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Brownson, Dr. Nathan, elected gover- nor, 436. Proclamation by, 436, 437. Elected governor of Georgia, 494.
Bryan, Jonathan, 113. Removed from office, 115. Attempts to purchase the " Appalache Old Fields," 144-146. Persuades General Charles Lee to un- dertake an expedition against Florida, 247. Capture and imprisonment of, 323.
Bryant, General, 348. Bull, Colonel, 230, 231.
Bull, Governor William, applies for aid, 14. His address to Attakullakulla, 16.
Bulloch, Archibald, speaker of the Com- mons House of Assembly, 122-124. President of the Provincial Congress of 1775, 184 ; and of the Congress of 1776, 214. Delegate to the Continen- tal Congress, 166, 188, 202, 203, 215. President and Commander-in-Chief of Georgia, 220, 221. Ifis character, 221. Declines a guard at his residence, 222. Leads an expedition against the enemy on Tybee Island, 229. Promulgates the Declaration of Independence in Savannah, 242-244. Clothed with un- usual powers, 263. His death, 264. Bulltown swamp, affair nt, 305.
Burke County, affairs near the jail of, 335.
Burke, Edmund, 121. *
Burnet, John, rascality of, 494. Butler's House, affair at, 501.
CAMBRAY, Colonel, 376.
Campbell, Colonel Archibald, 305. Cap- tures Savannah, 315-322. Advances up the Savannah River, 336. Procla- mations by, 327, 328. Captures Au- gusta, 335. Evacuates Augusta, 343. Plans the defeat of General Ash, 347, 353.
Cannon spiked in Savannah to prevent celebration of the king's birthday, 176. Carleton, Sir Guy, orders the evacuation of Savannah, 515.
Carney, Captain Arthur, captured, 275. Carolina, grants from the governor of, to lands south of the Alatamalia, 28- 40.
Carr, Captain Patrick, 501.
Carr's Fort besieged, 336-338.
Carter, Major, killed, 458.
Charlestown, capture of, by Sir Henry Clinton, 443.
Chatham, the Earl of, 68-70.
Cherokees, war between the, and Caroli- na, 2-17. Cede lands to Georgia, 127- 130. Punished for violating treaty of peace, 246. Aid Colonel Brown in de- fending Augusta, 457. Their inhu- manity, 458.
Civil establishment of Georgia, 78.
Clarke, General Alured, 497, 506. Seeks aid from the Indians, 509. Evacuates Savannalı, 519.
Clarke, Colonel Elijah, wounded at Alli- gator Creek, 296. Services in the bat- tle of Kettle Creek, 339-341, 354. Complimented by the legislature of Georgia, 439, 449. Affair with Colonel Innis, 452. Wounded near Musgrove's Mill, 453, 454. Attempts to retake Augusta, 455-458. Retreats to Little River, 460. Conducts refugees to the Waturga, 461. At Fish Dam ford, 463, 464. Wounded at Long Cane, 466. Defeats Major Dunlap at Beat- tie's Mill, 472. Attacked with small- pox, 473. His operations during the siege and capture of Augusta in 1781, 478-493.
Clinton, Sir Henry, 238, 241. Captures Charlestown, 542, 543.
Colonial bills, 216.
Colonial rights, declaration of, 157, 158.
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Committee raised to take charge of negro slaves and suspected property, 520.
Commons House of Assembly, members of the, 125, 419. Acts passed by the, 424, 425.
Confiscated property, proceeds of the sale of, anticipated, 504. Confiscation, acts of, 420-423.
Congress at Angusta, 42-46.
Congress and Lee galleys, capture of the, 355. Conklin, Captain, defeated, 446. Constitution, temporary, 218-220. 1777, 252-270.
Cooper, Captain, exploit of, 342. Cornwallis, Fort, 482. Articles of capit- ulation of, 492.
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Cornwallis, Lord, sanguinary instructions of, 454, 464. Compliments Tarleton, 472. His surrender, 473.
