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material interests of Columbus. He built the railway from Columbus to Macon and did much other valuable work.
Colonel Seaborn Jones, a congressman and a leading planter and lawyer, lived and died here.
Colonel Henry L. Benning, who was judge of the Supreme Court, member of Congress and a general in the Confed- erate army, spent his life in Columbus; and Colonel Martin J. Crawford, long a leading man in this section, had his home here.
ATLANTA.
When the railway to Ross Landing was projected a vil- lage named after Miss Martha Lumpkin, Marthasville, was located at the terminus, in an unbroken forest of oaks, hickories and chestnuts, in which there was quite a quantity of pine timber.
Few spots were more attractive than the hills upon which the city was to be built. There were in every direc- tion gushing springs and limpid rivulets. The hills were covered with magnificent forests, with an undergrowth of wild azaleas and chinkapins.
The spot chosen for the new village was a tract of which the Kimball house is now about the true center. Near it were located the three freight depots and a car-shed for a union station. The workshops of the Georgia railroad were located near where is now the present passenger station. A tavern was a necessity, and Dr. Thompson, a physician of Decatur, built a brick hotel, the first in Atlanta, where the Kimball house now stands, and James Loyd built a second hotel where the Markham house stood. It was a large two- story wooden building with long piazzas and numerous chambers.
There was no time to wait for the steam- or water-mill, and so sawmills run by horse-power were set up in what is now the heart of the city to cut the timber as it was
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cleared from the lots. Jonathan Norcross began his career in Atlanta by establishing the first of these sawmills run by horse-power. The little village of Marthasville soon was merged into the town of Atlanta and was incorporated as a town with an intendant and marshal. A calaboose made of hewn logs was built on some made earth near where the Hotel Jackson now stands. The lots near the projected depot and upon which it was to be built were owned by Samuel Mitchell, an Irishman, who lived in Zebulon. He had the city laid out, and gave lots to all the churches, and for the location of workshops and depots. As the various lots were owned by different men there was no one plan for a city, but each lot was laid out as the owner thought best. The village was very rapidly built up. There was no time to wait the slow process of brickmaking and bricklaying. Great wooden barns were filled with goods, and long rows of wagons came from all parts of the north and west of the State to trade at the ter- minus. It soon become evident that the village would be a city, and Mr. Garnett and Mr. Peters decided a good name for it would be Atlanta. It was a manufactured name, agreed on by the engineers, and the town of Atlanta was incorporated. In 1847 a charter was procured by John Collier and an election held for mayor and council. There was much rowdyism, and one street, for the number of gambling- houses and drinking-shops, was known as Mur- rell Row. There was no church and only two small school- houses. There was a great deal of business done. The West Point road was not built, and the trade of the western counties of Georgia and of the eastern counties of Alabama came to the new city. The whole of northeast Georgia was without a railroad and its produce was brought to At- lanta. There were a few large stores and many small shops. Jonathan Norcross had a very extensive establishment on the north side of the railroad, and Scott, Carhart & Co. a
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very large grocery on the west side. There were a justice of the peace and a few lawyers doing small practice. The streets were unpaved and almost impassable in winter. Narrow sidewalks of plank made it possible for pedestrians to make their way comfortably if they did not cross the street, but when this was necessary there was no alternative but to brave the mud.
Before a church was erected a kind of village camp- meeting was held in the first warehouse built in Atlanta, on Wheat street. The meeting was conducted by several of the professors from Emory College. Where the First Bap- tist Church now stands a church was begun in 1847, and the First Methodist Church was begun at the same time. The Baptists had some aid from abroad in completing their church, and were able to finish it before their less fortunate neighbors; but the Methodists occupied their house some time before it was finished, and it was the first church opened for public worship in Atlanta.
In the course of a few years the Episcopalians built a church on the lot where their cathedral now stands, and the Presbyterians on the present lot of the First Presbyterian. The Catholics had worship in the city from its settlement, and built a neat wooden church where their present hand- some edifice stands. The Christian Church was early or- ganized and had a building on Pryor street.
The first brick store in the city was on the corner of Whitehall and Alabama and was occupied by McDaniel, Mitchell & Hulsey. The first mayor was Moses W. Form- walt, and the first marshal was German Lester. The whole police force was one deputy. The streets were unpaved, and during the winter, when traffic was heavy, wagons would sometimes be stalled on Whitehall street. Before the railroad to West Point was built Whitehall street was so crowded with wagons that it was not possible to cross without great difficulty.
