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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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A HISTORY OF
SAVANNAH
AND
SOUTH GEORGIA
BY WILLIAM HARDEN
VOLUME I
V. I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1913
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FOREWORD
The preparation of this history of Savannah was undertaken in response to the urgent request of the publishers who believe there is a demand for it. The writer has been repeatedly asked by others to write such a work, and has now finished the task, sending it forth with the hope that it will measure up to the standard set for it by his friends. He does not claim that it is complete or that it is free from errors. It contains matter here and there which has been heretofore overlooked by other writers in the same field; and it has been his aim always to give, in disputed questions, the evidence which appears to carry with it the greatest weight. Believing that it will meet a long felt want, he hopes that it will prove useful in its place, and craves the indulgence of the reader in the matter of any defects which may be discovered.
SAVANNAH, GA., March 25, 1913.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
FOUNDING OF SAVANNAH
ORIGIN OF NAME-SAVANNAH TOWN FOUNDED-FORETHOUGHT OF OGLE- THORPE-HIS PRISON REFORM RECORD-ORIGIN OF SAVANNAH. . 1
CHAPTER II COMING OF THE OGLETHORPE COLONY
SAILING AND LANDING OF THE COLONY-MESSAGE AND ASSISTANCE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA-OGLETHORPE'S REASONS FOR SELECTING SITE- HUTCHINSON'S ISLAND. 9
CHAPTER III FOUNDING IN DETAIL
THE GOOD SOUTH CAROLINA FRIENDS-STAUNCH COL. WILLIAM BULL- MOORE'S DESCRIPTION OF SAVANNAH-PROGRESS OF THIE INFANT TOWN AND COLONY-SAVANNAH'S ORIGINAL SITE-THE GRANTEES. ... 15
CHAPTER IV OGLETHORPE AND THE INDIANS
INDIAN STATUS WHEN THE COLONY CAME- FIRST CONFERENCE WITH NATIVES-TRUSTEES' GREETINGS TO THE LOWER CREEKS-DECLARA- TION OF LOWER CREEK NATION-EVIDENCES OF MUTUAL REGARD -- THE GOOD CHIEF TOMO-CHI-CHI. 31
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CONTENTS CHAPTER V
THE JEWISH ELEMENT
ATTITUDE TOWARD HEBREW COLONISTS-THRIFTY, INDUSTRIOUS AND HON- EST PEOPLE-RECORD BY JEWISH DESCENDANT-JEWISH CONGREGA- TIONS AND SYNAGOGUES-HEBREW BURIAL GROUNDS-EARLY VINE- YARD OF A PORTUGUESE JEW-BOTH PROGRESSIVE AND PATRIOTIC 44
CHAPTER VI SALZBURG AND SILK
ACCESSION OF SALZBURG ( GERMAN PROTESTANT) COLONISTS-ENCOURAG- ING THE SILK INDUSTRY-THE FILATURE BUILDINGS-DRAWBACKS IN- SURMOUNTABLE 53
CHAPTER VII ORIGINAL SAVANNAH DESCRIBED
FEEDING AND HOUSING OF FIRST COLONISTS-FATHER OGLETHORPE- GORDON'S FIRST TOWN PLAT-PIONEER POINTS OF INTEREST-NAMES OF FIRST STREETS -- THE TRUSTEES' GARDEN 59
CHAPTER VIII
RELIGIOUS, MORAL AND INDUSTRIAL
PIONEER CHURCHES-OGLETHORPE RETURNS TO ENGLAND UNPOPULAR COLONIAL DEPUTY-INTOXICATED WITH POWER AND PRIDE-ANTI-RUM AND ANTI-SLAVE LAWS-THE TRUSTEES AGAINST SLAVERY-WHITE- FIELD IN FAVOR OF SLAVERY. 64
CHAPTER IX
JOIIN AND CILARLES WESLEY
JOHN WESLEY AND ITIS LABORS-ABUSE OF WESLEY-NEW "SECRETARY OF THE TRUST"-WESLEY AND SOPHIA (HOPKINS) WILLIAMSON-MR. WESLEY'S STATEMENT OF THE TROUBLE-THE TRUSTEES TREAT THE MATTER LIGHTLY-CHARLES WESLEY DEPARTS FOR ENGLAND-WHITE- FIELD SUCCEEDS JOHN WESLEY 70