Council of Safety, 177. Purges the mili- tia, 205, 206. Conducts the public af- fairs of Georgia, 206. Members of the, in 1775, 208. Orders the arrest of Gov- ernor Wright, 211. Salutes President Bulloch, 220. Resolutions of, 222-224, 416.
. Counties formed, 254.
Cowpens, battle of the, 469. Coytinore, Captain, slain, 7.
Creck Indians, depredations of the, 79, 80, 132, 133. Settlement of the boundary line with the, 80, 81. Cede lands to Georgia, 127-130. Treaty with the, at Savannah, 135. Repudiate the cession of the " Appalache Old Fields" to Mr. Bryan, 145, 146. Defeat of, led by Tate and McGillivray, 354, 355.
Creighton, Alexander, resolutions adopt- ed at the residence of, 112, 113.
Cruger, Lieutenant-Colonel, withdrawn from Sunbury, 382. Relieves Brown and Grierson at the White House, 457, 458, 466.
Cunningham, Major John, 467, 469, 503. Curry, Sergeant James, 394.
Cuyler, resolutions adopted by a meeting of the citizens of Savannah at the resi- dence of Mrs., 178, 179 ..
DARTMOUTHI, town of, 132.
Davies, Myrick, president of council, 435. Death of, 437, 503. Davis, David, fidelity of, 497. DeBralum, J. G. W., 21, 22, 23, 52.
Declaration of Independence promulgated in Savannah, 242-244.
Declaration of Rights, 65, 66, 157, 158.
Delegates from Georgia to the Continen- tal Congress, 166. Letters of the, to the president of congress, 172-174, 188, 202, 215. Instructions to the, 215, 433, 436.
De Wit's Corner, treaty at, 246.
Dill, Major, defeated at Walker's Bridge, 478.
Dillon, Count de, 381, 385, 397. - Division of sentiment in Georgia, 153. Dolly, Quamino, 320.
Dooly, Colonel Jolin, 336. Besieges Carr's Fort, 337. Engaged in the battle of Kettle Creek, 339-341, 354. Murdered, 449.
Douglass, Colonel, killed, 511.
Drayton, Hon. William Henry, 225, 237, 241, 248. Attempts to bring about a union between South Carolina and Georgia, 275-278.
Dunlap, Major, defeated by Colonel Mc- Dowell, 451. Mortally wounded at Beattie's Mill, 472.
EATON, Major, 481. Killed, 484.
Ebenezer, captured by Colonel Campbell, 326. Fortified, 329. Trying situation of the iuliabitants of, 329-331. Legis- lature assembles at, 439, 507.
Eggleston, Major, 481.
Elbert, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel, 209. In command of the expedition ngainst Florida, 266-269; and of the continen- tal forces in Georgia, 273. Engaged in Governor Houstoun's expedition against Florida, 289-303. Captures the Hinch- inbrooke, 290, 301, 307. His advice to General Howe in regard to the defense of Savannah, 317, 318, 320, 321. Dis- putes Colonel Campbell's advance upon Augusta, 335, 348. General, at battle of Brier Creek, 348-352. Gallant con- duct and capture of, 349.
Emanuel, David, escape of, 503.
Emisteseegoe, talks of, with Governor Wright, 81-94.
Enfant, Major l', 394.
English vessels captured by the French, 412.
Enlistments, difficulty of securing, 273, 274. Estaing, Count d', 375. Arrives on the
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Georgia coast, 376. Enters the Savan- nah River, 376. Captures Fort Tybee, 376. Lands at Beaulieu, 377. Sumn- mons Prevost to a surrender of Savan- nah, 379, 380. Imprudently consents to a truce requested by General Prevost, 381. Forms a junction with the Amer- ican troops under Lincoln, 381. Dispo- sition of the allied army, 382. His grave mistake, 383, 384, 413. Resolves upon a siege, 384. Changes his encampment, 384, 385. Opens fire upon Savannah, 388-392. Refuses Prevost's request, 393. Conducts assault of 9th October, 1779, 398-402. Wounded, 399, 400. Urged by Lincoln not to abandon the siege, 411. He does raise the siege, 412. Estimate of, 414, 415. Complimented by Georgia, 415.
