193, 194.

Howell, Captain, 202.
Affair at Sunbury, 203.

Howley, Richard, 222.

Indian Allies, 97.

Indian Chief, valor of, 89.

Indian dance, 60.

Indian depredations, 208, 209.

Indian fields, 55.

Ingham, Rev. Mr., 15.

Innes, Col. Alexander, 197.

Insurrection of negro slaves, 74, 75.

Jackson, Major James, 187, 204.

Jacksonborough, 239, 240.

Jacksonborough Methodist Episcopal Church, 239.

Jasper, Sergeant, 38.

Jekyll, Sir Joseph, 68.

Jerusalem Church, 25, 32, 36, 38, 39.

Jones, Captain Joseph, 219.

Jones, Major John, 200, 222.

Jones, Captain Noble, 108, 251, 252.

Jones, Hon. Noble W., 174.

Joseph’s Town, 137, 138, 249.

Kelsall, Col. Roger, 203.

Kemble, Frances Anne, 136.

Kilpatrick, Gen. Judson, 189.

Kitchen, James, 157.

Kitchins, Collector, 203.

Lamar, Captain C. A. L., 182.

Lands, tenure of in Georgia, 144, 145.

Lane, Major, 180, 191, 194.
Surrenders Fort Morris, 195, 196.

Law, William, 222.

Lawrence, John, Jr., 125-126.

Lawson, Captain John, 196, 202.

Lee, Gen’l Charles, 183.

Lee, Francis, 155.

Lembke, Rev. Mr., 25, 32.

Lewis, Captain Elijah, 209.

Liberty County, 172, 176, 205, 208, 209, 210, 218, 220.

Liberty Independent Troop, 220.

Library of New Ebenezer, 34.

Lincoln, General Benjamin, 40, 200.

Lisbon, 239.

Lombe, Sir Thomas, 25.

London Merchant, the ship, 50.

Lord, Rev. Joseph, 150.

Lyell, Sir Charles, 57.

MacClellan, Captain, 119-120.

MacKay, Captain Hugh, 49, 55, 58, 59, 73.

MacKay, Lieutenant, 104, 109.

Magazine at Frederica, blown up, 119.

Malatche, 155.

Malcontents, 100, 101.

Martin, John, 155, 205.

Martyn, Benjamin, 21, 24, 26, 45, 46.

Mattock, Joseph, 247.

Maxwell, Lieutenant, 104.

Maxwell, Captain, 202.

Maxwell, James, 145, 146.

Maybank, Col. Andrew, 178.

McAllister, Matthew, 216.

McCall, Captain Hugh, 108, 156, 195, 196, 201.

McGirth, 185, 187, 202.

McIntosh, Col. John, 184, 189, 190, 191, 199, 222.

McIntosh, John Moore, 49.

McIntosh, General Lachlan, 49, 130, 200.

McIntosh, Rory, 190.

McPherson, Captain, 48, 50.

McWhir, Rev’d Dr. Wm., 214, 215.

Messias, Major, 219.

Midnight, the sloop, 50.

Midway, the district of, 147, 151, 188.

Midway Congregation, 149-154, 170.

Midway Meeting House, 170.
Affair near, 186-188.
Burnt by Prevost, 188.

Midway river, 147, 148.

Milton, John, 205.

Miscellaneous plantations in Georgia, 250.

Miscellaneous towns in Georgia, 245-246.

Mistakes in early Colonization, 253-255.

Molochi, 80.

Monteano, Don Manuel de, 102, 112, 113.

Moore, Francis, 16, 18, 50, 56, 58, 248.

Moosa, Fort, 84, 85.

Moravians, 15.

Morris, Fort, 180, 183.
Invested by Lieut. Col. Fuser, 189, 192.
Summoned to surrender, 189.
Captured by Prevost, 195, 196.
Name changed, 196, 220.

Moultrie, General Wm., 140, 198.

Muhlenburg, Rev. Dr., 32.

Mulberry trees, 26.

Negro slaves, 74, 205.

New Castle, the Duke of, 98.