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The first postmaster was George W. Collier, and the post- office was on the corner of Decatur and Peachtree streets. The railroad to West Point was projected and, much against the will of the Atlanta people, was completed, and there were grave predictions that the loss of this western trade would be the ruin of the young city; but the city continued to grow, and a succession of fires, which burned the wooden buildings on Whitehall street, led to their being replaced with better structures. Afterward the disreputable shanties on Decatur and Peachtree streets gave way to better build- ings. The old calaboose was removed, and the workshops were taken from the center of the city and moved where they now stand.
There were established already at the beginning of 1847 two newspapers-the Enterprise and the Luminary ; and an enterprising genius-printer, Baptist preacher and steam doctor-published a medical journal. In 1847 Col. C. R. Hanleiter established the Miscellany and Russell Reneau and his brother Jesse the Republican and about 1849, W. B. Ruggles owned and edited the Intelligencer. The Reneaus attempted a daily, but it soon died, but the Daily Intelli- gencer had a longer life. The schools in Atlanta were all private enterprises until after the war, and there was not a great deal of attention paid to education.
The class of people who settled Atlanta, and who in its first few years were its inhabitants, composed all classes of people and from every section of the land. Some of its most enterprising people were northern men from New England. Many were Irish, a few were Germans, and many more were Jews, and some were up-country Georgians and Tennesseeans. There were few people of wealth. Those who are among the wealthiest of its people now were poor boys who began life as employees in the stores of Jewish clothing merchants, and who have grown up with the city. For a long time there was little of refinement or cultivation
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in the growing city, but there was a constant push forward and a fixed idea that Atlanta was to be the greatest place in all the nation, and year by year the city grew. There was always a small body of cultivated people, but after 1850 men of wealth began to come to it and invest in its enterprises. Mr. Peters hadalways had great faith in the city, and established the first steam flouring-mill in the city. Joseph Winship came from Morgan and opened his car factory, and after that his machine works, Messrs. Leyden & Dunning had a foundry, Mr. Markham built a large roll- ing-mill, and merchants of capital took the place of the small shopkeepers.
The central position of Atlanta made a place for conven- tions and it attracted people from every section. Hun- dreds of new people came to it every year. New territory was taken in, and just before the war Atlanta had two daily papers, two Methodist, two Baptist, two Presbyterian, one Episcopal, one Catholic, one Christian, and one Meth- odist Protestant Church.
The story of Atlanta during the war and since it ended it would take a volume to tell. For years the eyes of the whole land were turned upon it, and of how it fell and its people were exiled and its buildings burned I leave to others to tell. Much was destroyed, more was left. When peace came it took on at once vigorous life.
In some respects the story of the Atlanta people differed very greatly from that of the other cities of Georgia. ' There was nothing homogeneous in Atlanta society. Men brushed by each other on the streets who were from all sections of the United States and all parts of Europe. There was no question as to whence they came, but the question: what could the man do and what did he have?
Up to 1853 the people of Atlanta went to Decatur to attend to their legal business. There was no civil court in Atlanta except that of the justice of the peace ; but in
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1853 the county of Fulton was made, and a court-house in connection with a city hall was erected where the State capitol now stands. This lot was afterwards given to the State by the city, and the State capitol was erected where it stands at the present time.
Although there was much whisky sold and used in At- lanta, there was always a strong temperance sentiment, and the Sons of Temperance, the Knights of Jericho and the Rechabites were well-supported societies before the war. The Masons had a lodge in Atlanta if not as soon, yet nearly as early as it received its name, and the Odd Fellows followed close after.
There was a volunteer fire company of a large number of enthusiastic members as early as 1849. The water supply upon which it relied was found in cisterns in the streets.
In 1851 there was a great improvement made in the city by extensive works begun for the State under the direction of Mr. Wadley. The spot where the present Western and Atlantic railroad depot is located was a beautiful grove around a bold spring. The lot was graded, and where the grove was the depot and shops are now located. The road was poorly equipped when he took hold of it, but with a large appropriation at his back and with fine judgment, he soon put the road where it has been ever since, and made it a profitable piece of property.
Atlanta in the early fifties was a straggling ragged town. The houses were scattered over a great area and were most of them very plain and cheap ; business was still con- fined to a few houses on Marietta street and on Whitehall. In 1850 the population was 2,572. It was evident that, despite the fact that Atlanta had a poor country agricul- turally on all sides, it could not be held back, and while its growth from 1847 to 1850 was comparatively slow, reaching only to a little over 2,000 by that time, the next decade saw a very great advance.