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CHAPTER X
DARK COLONIAL CHAPTER
OGLETHORPE'S ADMINISTRATION APPROVED BY ENGLISHI TRUSTEES-FORTI- FYING GEORGIA 'S SOUTHERN FRONTIER-PROMOTED TO "GENERAL" OGLETHORPE -- CAUSTON'S FINANCES .GO WRONG-OGLETHORPE'S SELF- SACRIFICE-THE FALL OF CAUSTON 86
CHAPTER XI RELIGION, COMMERCE AND DEFENCE
COMING OF WHITEFIELD, WESLEY'S SUCCESSOR-JAMES HABERSHAM, HIS SUCCESSOR-FRANKLIN AND OGLETHORPE ON THE ORPHIAN HOME- HARRIS AND HABERSHAM, MERCHANTS-PIONEERS, BUT NOT THE FIRST -IN DEFENSE OF THE COLONY-SECURING TIIE FRIENDSHIP OF THE CREEKS-THE DEATH OF TOMO-CHI-CHI. 93
CHAPTER XII LAST OF OGLETHORPE ADMINISTRATION
FINAL REPULSE OF THE SPANIARDS-GEORGIA DIVIDED INTO TWO COUN- TIES-FIRST MEETING OF SAVANNAH COUNTY BOARD-OGLETHORPE'S LAST OFFICIAL APPEARANCE-CHANGES IN LAND TENURES-WILLIAM STEPHENS, COLONIAL PRESIDENT-BEAULIEU (BEWILE) FOUNDED BY STEPHENS-THE CREEK-BOSOMWORTH IMBROGLIO-RENEWED FRIEND- SHIP ALMOST SEVERED-FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT OF TROUBLE-OGLE- THORPE'S LAST DAYS IN GEORGIA 105
CHAPTER XIII EARLY CIVIL GOVERNMENT
HENRY PARKER, COLONIAL PRESIDENT-THE FIRST COLONIAL ASSEMBLY- THE MILITIA-EARLY MEASURES TO ESTABLISH THIE COLONY-PATRICK GRAHAM SUCCEEDS PRESIDENT PARKER. 116
CHAPTER XIV CIVIL, RELIGIOUS AND ROYAL
GOVERNOR JOHN REYNOLDS (1754)-CHANGES UNDER NEW GOVERNMENT -GOVERNOR REYNOLDS ARRIVES-GUBERNATORIAL PROCLAMATION-
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COLLAPSE OF COUNCIL HOUSE-NEW COUNCIL HOUSE-NOTES FROM AN EARLY "PLAN OF SAVANNAH"-REYNOLDS' ADMINISTRATION DISAP- POINTING-HENRY ELLIS SUCCEEDS REYNOLDS-JAMES WRIGHT FOL- LOWS ELLIS-PROVINCE DIVIDED INTO PARISIIES-SECOND SAVANNAII CHURCHI (CHRIST CHURCH PARISH)-INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-LUTHERAN CHURCH ORGANIZED-GEORGE III SUCCEEDS GEORGE II-PUBLIC CEREMONIES PROCLAIMING NEW SOVEREIGN. 122
CHAPTER XV GEORGIA'S LAST ROYAL GOVERNOR
WRIGHT'S GOOD TRAITS-RISING DISCONTENT AGAINST ROYALTY-PROS- PEROUS CONDITION OF COLONY-SUNBURY-SPIRIT OF SEDITION IN GEORGIA-GOVERNOR WRIGHT'S DILEMMA-REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT ACKNOWLEDGED-FRANKLIN, GEORGIA'S BRITISH AGENT-RENEWED PROTESTS AGAINST BRITISH ACTS-IIOUSE RESENTS WRIGHT'S INTER-
FERENCE 145
CHAPTER XVI PROGRESS TOWARD INDEPENDENCE
COUNCIL AND HOUSE DIFFER-GOVERNOR WRIGHT DISSOLVES ASSEMBLY- THE STATE OF THE PROVINCE (1773)-THE FORTS-SAVANNAHI PUTS UP A LIBERTY TREE, JUNE 2. 1775-GOVERNOR WRIGHT FORBIDS PUB- LIC MEETING-MEETING HELD-THE "LIBERTY BOYS"-DISSENT TO RESOLUTIONS OF AUGUST 10, 1774-"'LIBERTY BOYS" WORRY ROYAL COUNCIL-STEPS LEADING TO GEORGIA'S INDEPENDENCE. 161
·CHAPTER XVII
EVENTS PRECEDING THE REVOLUTION
"LIBERTY BOYS" RAID POWDER MAGAZINE-MEETINGS OF PROTESTING CITIZENS-ADDRESS OF PROVINCIAL CONGRESS-GEORGIA RECEIVED INTO THE UNION-UNPLEASANT FOR ROYALISTS-CONTINENTAL BATTALION FOR GEORGIA-ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION. 177
CHIAPTER XVIII
COMMENCEMENT OF ACTUAL WAR
GOVERNOR WRIGHIT'S ARREST AND ESCAPE-GEORGIA'S TEMPORARY CON- STITUTION-CONFLICT BETWEEN ROYAL TROOPS AND MILITIA-EXPOR-