New Inverness, settlement of, 48.
Description of in 1743, 116.

Newton, Sergeant, 38.

Nitschman, Rev. David, 15.

Norfolk, the sloop, 99.

North Newport Bridge, affair at the, 186.

Ogeechee Ferry, 188.

Oglethorpe, James E., 12.
Designates a settlement for the Saltzburgers, 13, 14.
Accompanies great embarcation, 16.
Visits New Ebenezer, 18.
Consents to a change in the location of the town, 18.
Suggests silk-culture in Georgia, 25, 26.
Offers reasons for founding the Colony of Georgia, 46, 47.
Provides homes for emigrants, 47.
Explores the southern frontiers, 48.
Accompanies Colonists to Frederica, 51, 53.
Locates town and fortifications at Frederica, 51-54.
Prescribes the labors of the settlers, 54.
Disabuses the minds of the Colonists of the fear of alligators, 58.
Ascertains boundary line between Georgia and Florida, 58, 59.
Locates Fort St. Andrews, 59; Fort William, 61; and Fort St.
George, 61.
His activity and boldness in protecting the southern frontier, 61,
62, 70, 71.
Accomplishes temporary adjustment of disputes with the Spaniards in
Florida, 64, 65.
Embarks for England, 65.
Appointed General of all the forces in Carolina and Georgia, 66.
Authorized to raise a regiment, and commissioned Colonel, 66.
Raises his regiment, 66, 67.
Arrives with troops in Jekyll Sound, 67.
Constructs military road connecting Frederica and the Soldiers’
Fort, 68, 69.
Advises Alderman Heathcote and the Trustees of the depressing
condition of affairs, 70, 71.
Attempted assassination of, 73, 74.
Propitiates the Indian nations, 75, 76.
Acts as one of the pall-bearers of Tomo-chi-chi, 76.
Pursues the Spaniards, 78.
Prepares for the reduction of St. Augustine, 79-81.
Captures Forts Francis de Papa, and Diego, 81.
Proposes to take St. Augustine “sword in hand,” 82.
Advances upon and invests St. Augustine, 85-88.
Raises the siege of that place, 88.
Causes of his failure to capture the town, 88-90.
Conduct of, complimented by the Duke of Argyle, 91.
Sick of a fever, 91-92.
Ceaseless activity of, 92, 93.
His cottage near Frederica, 93, 94.
Narrowly watches St. Augustine, 97, 98.
His control over the Indians, 97, 98.
Asks reinforcements from the Home Government, 98.
His manly resolution, 99.
Demonstration off the harbor of St. Augustine, 99.
Assailed by malcontents, 100, 101.
His account of the Spanish attack upon St. Simon’s island, 103-114.
Estimate of his services, 115, 116.
Congratulated by the Governors of the Colonies, 117.
Strengthens the fortifications of Frederica, 117.
Invades Florida and threatens St. Augustine, 118.
Departs for England, 119.

Oglethorpe’s regiment, 66.
Mutiny in, 73, 74, 92.

Oglethorpe’s Cottage near Frederica, 93, 94.

Old Agency, the, 241-243.

Oranges, wild, on Amelia island, 97.

Osgood, Rev. Mr., 170.

Ottolenghe, Mr., 28.

Palmer, Col., 85.
Killed at Fort Moosa, 86-87.

Parker, Sir Hyde, 197.

Periaguas, 52, 71.

Peter and James, the sloop, 52.

Petersburg. Its situation, 234.
Declared a depot for the inspection and storage of tobacco, 234.
Its plan, 235-236.
Legislative provisions in reference to, 236.
Sibbald’s account of, 237.
Its dwellings, stores, population, and trade, 237.
A tobacco town, 238.
Its decline, 238.

Petersburg Union Society, 236.

Petersburg Boats, 237-238.

Peyton, Sir Yelverton, 67, 83, 85.

Pinckney, Col. C. C., 184, 196, 220.

Pike’s Bluff, 96.

Point Quartel, 85.

Pray, Capt., 202.