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During those early days in Atlanta both of the political parties held their mass-meetings in Atlanta. A Mr. Whit- ney, in 1847, made a famous speech at a railroad conven- tion urging the construction of a railway to the Pacific along the line afterward taken by the Northern Pacific.
The temperance people had a grand convention at Wal- ton Springs when Judge Robert M. Charlton and Judge Jos. Henry Lumpkin were leaders in the movement, and Judge George Hillyer, of Atlanta now, then of Monroe, a ruddy-faced boy, made his first appearance in Atlanta as an orator of the Cadets of Temperance at the same place. The famous split in the Democratic party, which had re- sulted in the election of Howell Cobb and the formation of what was known as the Tugaloo Electoral ticket, was healed in Atlanta after a glowing speech for General Henry R. Jackson.
My space is now taken, and it is superfluous to tell of the present condition of Atlanta. It is the Queen City of the South, with everything favorable to its future growth and development. After the war it was made the capital, and during Governor McDaniel's incumbency a handsome capi- tol building was erected. It has a complete system of public schools, street railways which cover all its streets, great wholesale houses, elegant homes and all kinds of benevolent institutions, and perhaps deserves the tribute given to it by a carrier's address of fifty years ago as-
"The greatest place in all the nation, The greatest place for legislation Or any other occupation, The very center of Creation."
[NOTE .- I have been compelled for want of space to omit much I had pre- pared concerning the cities. Each city has its History. Augusta and Savan- nah by Colonel Jones and others ; Macon by Mr. Butler, and Atlanta by Colo- nel E. Y. Clarke.]
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HEADRIGHTS GRANTED BY THE COLONIAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS FROM 1754 TO 1800.
1743 .-·· Geo. Foute, S Beltz, Urban Buntz, J Niedlinger, L McGilveray, Jno Niedlinger, Jno Rewter, D Hanler, W Gibbons, D Humbert, Henry Riedelsperger, R Houston, B Farley, W Gibbons, Geo Winkler, Jno Ryland, Jno Young, D Douglas, Geo Noble, Andrew Van Beverhought, John Van Beverhought, Wm Johnson, John Hamm, C Martin, J Simner, Peter Grant, Jacob Illy, Jno Pye, L Mitchell, D Humbert, J Bantli, J Swan, W Niedlinger, Hugh Ross, W Small, A Wylly, R Johnson, R Noble, Jno Barnard, F Kieser M Rhienstetter, J Berner, G Tyfe.
1745 .- Wm Spencer, H Hamilton, Jas Grant, C Campbell, F Helvenstine, J Billinghast, Rich Kent, Robert Fox, R Raltoon, T Sparnell, J Waters, R Brufey, J Burgess, C Dasher, J Ross, D Dourezaux.
1746 .- Jno Dobel, Jno Lawrence, J Fraser, Geo Frayer, Jno McIntosh, Jno McBean, Peter Baillon, J Barksdale, Wm Bearful, L McBean, Inigo Jones, A Camuse, D Bradock, J Rogerson, Wm Wilson.
1747 .- John Penrose, Peter Shepherd, Thos Goodall, Wm Shoode, Jos Summers, Richard Lee, Jno M Bolzias, Thos Ross, John Atherton, Jno Oaks, R Johnson, Stephen Williams, Jno Wood, Thos Hill, John Wilson, Wm Clarke, Jno Kenedy, A Collins, John Alther, Gasper Hosteter, Wm Cooke, Geo Cub- bege, Wm Beckett, B Wilson, R Hazzard, Wm Ewen, Geo Cubbege, Chas Ratcliffe, Jno Baxter, B Goldwire, Chas Math- ews, John Mathews, Jno Barker, John Hencork, Peter McHugh, Abram Frisbie, John Mullryne, Jno Maxwell, Morgan Sab, John Hutchinson, P Delegal, H George, I Sheppard, John McIntosh, Major Horton, Wm Hester, Mark Carr, N Stevens, Lt-Col Heron, Kenneth Baillie, Lt Robt Howorth, M Evans.
1748 .- A Dean, James Wall, John Horn, Chas West, Wm Case, David Black, P Brown, I. Nevie, John Farmer, John Ross, James Eads, I Caulkens, Wm River, Sam Mackay, Geo Cada- gan, John Milligan. Jno Edwards, Jno Kellson, M Callerton,
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John Ballowe, P Clarke, P Sutherland, J Marriot, J McKay, John Gordon, G Williams, M Boreman, W Clement, P Slyeman, R Jones McIntosh, Thos Goldsmith, L McIntosh, Wm Shrubsole, Jas Mackay, Jr, John Stevens, Thos Collins, R Cooper.