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TATION OF RICE STOPPED-ROYALISTS ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE RICE BOATS-ONLY TWO VESSELS ESCAPE TO SEA-COUNCIL OF SAFETY TAKES HEROIC MEASURES-CONGRESS THANKS COLONIAL MILITIA- WRIGHT GOES TO ENGLAND AND RETURNS TO SAVANNAHI-JOHN GRA- HAM AND THUNDERBOLT-SAVANNAH'S FIRST "FOURTH OF JULY" (AUGUST 10TH) 190
CHAPTER XIX SAVANNAH HELD BY BRITISH
CAPTURE OF SAVANNAH BY BRITISH-DISPOSITION OF AMERICAN FORCES- THE BRITISH ENTER SAVANNAH-PROCLAMATION OF ROYALISTS-COM- ING OF THE FRENCH FLEET-D'ESTAING DEMANDS SURRENDER OF SAVANNAH-BRITISH DEFENCE OF SAVANNAH-COMBINED FRENCH- AMERICAN ADVANCE-ALLIED FORCES BOMBARD SAVANNAH-HUMAN- ITY AND OBSTINACY-DISASTER TO THE ALLIES-COUNT PULASKI'S DEATH WOUND THE SIEGE FROM A BRITISH STANDPOINT . . 202
CHAPTER XX SAVANNAH AGAIN AMERICAN
ROYAL CIVIL GOVERNMENT FEEBLE-AFFAIRS MANAGED BY WRIGHT AND COUNCIL-AUGUSTA SURRENDERED TO THE AMERICANS-ROYAL CAUSE GETTING DARK-WRIGHT'S PITIABLE MENTAL CONDITION-AMERICAN TROOPS AT GATES OF SAVANNAH-WAYNE'S TERMS FOR BRITISH EVACUATION-NATHANIEL GREENE AND ILIS SERVICES-CONFISCATED BRITISH ESTATES-'. MULBERRY GROVE" MADE OVER TO GREENE- ANTHONY WAYNE AND HIS SERVICES-GREENE VISITS "MULBERRY GROVE"-DEATH AND FUNERAL OF GENERAL GREENE-WAYNE'S
GEORGIA RESIDENCE ALSO SHORT 231
CHAPTER XXI AS A CHARTERED CORPORATION
REGULAR MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION-SAMUEL ELBERT AND JONATHAN BRYAN-OLDEST ARTILLERY COMPANY IN GEORGIA-WASHINGTON'S VISIT TO SAVANNAII-WASHINGTON'S ACCOUNT OF HIS SOUTHERN TOUR-MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUED-DISASTROUS FIRE OF 1796-CHATHAM ACADEMY-THE GEORGIA HUSSARS-THE OLD EX- CHANGE-MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, 1797-1802-VISIT OF AARON BURR- TERRIFIC STORM OF 1804-PREPARATIONS FOR THE WAR OF 1812. 255
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CHAPTER XXII
THE WAR OF 1812
FORT WAYNE-LOCAL MILITIA READY TO ACT-STRENGTHENING THE FORT WAYNE WORKS-CELEBRATING THE WARRINGTON AND PORTER NAVAL VICTORIES-VIGOROUS PREPARATIONS FOR RESISTING BRITISH ATTACK -THE "MARTELLO TOWER"-CELEBRATING THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS-PEACE DECLARED 274
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CHAPTER XXIII DECADE OF NOTED EVENTS
VISIT OF MONROE AND CALHOUN-THE NEW INDEPENDENT CHURCH-THE GREAT FIRE OF 1820-YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC (ALSO 1820)-LOCAT- ING THE BURIAL PLACE OF NATHANAEL GREENE-CITY AFFAIRS CON- TINUED-DRY CULTURE CONTRACTS-WINFIELD SCOTT AND DAVID PORTER, SAVANNAH'S GUESTS-RECEPTION OF LA FAYETTE -- ME- MORIALS TO GENERAL GREENE AND COUNT PULASKI-MAYORS AND ALDERMEN, 1821-24-CANAL PROJECT INAUGURATED-FORT PULASKI 282 COMMENCED
CHAPTER XXIV AS A MILITARY POST
LOCATING THE OGLETHORPE BARRACKS (1834)-MILITARY PARADE GROUND -MILITARY HEADQUARTERS OF CONFEDERACY-UNITED STATES TAKES OGLETHORPE BARRACKS-HISTORY OF FIRST GEORGIA VOLUNTEER, CONTINUED-MAYORS AND ALDERMEN, 1826-1834. 312
CHAPTER XXV
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA
SURVEY FROM SAVANNAH TO MACON-MACON DEPOT OPENED FOR BUSI- NESS-WILLIAM W. GORDON, FIRST PRESIDENT-FIRST YEAR'S OPERA- TIONS-CELEBRATING THIE COMPLETION TO MACON-CONNECTING SAVANNAH WITH AUGUSTA-OCMULGEE AND FLINT RIVER RAILROAD- THE MONROE RAILROAD-STATUS OF RAILROADS IN 1842-MEMORIAL TO W. W. GORDON-THE SAVANNAH HOSPITAL. 325