Estatoe, village of, burnt, 8.
Ewen, William, elected president of the Council of Safety, 177. Proclamation of, 224, 227.
Exchange of prisoners attempted, 345, 346. Effected, 356, 357.
Executive Council, 254. Requests Presi- dent Bulloch to take upon himself the whole executive powers of government, 263. Invests Governor Houstoun with almost dietatorial powers, 285. Des- ignates Augusta as the capital of Geor- gia, 364. Its records, 364.
FEE, Thomas, 134. Few, Colonel Benjamin, 466, 467.
Few, Colonel William, defeats Brown and MeGirth, 335. Elected to con- gress, 433, 436.
First passage at arms in Georgia be- tween the Revolutionists and the King's troops, 222-229.
Fish Dam ford, affair at, 464.
Florida, General Charles Lee plans an expedition against, 247-250. Gwin- nett's expedition against, 265-269 .- Iloustoun's expedition against, 288-303. Fontanges, Viscount de, 376.
Fort James, 131, 132. Passes into the lands of the Revolutionists, 207.
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, appointed agent of tho colony of Georgia, 102. French alliance, 375.
French army, strength of the, at the siege of Savannah in 1779, 404. Losses sus- tained by the, 405, 408, 411.
French fleet, suffering in the, 389. List of vessels in the, 413.
Fulsom's Fort, 354.
Fuser, Colonel L. V., attacks Fort Mc-
Intosh, 261. Incursion into Georgia, 308-311. Lands on Colonel's Island, 308. Invests the town of Sunbury, 309. Demands a surrender of Fort Morris, 309.
GADSDEN, General, 'duel with General Ilowe, 324.
Gage, General, requested to send troops to Georgia, 180.
Galley, the inhabitants of the Georgia coast petition for the construction of an armed, 425.
Galplin, Fort, captured by Colonel Henry Lee, 479-481.
Galphin, George, his claim, 136. His sympathy with the Revolutionists, 136, 137. His character and influence, 137. George III. proclaimed king, 25. In- terred in effigy in Savannah, 244.
Georgia, population of, in 1760, 23, 24. HIer manufactures and products, 24, 25. Her limits extended, 41. Representa- tion of the parishes of, 50. Prosperity of, 51, 52. Proceedings in, opposing the enforcement of the Stamp Act of 1765, 56-72. Military force in, 64. Condition of, in 1766, 73, 74. Silk culture in, 74-78. Civil establishment in, 78. The Lower House of the Gen- eral Assembly of, resists the enforce- ment of the Mutiny Act, 98. James Habersham becomes governor of, 119. Irish immigration into, 120. Territory of, enlarged by cession from the Cher- okees and Creeks, 127-130. Territory of, in cultivation in 1773, 138. Condi- tion of, in 1773, 138-141. Officers of the province of, 141-144. Not yet rep- resented in the Continental Congress, 157. Ilesitation of, explained, 169, 170. Provincial Congress of, 183-202. Admitted into the Confederated sister- hood, 202. Her militia purged of any clement loyal to the Crown, 205, 206. An independent body politic, 209. Ef- forts to arm, 215, 216. A temporary constitution provided for, 218-220. First passage at arms in, between the Sons of Liberty and the King's troops, 222-228. Disposition of forces in, 231.
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Defenseless condition of, 250. Consti- tution of, in 1777, 252-260. Scal of, 259. Carolina attempts to form a union with, 275-278. Defenses of, in 1775, 283. State officers of, in 1778, 285. Invaded by Colonels Prevost and Fuser, 305-311. Wretched condition of South- ern, 333, 334. An oligarchical form of government established in, 365-368. Divided in sentiment and government, 373, 427. Sufferings of the inhabitants of Southern, 415, 416. Divided gov- ernment in, 421, 429. In extremis, 435. Government of, uncertain and peripa- tetic during the Revolutionary period, 440, 441. Her public records, 441. Sufferings of the inhabitants of Upper, 459, 460, 474. Distressed condition of the patriots in, 462, 463. Poverty of, 509. Despoiled by the loyalists, 517- 519. Evacuated by the king's forces, 517-520. Officers of, 520. Impov- erished condition of, 521. Her popula- tion upon the conclusion of the Revolu- tionary War, 522. Troops contributed by, to the continental army, 522. Gov- ernor Wright's communication in re- gard to, 523-527. An independent State, 528.