1759 .- L Ogden, A Rose, Jno L Myer, L McGilveray, D Mar- tin, Rev Geo Whitfield, I Ellison, Z Barrett, H Borguine, B. Bor- guine, I. Shepherd, Geo Dunbar, R Palmer, John Davis, Jas Finlay, A Maxwell, Ann Clarke, Isaac Lines, Donald Clarke, G Williams, R McIntosh, I McLaren.
1740 .- James Habersham, Hugh Clarke, Angus Clarke, W Russell, I Stewart, D Demster, John Milledge, Isaac LaBow, C Lienberger, B Bacher, P Kohlieson, John Mohe, Geo Renicker, Martin Letler, Geo Meyer, A Scrimpt, N Crumenberger, M Switzer, Acn S Smith, Jno David Fisher, Edmond Gray, T Mitch- ell, M Allen, A Bourguine, Henry Parker, H W Parker, Rev Bart Zouberhuller, C Hopkins, Geo Galphin, J C Walhour, W Davis, M. Locher, Geo Hocker, V Leitner, I Sheraws, M Lochner, Geo Glasser, John Rhylander, P Metzcher, L Erst, Z Still, Thos Ellis, B Ore, Scuman, Thos Davis, John Bourguine, John Wesely, J Paris, J Bobb.
1750 .- J G Bierpholt, J Papot, J L Myer, C Riedelsperger.
1751 .- H Lempke, J T Kiefer, W Spenser, M Ziter, J Wool- ford, Noble Wymberly Jones, I Mahr, Jos Phillips, I Devaux, John Berham, Wm Jones, John Gray, Owen Day, M Gray, R Meadows, M Bossell, J Williams, A Lindsay, John Young, Geo Farris, Wm Payne, Geo Mackay, J McDaniel, J Edwards, W Johnson,.
1752. -- Nathaniel Watson, Jos Barker, A Seckinger, Mathew Seckinger, Geo Lambright, Martha Burkhardt, Pat Graham, David Graham, Wm Carr, Mark Carr, Thos Harris, J Finley, D Martin, J Thebault, J C Walthour, John Summers, D Kraft, A Rose, P Morrill, N Hunling, T Wilson, T Foreman, W Hargrove, Nathan Taylor, John De Vaux, Henry Sargeant, M Fenton, John Wilson, H McKay, R Hazard, J Parker, W De Brahn, J Gibbons, Isaac Young, D Slade, Jno Winn, Ed Sumner, R Spencer, Sarah Osgood, Sam'l Burney, Jos Bacon, Jona Bacon, R Woodcraft, Jno Edwards, Jno Elliot, Jos Way, Wm Graves, R Glass, D. Ross, R Baker, J Oswald, Joshua Clarke, John Davis, John Max- well, James Maxwell, Wm Maxwell, Jno Stevens, B Baker, J Os- good, S Stevens, B Norman, S Bacon, A Way, W Baker, Rich Girardeau, Janet Way, Ed Way, John Norman, N Way, I Mitchell, Sarah Mitchell, J Norman, I Steward, Sam'l James, J Quarterman, W Lupton, I Stevens, Jr, J. Weston, For Glebe, Wm Russell, David Fox, W West, Daniel Dunom, Isaac Du- nom, Jno Graves, P Goulding, Jos Massey, N Bradwell, J Christen, H Dowse, E Simmons, P Goulding, Elizabeth Baker, Wm Chap- man, J Baker, Rebecca Quarterman, Jos Stevens, Thos Stevens,
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Jos Baker, Thos Way, John Shave, John Churchwell, Moses Way, Daniel Cannon, Jos Winn, J Gordon, Geo Cuthbert, David Gra- ham, Jos Campbell, Jno Williams, Roderick Graynor, (Griener), W Aldridge Geo Applebee, J Parker, Henry Hyrne, (Hearn), Jas Dourezaux, Godleb Stiley, Turner Dixser, P Brown, W Ham, F Bailey, Wm Butler, Jas Butler, Wm Elliot, Wm Butler, T But- ler, John Toomer, John Parker, Saml West, Jno Perkins, P Clarke, J Maxwell, John Davis, H Myers, D Delegal, Richard Milledge, J Jeansac, T Raspberry, John G Knabe, Paul Meyer, Melchoir Oachle, (Exley), John Lange, G Lang, John Eigin, M P