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NEWSPAPER MENTION OF BOAT-STATEMENTS BY FRANCIS SORREL, AGENT -ADVERTISING THE FATAL TRIP-FIRST NEWS OF DISASTER-POEM ON THE LOST "PULASKI" 334
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GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DR. ARNOLD'S ACCOUNT OF ITS ORIGIN-ACT OF INCORPORATION-I. K. TEFFT, MOVING SPIRIT-DR. HARNEY'S FAREWELL-CHARTER MEMI- BERS-SECURING PERMANENT QUARTERS -- FIRST STEAMSHIP TO CROSS ATLANTIC-BURNING OF FILATURE BUILDING-BINDING THE CITY
TOGETHER 341
CHAPTER XXVIII CITY AND COUNTY INSTITUTIONS
. CITY MARKET HOUSES-FIRST CITY JAIL-COUNTY JAIL IN CONTROL OF CITY-COUNTY JAIL OF 1846-DEATH OF ANDREW JACKSON. ... 354
CHAPTER XXIX THE MEXICAN WAR
SAVANNAH'S PROMPT RESPONSE-"JASPER GREENS" OFF FOR MEXICO- AID FROM THE CITY COUNCIL-PUBLIC FUNERAL OF COLONEL Mc- INTOSH-THE SEMINOLE WAR OF 1836 361
CHAPTER XXX CEMETERIES AND MEMORIALS
DRY CULTURE AS HEALTHI PRECAUTION-NEW LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY- CLOSING THE OLD COLONIAL CEMETERY-QUESTION OF FIRST JEWISII BURIAL PLACE-LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY DEDICATED-THE PULASKI MONUMENT-MONUMENT DELIVERED TO COMMISSIONERS-THE NA- TIANAEL, GREENE MONUMENT-LOCATING THE REMAINS OF NATHANAEL GREENE 365
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CHAPTER XXXI
INTERESTING CITY EVENTS
PIONEER THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE (1783)-FIRST REGULAR THEATRE OPENED THEATRE DESCRIBED-OLD AND PRESENT THEATRE SIMILAR -MACREADY'S IMPRESSIONS-SAVANNAII AND OGEECHEE CANAL- FIRST TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES-PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY-FIRST SUR- VEY FOR WATER WORKS-CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS APPOINTED-DE- SCRIPTION OF WORKS (1854)-SYSTEM IN USE FROM 1854 TO 1892- PRESENT ARTESIAN WELL SYSTEM-LIGHTING OF THE STREETS- MAYORS AND ALDERMEN, 1835-1850-PROBABLY FIRST NEWSPAPER EXTRA 385
CHAPTER XXXII HONORS TO LIVING AND DEAD
HONORS TO DISTINGUISHED DEAD-RECEPTION TO HENRY CLAY-PUBLIC MOURNING FOR ANDREW JACKSON-SHEFTALL SHEFTALL, OLD REVO- LUTIONARY SOLDIER-ARMORY OF CHATHAM ARTILLERY-VISIT OF Ex- PRESIDENT POLK-DANIEL WEBSTER, CITY'S GUEST-HONORS TO JOHN C. CALHOUN AND ZACHARY TAYLOR. 400
CHAPTER XXXIII
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND NOTED EVENTS
MAKESHIFT CUSTOM HOUSES -- PRESENT BUILDING COMPLETED IN 1850- FORSYTH PARK-ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD SYSTEM-WEL- COME TO MILLARD FILLMORE-ANOTHER YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC (1854)-STORM ADDS TERRORS TO EPIDEMIC-RESULTANT SANITARY MEASURES - SAVANNAHI BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION - SAVANNAH'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM -- THE MASSIE POOR SCHOOL FUND-THIE MASSIE COMMON SCHOOL-BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ORGANIZED
(1866) 409
CHAPTER XXXIV SAVANNAH RIVER AND HARBOR
IMPROVEMENT OF SAVANNAHI RIVER AND HARBOR-PROPOSAL THAT CITY ISSUE BONDS-APPROPRIATION BY CONGRESS-LIGHT HOUSE ERECTED ON BAY STREET-VISIT OF EX-PRESIDENT FILLMORE-PRESIDENT PIERCE INVITED -- THACKERAY'S VISIT AND HIS ACCOUNT OF THE CITY -- RESPECT. PAID BY THE PUBLIC TO MEMORY OF HENRY CLAY AND