" Georgia Gazette," 154.
Germain, Lord George, resolves to trans- fer the war to the Southern Depart- ment, 304, 305.
Gibbons' plantation, affair at, 512-514. Girardenu's plantation, Colonel Camp- bell's forcos land at, 315.
Glascock, William, 429. Forged letter sent in the name of, to the president of congress, 430. His letter to the presi- dent of congress, 431, 433.
Glasier, Major, 401.
Glen, John, 165. Elected chief justice of Georgia, 220.
Goldsmith, Captain, defeated by Major Baker, 362. Killed, 501.
Goose-ponds, Governor Wright applies to Emistesecgoe for a cession of the, 88.
Graham, Lientenant-Governor, 391 Graham, Major, repulsed, 388.
Grant, Lieutenant-Colonel James, his ex- pedition against the Cherokees, 14-16. Grant, Major, his demonstration against Savannah, 225-228.
Grants to lunds south of tho Alatamuha, 28-40.
Grath, Samuel, 99.
Graves, Admiral, requested to send war vessels to Georgia, 180.
Greene, General Nathanael, complimented by the legislature of Georgia, 438. As- signed to the command of the Southern Department, 467, 473. Arranges for the relief of Georgia, 504. Letter to Governor Martin, 505. Presented by Georgia with a plantation, 521.
Grey, Edmund, 27.
Grierson, Colonel, 448, 455-457. Mur- dered, 483.
Grierson, Fort, 482. Captured, 483.
Grover, Chief Justice William, improper conduct of, 52, 53. His removal from office, 54. He libels Governor Wright, 54.
Guilford, effect of the battle of, 472, 473. Guillaume, M. de, repulsed, 388.
Guristersigo, defeated and slain, 512- 514.
Gwinnett, Button, a delegate to the Con- tinental Congress, 215. President and commander-in-chief of Georgia, 264. Interferes with the military, 264. Plans an expedition against Florida, 265-269. Defeated by Governor Treut- len, 270. Mortally wounded by Gen- cral Lachlan McIntosh in a duel, 270. Ilis carcer, 271, 272, 276.
HABERSHAM, James, governor of Geor- gia in the absence of Governor Wright, 119. Refuses to recognize Noble W. Jones as spenker, and dissolves the assembly, 122-124, 125, 126, 141. Death of, 207.
Habersham, Major John, 508, 517-520. Habersham, Joseph, 181. Elected major; 209. Arrests Governor Wright, 211, 212. Attacks the Hinchinbrooke, 226, 376.
Hall, Dr. Lyman, 167. Represents St. John's Parish in the Continental Con- gress, 168. Elccted a delegate from Georgia to the Continental Congress, 188, 202, 215, 270, 271, 272, 433. Elected governor, 527.
Hamilton, Lieutenant-Colonel, 336, 398. Hamilton, Major Jolin, 291.
Hammond, Colonel Le Roy, 473. Partic: ipates in the siege and capture of Au- gusta, 477.
Hammond, Major Samuel, 473.
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Hampton, Colonel, 505. Handy, Captain, 485, 486.
Harden, Colonel, defeated by Colonel Brown at Wiggin's IIill, 475.
Hardwicke, 22. Harris, Colonel Francis, 261.
Hawkins, Lieutenant, exploit of, 343.
Hayes, Colonel, murdered by Major Cun- ningham, 478.
Head Turkey, murdered by Fee, 134. Heard, Stephen, president of council, 434, 437.
Heard's Fort designated as the capital of Georgia, 434.
Hinchinbrooke, the brigantine, captured by Colonel Samuel Elbert, 290.
Hopkins, mobbed, 177.