Gerber, G Eichard, John L Nies, John Paulas, M Knapp, A Rauve, Geo Fisher, Jno G Griener, J Helvenstine, R Cooper, A Maxwell, E Carlton, L Muttair, Jno Kieley J Waldburg, Alice Stewart, Lucy Mauve, Wm Matthews, J Herle, J J Henselier, J Unold, Saefer, L Sallfer, Geo Balzenhard, M Ziegler, Jacob Zieg- ler, A Frey, J Martin Nies, I Meyer, Julan Hagmyer, C Prigsing, M Fisher, M G Kalbell, Jacob Guan, (Juhan), John Miller, Sol Hall, Jno Geo Mauls, Jacob Griener, Jno Melton Grier, Martin Belyenhagm, Geo Siebold, M Striegal, M Bader, John Meyer, J P Striegal, T Krause, Jacob Dice, Casher Rahn, T Kiefer, M Dasher, W Dews, Oliver Shaw, Jno Henry Grave, S Mercer, Geo Drieler, A Snyder, B Wealing, H Bishop, M Bader, John P Fleeger, John Shiera, M Echart, Geo Ballinger, M Sheran- hamen, J Eberhard, C Van Munch, The Minister, C Van Munch, Adam Rhienstetter, J Matthews, J De Vaux, J Helvenstine, Seth Place, P Tondee, W McDonald, Jno C Boreman, A Baillie, W W Norton, W Harris, John Roe, (St George), L Johnson, S Adye, A Tabie, Edmund Tannatt, M Benz, P Guiard, Walter Flemming, W Bechet, David Fox, T Ready, Valentine Bostick, John Davis, John Coffee, A Gabel, H Hamilton, E Watson, I Phillips, D Un- seed, W Butler, Jno Snook, J Danner, Jas Ed Powell, Hugh Kennedy, Jos Stanley, J Ottobugh, D Kennedy, James Paris, R Bennison, J Galachee, R Luden, W Barkshell, (Barksdale), E Goodall, T Beckett J G Nies, John Bennett, Richard Jones, J Cubbedge, Jno Bennett, C Gordon, T Trippe, T Lee, N Millar, Jno Pye, T Parker, A Ordner, D Flerl, W Kennedy, Jno P Mil- ler, Christian Fullbright, F Arthur, M Roche, Geo McIntosh. 1754 .- Sam'l Leon, Wm Thompson, David Truan, P Destemple, J Mackey, Jno McBean, Alex McDonald, S Hudson, Jno Fitch, Jno Hudson, John Brady, Edw Garmany, James Baillon, O Shaw, H Carvel, C Rabenhorst, J Mullryne, James Williams, Jno M Hink, Thos Carter, James Miller, Daniel Mackay, Geo McDon- ald, Angus McIntosh, Peter Grant, Jno R Purry, Wm McIntosh, D Mckay, E St Julian, Richard Coxe, Sam'l New, James New, Richard Coxe, Jr., David Montague, V Bostick, J Butler, S But- ler, Jno Thompson, Jno Todd, Jno Sheriff, F L Parry, Jno Fox,
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Alex Low, R Baillie, Jos Godbe, J Matthews, Jno Greene, T Rasberry.
SAVANNAH AND C. C.
1759 to 1772 .- Hannah Ash, Step and Annie Adge, Elzabeth Anderson, Thomas Ambrose.
ST. JOHN, ST. PHILLIPS AND ST. DAVID.
1751 to 1768 .- Jas Andrew, Benj Andrew, Jas Andrew, Mary Arthur, Preserved Alger, David Anderson, Mary Ash.
ST. GEORGE'S, BURKE AND JEFFERSON.
1764 to 1774 .- Sam'l Alexander, Hugh Alexander, Aaron Arnold, Benj Alen, Isaac Alexander, Wm Adams, James Ander- derson, Elizabeth Anderson, Philip Alston, Davis Austin, Wm Allen, Wm Alexander, Wm Allen.
1787 to 1791 .- Daniel Allen, Robert Allen, Jos Allen, Wm Allen, John Allen.
ST. PAUL'S.
1757 to 1774 .- Joshua Atkinson, Ezikiel Abbett, Henry Abbett, Wm Alexander, James Anderson, Isaac Atwood, Abram Ayres, John Anderson, Rich Austin, Thos Ayres, John Allen, F Ashmon, Ed Ashton, Micajah Andrew, Nicolas Andrew.