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GOVERNOR TROUP-ACTION OF COUNCIL IN HONORING PROMINENT CITIZENS 420
CHAPTER XXXV
INCIDENTS PRECEDING CIVIL WAR
CASE OF THE SLAVE YACHT WANDERER-PROSECUTION CONDUCTED BY DIST. ATTY. JOSEPH GANAHL-QUOTATION FROM ACCOUNT OF HON. H. R. JACKSON-EXCITEMENT PRECEDING SECESSION OF GEORGIA -PROMPT ACTION OF GOV. J. E. BROWN-OLMSTEAD'S ACCOUNT- SECESSION OF GEORGIA-GOVERNOR BROWN'S FIRM STAND ON SEIZURE OF GUNS BY NEW YORK POLICE-BARTOW'S WARM AND MANLY REPLY TO THE GOVERNOR-HIS DEATH WHILE "ILLUSTRATING GEORGIA"- HONORING BARTOW'S REMAINS-GEN. R. E. LEE IN COMMAND AT SAVANNAH-NON-COMBATANT CITIZENS ARMED FOR DEFENSE OF
429 CITY
CHAPTER XXXVI LITERATURE, ETC.
SAVANNAH'S LITERARY CIRCLE-SOME MEN OF LETTERS AND THEIR WORK -G. W. J. DE RENNE AND THE WORMSLOE PUBLICATIONS-OTHER WRITERS-MAYORS AND ALDERMEN CONTINUED 446
CHAPTER XXXVII
SAVANNAH DURING CIVIL WAR
MAYOR PURSE'S REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR-FALL OF FORT PULASKI -- HOLDING OF FORT MCALLISTER NECESSARY TO DEFENSE OF SAVANNAH-MAJ. JOHN B. GALLIE KILLED-ADDRESS OF MAYOR ARNOLD TO CITIZENS-FALL OF FORT MCALLISTER-EVACUATION OF SAVANNAH-SPECIAL ORDER OF GEN. SHERMAN-RESOLUTIONS OF COUNCIL SEEKING PROTECTION OF CITIZENS-FAMILIES OF CONFED- ERATE OFFICERS REQUIRED TO LEAVE. 453
CHAPTER XXXVIII RECONSTRUCTION
GENEROSITY OF BOSTONIANS AND OTHERS-MAYOR ANDERSON'S REPORT ON CONDITION OF CITY AT END OF WAR-BOARD OF EDUCATION
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CHARTERED-ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS TAKEN INTO PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM-CHARTER AMENDED TO INCLUDE EDUCATION OF COLORED PEOPLE 466
CHAPTER XXXIX BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIES
BEGINNING OF COTTON CULTURE IN GEORGIA-RAPID GROWTH OF COTTON BUSINESS IN SAVANNAH-SAVANNAH SECOND COTTON PORT IN THE WORLD-FIGURES SHOWING BUSINESS OF SEVERAL DECADES- NAVAL STORES AND IMPORTANT TRADE-SAVANNAH'S BUSINESS RECORD FOR PAST FOUR YEARS -- CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY-ITS FIRST PRESIDENT, W. W. GORDON-SAVANNAH'S BANKS-SAVANNAH AND THE PANAMA CANAL 471
CHAPTER XL INTERESTING ITEMS
LIST OF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CONTINUED-VISIT OF GENERAL GRANT- SAVANNAH'S SESQUI-CENTENNIAL-JASPER MONUMENT-DEATII OF HON. JOHN SCREVEN-SAVANNAH AND THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR -SOUTH BOUND RAILROAD-PUBLIC LIBRARY ESTABLISHED AND CITY HALL BUILT-TELFAIR ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES-RAILROAD 482 TO TYBEE ISLAND
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CHAPTER XLI CHURCHES AND ORGANIZED BODIES
CHURCHES OF SAVANNAH-BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES-OTHER ORGANIZED BODIES-STREETS AND SQUARES-OGLETHORPE MONUMENT-MIDWAY CHURCH AND MONUMENT TO GENERALS SCREVEN AND STEWART. .. 494
CHAPTER XLII
THE LEGAL AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS
EARLY LAWYERS AND DOCTORS-SOME PROMINENT LAWYERS OF A LATER PERIOD-COLONIAL PHYSICIANS-THE PROFESSION AT THE PRESENT TIME 502
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CHAPTER XLIII
THE MILITARY SPIRIT
FIRST VOLUNTEER REGIMENT-FIELD, STAFF, AND COMPANY OFFICERS .