Houstoun, John, a delegate to the Conti- nental Congress, 166, 188, 202, 203, 215, 247. Elected governor, 285. In- vested with extraordinary powers, 285, 286. Projects an expedition against Florida, 288; and details of the expe- dition, 288-303.
Houstoun, Sir Patrick, 141.
Howe, General Robert, 263. Unites in an expedition for the invasion of Flor- ida, 289-303. Calls a council of war at Fort Tonyn, 298-300, 301. At Sun- bury, 311. Ilis failure to defend Sa- vannah against the attack of Colonel Campbell, 316-322. His battle order, .317. His dispositions for the defense of Savannah, 319. Abandons Geor- gia, 321. Ilis conduct investigated, 323. Duel with General Gadsdon, 324.
Howo, Fort, 261, 291, 293. Howell's plantation, 437. .
HIowell, Captain, his naval exploits, 499, 500.
Howley, Richard, 428. Elected governor, 433. Unusual powers confided to, 433. Proclamation by, 434.
Huger, General Isaac, 317, 397, 398. Hume, James, 142.
INDIAN nations adjacent to Georgia, war- like strength of the, in 1768, 81. In 1773, 141. Depredations of, 275.
Indian traders, regulations for the ob- sorvance of, 49, 50. Relaxed, 79. Cos- sion of lands by tho Cherokees and Creeks in extinguishmont of the claims of, 127-130. Names and demands of
the most prominent among the, 130. Governor Wright discriminates be- tween the claims of, 136.
Inman, Captain, 446. Killed, 453. Innes, Colonel, in command at Savannah, 327. Proclamation by, 327.
Innis, Colonel, affair with Colonel Clarke, 452. Defeated by Colonels Clarke, Williams, Branham, and Shelby near Musgrove's Mill, 453, 454.
Intelligence, committee of, 190. Irish immigration into Georgia, 120.
JACKSON, Lieutenant-Colonel James, 220.
At Fish Dam ford, 463. At Black- stocks, 465, 466. His gallantry at the battle of the Cowpens, 469, 471. Par- ticipates in the siege and capture of Augusta, 477, 478. In command at Augusta, 494. Mutiny in his legion, 496, 497, 498. Attacks Captain John- ston at Great Ogeechee ferry, 501. Re- pulsed by Colonel Campbell, 502. At Ebenezer, 502. Ilis active services, 507. Attacks Captains Ingram and Corker, 510. Receives the keys of Sa- vannah, 519. In command of the town, 520. Complimented with a dwelling in Savannah, 521.
Jasper, Sergeant, gallant conduct of, at Fort Sullivan, 240-242, 403. llis con- duet at Savannah, and heroic death, 409, 410. Monument to, 411. Johnston, Captain, attacked by Colonel Jackson, 501.
Jones, Colonel John, exploit of, 450. Jones, Major John, 291, 390, 394. Killed at the siege of Savannah, 403, 411.
Jones, Colonel Noble, 203. Death of, 207. Jones, Dr. Noble W., speaker of the Lower House, 105. Governor Wright refuses to sanction his election, 117, 118. Again elected speaker, 122. Gov- ernor Habersham refuses to recognize him as such, 122, 125, 126. A dele- gate to the Continental Congress, 166, 175, 188, 202, 276, 436.
KELSALL, Colonel Roger, captured, 499. Kettle Creek, battle of, 339-341. Effects of the victory at, 342. King's Mountain, 461.
LANE, Major, 310-322. Surrenders Fort Morris, 331, 332.
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Laurens, Colonel John, 397, 401, 443. Killed, 527.
Lec, General Charles, 235, 236, 241. Inaugurates an expedition against St. Augustine, 248.
Lee, Colonel Henry, 468. His move- ment for the capture of Augusta, 479. Captures Fort Galphin, 479-481. His services during the siege of Augusta in 1781, 481-493. Complimented by Gen- cral Greene, 494.
Legislation, difficulty in procuring prompt royal sanction of colonial, 101, 102, 425, 520, 521.
Lexington and Concord, effect of the news of the affairs at, 175.
Liberty Boys, 62.
Liberty Pole, the first erected in Georgia, 176.