Prevost, Gen. Augustine, 185, 188.
Captures Sunbury, 195-196, 200.

Prevost, Lieut. Col. Mark, 185, 186-188.

Price, Charles, 201.

Price, Commodore Vincent, 80.

Proprietors of the Town of Sunbury, 159-169.

Puritan element in St. John’s Parish, 176, 177.

Quaker Spring, 240.

Quarterman, Capt. Robert, 219.

Queensbury, town of, 245.

Rabenhorst, Mr., 32, 36, 37.

Rahn, Jonathan, 37.

Rattle-snakes, 58.

Raven, 80.

Reels, 29.

Reynolds, Gov. John, visits Frederica, 127.
Suggests new defenses, 127.

Reynolds, Gov. John, locates Hardwick, 224,
and suggests it as the capital of Georgia, 224-226.

Riceboro, made the county seat of Liberty county, 216-217.

Riceboro Bridge, affair at, 186.

Road connecting Frederica and the Soldier’s Fort, 68, 69.

Road connecting Savannah and Darien, 55.

Rodondo, Major General Antonio de, 102.

Roman, Major, 187.

Rudolph, Captain, 209.

Salgrado, Don Antonio, 86.

Sallett, Robert, 200.

Salter, Captain, 196.

Saltzburgers, 11.
Arrival in Georgia, 12.
Locate at Ebenezer, 13.
Desire a change of settlement, 18.
Change effected, 19.
Remove to New Ebenezer, 20, et seq.
Occupations of, 23.
Character of, 24.
Cultivation of silk by, 25-30.
Settlements of in Georgia, 30-31.
Sufferings of during the Revolutionary war, 37, et seq.
Removal of to various points, 42.

Sanchio, Captain, 108.

Savannah, evacuated, 204.

Schnider, J. Gotlieb, 37.

Schnider, John, 37.

Schnider, Jonathan, 37.

Screven, General, 186.
Killed, 187, 207.

Scroggs, Lieutenant, 108.

Sea-Point Battery, 64.

Sherwood, Abiel, 218.

Sibbald, George, 134, 212, 229, 237.

Silk-Culture in Georgia, 25-30.

Skidoway Island, 248.

Soldier’s Fort, 67, 68.

Spalding, Mr. James, 128.

Spalding, Hon. Thomas, 69, 75, 94, 97, 98.

Spanish Forces in Florida in January, 1740, 82.
In 1742, 102, 103.

Spencer, Capt., exploit at Belfast, 199, 202.

Springfield, 41.

Spur, the, 62.

St. Augustine, its defenses, 81.
Reinforced, 83.
Invested by Oglethorpe, 83-84.
Siege of, 84-88.
Siege raised, 87-88.
Causes of Oglethorpe’s failure to capture, 89, 90.
Narrowly watched by Oglethorpe, 98.
Scarcity of food in, 98.
Demonstration of Oglethorpe before the harbor of, 99.

St. Augustine, Threatened by Oglethorpe, 118.

St. Catherine, Island of, 155, 156.

St. John, Parish of, 148, 149, 171, 172-178, 193-199, 201.

St. Matthew, Parish of, 34, 35.

St. Simon, Island of; its attractions, 57.
Attack of the Spaniards upon, 103-114.

St. Simon, village of, 96, 107.
Destroyed by the Spaniards, 112.

Stephens, William, 19, 65.
Visits Oglethorpe, 91.
Appointed Deputy General of Georgia, 119.
His description of Abercorn, 139.
Owns and names Bewlie, 250, 251.

Stevens, John, 145, 146.

Stewart, General Daniel, 219, 222.

Stiles, Captain, 202.

Stirk, Col. John, 36, 37.

Stirk, Secretary Samuel, 37, 205.

Strobel, Rev. P. A., 20, 32, 37, 43, 44.

Strohaker, Rudolph, 37.

Stuart, Lieutenant, 113.

Success, the ship, 105, 106.

Sunbury Academy, 212-215.
Teachers of, 215, 216.

Sunbury Female Asylum, 218.