TODAY-MASONIC SOCIETIES-OTHER BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES- PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES-NOTABLE SPOTS MARKED BY MEMORIAL TABLETS, ETC .- GEORGIA SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS-GEORGIA SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION-SAVANNAH'S NEWSPAPERS. 507
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CHAPTER XLIV
CITIES OF SOUTH GEORGIA
BRUNSWICK - COLUMBUS - WAYCROSS - BLACKSHEAR - VALDOSTA AND HAHIRA-TOWNS IN BROOKS COUNTY-THOMASVILLE-BAXLEY- SYLVESTER AND ASHBURN-ADEL AND NASHVILLE-STATESBOROUGH- TOWNS IN TOOMBS COUNTY-OTHER TOWNS-CONCLUDING RE- MARKS
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Aaron Burr, visit of, 269 Abbeville, 525
Abuse of Wesley. 73
Accession of Salzburg colonists. 33
Account of the progress of colonists, 10 Action of council in honoring prominent citizens, 427
Act of incorporation of Georgia His- torical Society, 342
Adams, Cason F .. 964
Adams, Charles E., 716
Adams, James C., 835
Adams, Thomas, 969
Address of Mayor Arnold to citizens, 457
Address of provincial congress, 179
Address to Governor Wright, 156 Address to Washington, 259 Adel, 523
Adoption of the ordinance of secession, 437
"Advertiser," 515
Advertising the fatal trip of "Pulaski," 337
"A Farewell to Savannah," 344
Affairs managed by Wright and coun- cil, 234
Agricultural School, Tifton (view), 187 Aid from the city council, 362
Alabama Press Association. 487 Albany, 528
Alderman, Ansel, 841 Alderman, Byron A., 1029 Alderman, Ezekiel. 842
Aldermen, 1790, 258: 1797-1802. 269; 1804-1820, 292: 1821-1824, 310: 1826- 1834, 323; 1835-1850, 396; 1830-1866, 450; 1867-1913, 482
Allied forces bombard Savannah, 217 American troops at gates of Savannah, 237
Americus, 525 Ancient Order of Hibernians, 510 Anderson, Jefferson R., 681 Anderson, Robert IL .. 486 Anti-rum and anti-slave laws, 66 .