Lincoln, General Benjamin, 327. His plans for the relief of Georgia thwarted by the defeat of General Ash, 346-352. Ilis headquarters at Perrysburg, 355. Grants leaves of absence to his troops, 356. Proposcs a movement for the relief of Georgia, 357, 358. Communi- cation to, from the Supreme Executive Council, 370-372, 376. Moves upon Savannah, 378. Forms a junction with D'Estaing's army, 381. Strength of the American forces under, 385. His dispositions for the assault, 395, 396. Requests D'Estaing not to aban- don the siege, 411. Withdraws from Georgia, 412. His letter to congress, 414. Censured, 434. Captured at Charlestown, 443.
Lloyd, Lieutenant Edward, 409.
Long Cane, affair at, 466.
Loudoun, Fort, invested by the Chero- kees, 3. Surrender of, 11, 12.
Lower House of the General Assembly of Georgia, resolutions of the, 105. Ad- dress to the king, 108. Temper of the, 164.
Loyalists attainted of high treason, 420, 421.
Lyttleton, Governor, 4, 6.
MAITLAND, Colonel John, 315. Sum- moued from Benufort, 382. Reaches and defonds Savannah, 383, 401. 1lis death, 415.
Maitland's powder ship, capture of, 181. Marbury, Colonel Leonard, 342, 348.
Marion, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis, 263. Martin, Colonel John, elected governor of Georgia, 438, 504, 505. Conference with the merchants of Savannah, 516. Provision for his support, 509.
Matthew's Bluff, affair near, 474.
Mayham tower, erection of, at Augusta, 485, 493.
McArthur, Major Archibald, sortie by, 389. Captured at the battle of the Cowpens, 469, 471.
McCall, Captain Ilugh, 444.
McCall, Lieutenant-Colonel, 455. Wound- ed at Long Cane, 467, 469.
McCarty, Ebenezer, case of, 204.
McCleur, Captain John, 499.
McDaniel, Sergeant, 241.
McDonald, Sergeant, 409.
McDowell, Colonel, defeats Major Dun- lap, 451.
McGirth, Daniel and James, treachery of, 234.
McGirth, Colonel Daniel, defeated by Colonels Twiggs and Few, 335, 341, 363, 446.
McIntosh, Fort, attacked, 260-263.
McIntosh, George, case of, 278-280.
McIntosh, Colonel John, 274, 309. His gallant defense of Fort Morris, 310, 349.
McIntosh, Colonel Lachlan, 209. Letter of, to General Washington, 217, 218, 222. Defends Savannah, 226, 247. Brigadier-General, 264. Denounces President Gwinnett, 270; and mortally wounds him in a duel, 270. Tried and acquitted, 270. Repairs to Gen- eral Washington's headquarters, 271. Returns to Georgia, 369. Services at the siege of Savannah in 1779, 378- 415. The Glascock letter, 430-432. Captured at Charlestown, 444.
McIntosh, Captain Rory, 309, 310.
McKay, Mrs., 475, 493. Rannal, 475. McPherson, Major, 347-352.
Midway Congregation, influence of the, 169.
Midway Meeting-House, affair near the, 306, 307.
Militin, purged of every element loyal to the Crown, 205, 206. Officers of the, 437.
Millodgo, John, Attorney-Genoral, 433.
Milton, Captain Johu, 262, 314. Secro- tary of stato, 436, 528.
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Moncrieff, Captain, 382. Moncy, Major, 464.
Montgomerie, Alexander, scheme of, 48, 49.
Montgomery, Colonel, his expedition against the Cherokees, 8-11.
Moore, Major, killed, 509.
Morgan, General Daniel, 468. His proc- lamation, 468, 469.
Morris, Fort, 282-285. Gallant defense of, by Colonel John McIntosh, 309-311. Captured, 331, 332. Name changed to George, 333.
Motte, Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac, 242.
Moultrie, Colonel William, his gallant defense of Fort Sullivan, 236-242, 250, 293. Criticises General Howe's failure at Savannah, 318, 319, 333. Criticises the conduct of General John Ash, 351. His valuable intervention, 356. Con- tests General Prevost's advance into Carolina, 358.