Sunbury, Town of, its location, 141-143.
Conveyance of 300 acres of land to the Trustees of, 145.
Signification of the name of, 145, 146.
Condition of the Midway District at the period of the settlement
of, 149-154.
Plan of, 154.
Declared a port of entry, 155.
Emigrants from Bermuda in, 156.
Commerce of, 157-158.
Health of, 158.
Proprietors of, 159-169.
Bartram’s description of, 169, 170.
Population of, at era of greatest prosperity, 170, 171.
Exports, and imports of, 171.
Character of its population, 171.
Its wharves, 171.
Its government, 172.
Rebellious spirit of its inhabitants, 175.
Fort built at, 178, 179.
Location, construction, and armament of Fort Morris, 181-183.
Threatened by Colonel Mark Prevost, 187.
Invested by Lieut. Col. Fuser, 189-192.
Siege raised, 192.
Houses of, injured by the garrison, 193.
Its depressed condition, 194.
Reduction of Fort Morris, 195-196.
Captured by Prevost, 195, 196.
Languishes, 202.
Affair of Captain Howell at, 203.
Increase of population, 205, 206.
Chief Justice Walton’s Charge to the Grand Jury in, 206, 207.
Designated as the point for holding the Superior and Inferior
Courts of Liberty County, 208.
Commissioners appointed for the port of, 208.
Revival of the trade of, 208.
Indian incursions in the neighborhood of, 208.
Public acts for the regulation of, 210-212.
Description of, in 1801, 212.
Sunbury Academy, 212-215.
Removal of the public buildings to Riceboro, 216-217.
Decline and ill-health of, 217, 218.
Sherwood’s description of, 218.
Female Asylum, 218.
Fort rebuilt, 218.
Fourth of July celebrations in, 220, 221.
Its decadence, 221.
Present condition of, 221, 222.
Its noted inhabitants, &c., 222, 223.

Sutherland, Lieutenant, 109.

Symond, the ship, 50.

Tanner, Mr., 50.

Tennill, Lieutenant, 194.

Thomas, Captain, 50, 52.

Thompson, Captain, 105, 106.
His description of Frederica in 1747, 125, 126.

Thunderbolt, 248.

Tobacco, culture and inspection of in Georgia, 234, 235.

Tolson, Lieutenant, 105.

Tomo-chi-chi, 48, 50, 58, 60.
Death and burial of, 76, 77.

Toonahowi, 77, 81, 108.

Treutlen, John Adam, 36, 37.

Triebner, Rev. Christopher F., 32, 36, 37, 40.

Trustees of Sunbury, 145.

Tuckasee-King, 41.

Twiggs, Colonel, 199.

Tybee, Island of, 249.

Tyrrell, Captain, 79.

Vanderdussen, Colonel, 79, 80, 85, 87, 88.

Vatt, Mr., 15.

Vernon, Admiral, 79, 98.

Vienna, the Town of, 239.

VonReck, Baron, 12, 15.

Waldhauer, Jacob, 36.

Waller, the Poet, 143.

Walton, Hon George, 205-207.

Ward, Hon. John E., 222.

Warren, Captain, 83, 86.

Washington, General George, 214.

Wayne, General Anthony, 40, 204.

Wentworth, General, 103.

Wesley, Rev. Charles, 15.

Wesley, Rev. John, 15, 19, 22.

West, Dr., 222.

West, Major Charles, 178.

White, Colonel John, 186, 187.
His stratagem, 187.

Whitefield, Rev. George, 66, 115.

White House, affair at the, 200.

Winn, Captain John, 219.

Wormsloe, plantation of, 251.
Description of in 1743, 251-252.
Tabby Fort at, 252.
Present appearance of, 253.

Wright, Sir James, 29.
Reports condition of Fort Frederick, 128; of Sunbury, 157.
Comments upon disloyalty of St. John’s Parish, 176.
Reports dilapidated condition of the Forts on the Georgia coast,
180, 181, 247.

Young, Mr. Thomas, 199.

Zion Church, 25.

Zittrauer, Ernest, 37.

Zubly, Rev. Dr., 174.