Appling county, 322 Appropriation by congress, 423
Ard, George W., 991
Armory of Chatham Artillery, 404
Armstrong, George F., 699
Arnold, Richard D .. 448. 583
Arnold's account of origin of Georgia Historical Society, 341
Articles of Association, 178
Ashburn, 523
Assignment of lots, 26
Assistance from South Carolina. 11
Associated Charities, 310
Associated Charities organized, 500
Atkinson, David S., 382
Atkinson, Marcus H., 846
Atlantic Coast Line R. R .. 410
Atlantic Coast Line System, 472, 519
Attitude toward Hebrew colonists, 44
Attwill, Charles W., 961
Augusta surrendered to the Americans, 235
Austin, Frank M., 882
Austin, George W., 883
Austin, William G., 697
Avera, Mary, 751
Avera, Randolphi, 750
Avera, William G., 974
Bagley, James B., 768
Bainbridge, 528
Baker, Marens S .. 616
Baldwin, Daniel H., 608
Baldwin, George J., 610
Bank of Commerce, 478
Bank of Savannah. 478
Bank of the State of Georgia, 477
Baptist church, 494
Barfield, Robert E., 953
Barfield, Sampson B., 1022
Barnard. James M., 703
Barney, 522 Barrow, David C., 622
Barrow, Joshua, 988 Bartow's death, 442
Bartow, Francis S., 487
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Bartow's warm and manly reply to governor, 438 Barwick, 522 Baxley, 522
Beasley, David A., 801
Beasley, Thomas. 803
Beaty, John P., 997
Beaulieu (Bewlie) founded by Stephens, 109
Beautiful roads through the pines, Tifton (view), 377
Beckham, Robert Y., 728
Beginning of cotton culture in Georgia, 471 Bell, Charles G., 616
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 511
Benevolent societies, 498
Ben Hill, 526
Berrien county, 323
Berrien, John M., 449
Berry, Alpha C., 822
Berry, Edward J., 895
Binding the city togetlier, 351
Bishop, James, Sr., 786
Bivins, Thomas F., 1014
Blackshear, 520
Blackshear Institute, 520
Blakely, 329
- Blalock, Laurence J .. 924 Blandford, Mark H., 1033 Bloodworth, Francis D., 606
Blun, Henry, 695
Board of education chartered, 469
Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah, 469
Board , of Public Education organized (1866), 418
Board of Trade established, 500
Bond, Andrew J., 858
Bosomworth, Thomas, 110
Boston, 522
Boston Port Bill, 166
Boulder in memory of Indian Chief Tomo- chi-chi, 500, 312
Bourn, James R., 1077
Bourne, William II., 719
Bower, Robert E. L .. $31
Bozeman, John D., 819
Bradley, Daniel M., 890
Bradley, Walter E., 956
Bremer, Frederika, 448
British defense of Savannah, 212
British enter Savannah, 206
Brooks county, 521
Brown, David B., 499
Brown, Joseph E., headquarters (view), 438 Brown, Nathan A., 950
Brown, Walter G .. 735
Brown's firm stand on seizure of guns by New York police. 437 Brunner, William F., 653
Brunswick, 516 Bryan, Jonathan, 158, 159, 257 Buena Vista, 328 Bull, Colonel, 196 Bulloch, 524
Bulloch. Archibald, 161, 179, 200 Burial Grounds, 49 Burney, John G., 814
Burning of Filature building, 350
Burroughs, William B., 1074
Business and industries, 471
Bussell, James A., 736.
Bussell, J. Monroe, 753
Cairo, 528
Cameron, Joseph W., 859 Camilla, 528
Canal project inaugurated. 311
Capital, surplus, etc., of banks, 479
Capture of Fort McAllister, 455
Capture of Savannah by the British, 203
Carnegie Library, Americus (view), 444 Carson, Jolin A. G., 376
Carter, Jeremiah C., 923
Carter, John R., 1031
Case of the slave yacht Wanderer, 429
Castell, Robert. ?
Catholic churches, 496
Catholic Knights of America, 510
Causton, Thomas, 65, 71, 85, 89
Causton's Bluff, 65
Causton's fall, 91
Causton's finances go wrong, 89
Celebrating the battle of New Orleans, 280
Celebrating the completion of road to Macon, 329
Celebrating the Warrington and Porter naval victories, 278
Cemeteries and memorials, 365
Centennial of Chatham Artillery, 500
Central of Georgia R. R., 476, 493
Central Railroad, 472
Central Railroad and Banking Company, 478. 493
Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, 477
Central Railroad of Georgia, 325, 329 Changes under new government, 122 Chapman, David F., 933
Charleston, 12
Charlton, Robert M., 558
Charlton, Thomas U. P., 357 1
Charlton. Walter G., 558
Charter amended to include education of colored people, 470
Charter' members of Georgia Historical Society, 345 Chartered corporation, 255
Chastain, John T., 1042 Chatham Academy, 265
Chatham Light Artillery, 258, 262, 383, 404, 427