1785 to 1788 .- John Appling, David Allen, Gideon Allen, Samuel Allen, Isaac Atwood.
1793 .- James Archer.
WILKES COUNTY.
1783 .- Samuel Atkinson, Jos Abbitt, Rich Aycock, Asa At- kins, Wm Anglin, Jas Abbitt, Alex Autrey, Jacob Autrey, David Anglin, Thos Ansley, James Anderson.
1784 .- Reuben Allen, James Allen, James Alford, Geo Alex. ander, Edmond Alexander, Jas Armstrong, Henry Anglin, Thos Avant, Samuel Alexander, Ben Allen, John Adams, Wm Anderson, John Ashley, John Autry, Gideon Anderson, James Adams, Joseph Allen, Wm Arthur, Wm Anderson.
1785 .- Isaac Alexander, Martha Arthur, Robert Armstrong, Nathaniel Allen, Wm Allen.
1786 .- Wm Allison, Mathew Arthur, John Ashmore, Abner Adkins.
1787 to 1796 .- B Applewhite, Samuel Avara, Wathan Alexan- der, Nathan Alexander, Alex Autre, John Austin, Lich Allen, Wm Acre, Jos Anthony, Sarah Alexander, Jos. Alexander, Wm Averett, Henry Arrington.
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GREENE COUNTY.
Andrew Armor, Chas Abercrombie, Jane Alford, Henry Alli- son, John Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, Benjamin Alexander, Chas Washington Allen, John Adkins.
CAMDEN COUNTY.
1784 to 1788 .- Nath'l Ashley, Wm Ashley, Thomas Almond, · Geo Albritton, Ludovick Ashley.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Wm Anderson, Nathaniel Allen, Wm Adkins, Thos Adkinson, Micajah Anthony, Wm Arnold.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
[When Washington was laid out a large part of it was reserved for the Revolutionary soldiers and warrants were issued to them. In accordance with my plan I give the list of grantees as it is found on the books of the Secretary of State. These patentees were in all the older parts of the State and many of them never settled in Washington, but many did. ]
1784 .- Alex Autrey, Henry Allison, Jacob Autrey, Thomas Allen, Elijah Anderson, John Averitt, Jos Avent, Alex Anderson, Barclay Anderson, James Allison, Thos Ayres, Wm Ayres, James Allen, John Abbott, Ezekiel Alexander, Asa Alexander, Aycock, Chas Abercrombee, Alex Auglin, Robert Allen, Robt Adams, R Alexander, Jonathan Asbury, John Acordi, Jno L Alexander, Jonathan Asbery, Jno Anderson, James Adams, Virgil Alexander, Vincent Allenthorpe, Nathan Adams, Wm Anderson, Alex Arm- strong, Thos Averett, John Arline.
SAVANNAH C. CHURCH.
1760 .- Michael Burkhalter, Mary Bryan, Jno Gosher Betz, Jno Michael Betz, Wm Bradley, G W Brickhole, Peter Berger.
SAVANNAH, CHATHAM AND C. CHURCH.
1756 .- David Brown, D C Braddock, Henry Bourquin, Jona Bryan, David Bear.
1757 .- Michal Bowman, James Burnside.
1758 .- Benj Bourquim, Jno Peter Briton.
1759 .- Thos Bruce, John Barnes, Adams Bosomworth, Sigis- mund Belt.
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ST. JOHNS, GREAT OGECHEE, LIBERTY, ST. ANDREW, ST. PHILLIPS.
1756 to 1774 .-- Elisha Butler, Elizth Baker, Wm Baker, Samuel Bacon, Joseph Bacon, Thomas Bates, John Bailey, Richard Baker, Samuel Bailey, John Baker, James Butler, Ed Baker, Jos Baker, Jos Bacon, Wm Bacon, Jos Barrington, Miles Brewton, Thomas Blackman, J Barnard, J Bullean, Ed Ball, Andrew Bird, S Bailey, F Briest, Rich Brown, Peter Berger, Moody Burt, James Bratcher.
1774 to 1793 .- Wm Bamister, Ann Bamister, Daniel Brinson, B Brinkley, Martha Barrett, Hannah Bradwell, Wm Belcher, John Bledsoe, Thos Bellamy, Geo Beard, Ed Baker, Mathew Bryan,. Hugh Blunt.
ST. MATHEWS, EFFINGHAM, SCRIVEN, BRYAN.
1758 .- Ambrose Burr.
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