Muller, Captain, defeated by Colonel Twiggs, 361, 362.
Musgrove's Mill, engagement near, 453, 454.
Mutiny in Jackson's legion, 497.
NAVAL exploits, 499, 500.
Noailles, Viscount de, 381, 384, 397, 398, 400.
Non - importation resolutions, 113-115, 158, 185-187.
Non-intercourse resolutions, 158, 187.
OATHS of allegiance, form of, 328. Oeconostota, stratagem of, 7, 12.
Officers of the province of Georgia in 1773, 141-143; in 1782, 521. Ogeechee, affair on the Great, 446, 447. O'Neale, Captain Ferdinand, 479.
PANTON, William, 279.
Paper currency, depreciation of, 273, 364, 416, 434, 462, 521.
Parishes of Georgia, representation of the, 50, 51. The four southern, de- mand representation, 115-117. Formed into counties, 254.
Parker, Commodore Hyde, assists in the capture of Savannah, 315-321. Proc- lamations of, 327, 328.
Parker, Sir Peter, his attack upon Fort Sullivan, 235-240.
Parliamentary acts, opposition in Geor-
gia to the enforcement of, 113-115, 149-152.
Perouse, La, 376. Captures the Ariel, 377.
Pickens, Colonel Andrew, 336. Engaged in the battle of Kettle Creek, 339-341, 354. Defeats Captain Conklin on the Great Ogeechee, 446. Resumes his sword, 467. In command of Georgia troops, 468 His tribute to Major James Jackson, 470, 471. Commissioned as Brigadier-General, 471. Moves for the capture of Augusta, 479. His opera- tions during the siege of that town, 479-493. Complimented by General Greene, 494. Punishes the Cherokees, 503.
Pinckney, Colonel C. C., 291. Engaged in the expedition of Governor Hous- toun and General Robert Howe against Florida, 292-301. At the siege of Savannah, 411.
Pinckney, Major Thomas, 345, 376, 401. Platt, Ebenezer Smith, case of, 182.
Posey, Colonel, 509.
Poverty of Georgia, 509.
Powder from Savannah forwarded to Cambridge, 176. Sent to Philadelphia, 181.
Powder-magazine at Savannah robbed, 175 ; and by whom, 175, 205. Powell, James Edward, 142.
Prevost, General Angustine, captures Sunbury, 331, 332. Assumes com- mand in Georgia, 333. Invades Caro- lina, 358. Summoned by D'Estaing to surrender Savannah, 379. Response, 380. Activity of, 382. Refuses to surrender, 383. Estimate of forces under his command, 385. Fortifies the southern exposure of Savannah, 385. Disposition of his troops, 386, 387. His general order, 387, 388. Refuses permission to American women and children to depart from Savannah, 390. Asks to send his wife and children out of Savannah, 392.
Prevost, Lieutenant-Colonel Mark, his invasion of Georgia, 305-308. Ravages the country, 308. His retreat, 308, 331, 345. Defeats General Ash, 347-352. Lieutenant-governor of Georgia, 372. Prince George, Fort, 4, 7, 8.
Prisoners, American, wretched treatment of, 356, 357.
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Privateers commissioned by Governor Tonyn, 233.
Prohibitory Bill, effect of the passage of the, 232, 233.
Protests by the Royalists, 155.
Provincial Congress called at Savannah, 159, 165. Of July 4, 1775. Its mem- bership and resolutions, 183-188. Dele- gates appointed by, to the Continental Congress, 188. Authorizes the issue of certificates, 190. Resolves that Georgia shall share the fortunes of her sister American colonies, 190. Pre- amble and resolutions adopted by, 190- 193. Address of, to Governor Wright, 194-196. Article of Association, 197. Prescribes qualifications of voters, 197 ; and determines a basis of representa- tion, 197, 198. Address to the inhab- itants of Georgia, 198-200. Petition to the king, 200-202. Of the 20th of January, 1776, 214-222. Promulgates a temporary constitution for Georgia, 218-220.
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