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Chatham Bank, 478 Chatham county, 432 Chatham County Court House erected, 500
Chatham County Court House (view), 499
Chatham Dime Savings Bank, 47S Chattahoochee in harness, Columbus (view), 517 Cheatham, Walter B., 1035 Children of the Confederacy, 511 China, William T., 951 Christ church, 497
Christ church parish. 133 Christian church, 497
Christian, George R .. 106S
Christian Science church. 497
Churches and organized bodies. 494 Churches for the colored people, 497 Churches of Savannah. 494
Church of St. John the Baptist. 496
Cities of South Georgia. 516
Citizens and Southern Bank of Savannah, 478 Citizen's Trust Company. 478 City affairs continued, 292 City and county institutions. 354
City Exchange, erected in 1799 (view), 268 City Hall, 267 City Hall built, 489 City Light Guard. 436 City market houses, 354
City of Savannah, 256
Civil government, early. 116
Civil, religious and royal, 122 Clark, John B., 793 Clay, Henry, 401, 427 Clayton, 329 Clements, Jolin, 836 Cleveland, Morgan H., 731
Cleveland, Oliver C .. 950 Closing the Old Colonial Cemetery, 368 Clower, W. L. Pierce. 937 Clubs and societies, 499 Clyde, 528 Coast Rifles, 436 Cocke, John F., 1040 Colding. Robert L., 1041 Collins Hotel begun. 500 Colonel MeIntosh, public funeral, 363
Colonel William Bull. 11, 16, 17
Colonial physicians, 503 Colonial president-, 108, 116 Colquitt, 528
Colquitt County Court House, Moultrie (view), 147
Colquitt, William N., 899 "Columbian Museum and Savanah Ad- vertiser," 514 Columbus, 518 Combined French- American advance, 215 Coming of the Oglethorpe colony, 9
Coming of the Frenel fleet, 20S Coming of Whitefield, 93
Common council, 24
Commodore Decatur, 400
Commencement of actual war, 190
Commercial Bank, 478
Commercial Row, 409
Commercial statistics, 475
Commissioners for trade and plantations, 146
Concluding remarks, 529
Cone, Ansel B., 804
Confederate monument erected, 300
Confederate monument, Savannah (view), 461
Confederate Veterans' Associations, 511 Confiscated British estates. 243
Conflict between royal troops and militia, 193
Congregation B'nai B'rith Jacob, 49 Congress thanks Colonial militia, 198 Connecting Savannah with Augusta, 329
Conoley, William B .. 783
Construction engineers appointed, 393 Continental battalion for Georgia, 188
Continental Congress, 175
Cooper. Joseph J., 770
Cordele, 525
Corish, Nicholas P., 723
Cotton Exchange, 477
Cotton Exchange organized. 500
Cotton statistics, 473
Cotton yards and (view), 480 doeks, Savannalı
Couneil and house differ, 161
Council house, collapse of, 125
Council, Malcolm B., 995
Couneil of Safety takes heroie measures, 197 Count d'Estaing, 208
County jail in control of city, 356
County jail of 1846, 337
Cox, John M., 912
Crane, Horace A., 690
Crane, William N., 821
Crawford, William B., 675
Creek-Bosomworth Imbroglio, 110
Crisp, 525 Crutchfield, Ivey P., 928
Cultivation of the grape vine, 47
Culture as health precaution, 365 Cumbest, Adam J .. 998
Cumming. Joseph, 496
Cunningham, Henry C., 674
Curry. C. C .. 955 Custom house, 409 Cuthbert, 5228
"Daily Georgian." 314 "Daily Journal" 515 "Daily Times" 515 Daniell, William C .. 427 Darby, V. L., 95S
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Darien, 528 Dark colonial chapter, 86
Darling, Thomas J., 896
Daughters of Isabella, 311
Danghters of the Confederacy, 511 Davenport, Daniel F., 1052
Davenport, James A., 924 Davidson, William M .. 565
Davis, Charles A., 671
Davis, George B., 725
Davis, William E., 951 Davis, William V., 621
Dawson, 528
Deal, Albert M., 753
Death and funeral of General Greene, 250
Death of Andrew Jackson, 359
Death of Honorable John Sereven, 488
Death of Tomo-chi-chi, 102
Decade of noted events, 282
Decatur, Commodore, 400
Decker ward, 23, 29
Declaration by Lower Creek nation, 36 Deed of conveyance to General Greene, 245.
Defense of the colony, 101
DeKalb Riflemen, 455
Delegates elected, 436
Delegates to continental congress, 191 Dell, Sidney D., 962
de Lyon, Abraham, 47
Derby ward, 23, 29
De Renne, George W. J., 449
De Renne, G. W. J., and the Wormsloe publications, 448
De Renne, Wymberley J., 533
Description of waterworks (1854), 394 DeSoto, The, 500
D'Estaing demands surrender of Savan- nalı, 209
Development of the Hutchinson's Island, 14
Dillon, William C., 904
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